REFORMING THE STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES: HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE EARLY XVIII-LATE XIX CENTURIES

Abstract

The article reveals the actual problems of the development of the state management of the military organization of the Russian Empire during the period of political modernization of the the early XVIII-late XIX centuries. The author analyzes the relationship between the level of militarization of the Imperial statehood of Modern times and the structural organization of the Russian armed forces. The article states for the existence of the military organization of the state of the main components staff, and personnel of the militia, the militia. It is proved that the reforms of the early XVIII-late XIX centuries aimed to strengthen the personnel component of the armed forces of the Russian Empire. As a result, in the structure of the Russian army militia ceased to act as an independent institution, acting on a permanent basis. It is proved that the interruption of the tradition of development of police units played a negative role in the creation of the Russian version of the mass conscription army in the 1870s-1890s.