On behalf of the emperor, on behalf of the fatherland : Finnish officers and soldiers of the Russian Imperial Life-Guard on the battlefields of Poland, 1831 / by Jussi Jalonen.
"Jussi Jalonen's On Behalf of the Emperor, On Behalf of the Fatherland approaches the Russian suppression of the Polish Uprising in 1830-1831 from a new transnational perspective. The Russian mobilization involved people from the farthest reaches of the Empire, and one notable group was the Finnish Battalion of the Imperial Guard. For the Finnish elites, the war was a demonstration of loyalty to the Tsar, and the service of young Finnish gentlemen in the Russian Guards produced a sense of militarized patriotism. Relying on a rich variety of original sources, this study places the campaign in Poland in the context of the development of Finnish national awareness, providing a unique portrayal of 19th century war experience and nationalism"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The cultural history of warfare and Finnish military history; Modern war experience and Finnish soldiers in the Tsarist Russian Army; Emotions and mentality, experience and narratives; Nationalism and war in the 19th century; The Polish November Rising and its historiography; A word on the sources and contents of this book
The battalion as a society
The onset of war
The battles in Mazovia, April-May 1831
The noble enemy : the war as a trans-national experience
Combat, glory and captivity : Finnish officers and soldiers in the summer of 1831
Destitution and triumph : the closing stages of the campaign
Home and hearth : Finnish society and the Polish Campaign
After the war : the legacy of the Polish Campaign
The final reckoning : total casualties and journeys home
Conclusion: Loyalty, fatherland and forgotten sacrifices.
ISBN
9789004301184 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9004301186 (hardback : acid-free paper)
LCCN
2015026757
OCLC
919041808
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