Command Change in System of Military Economy in Russian Army in the First Half of the 19th Century

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of military economy of the Russian army in the first half of the 19^th century. The features of functioning of the regimental and company trains are covered. The great autonomy of commanders when conducting economic operations is mentioned. Scientific novelty of research consists in the fact that for the first time in Russian historiography the conflict situations that arose during the commanders change are commented in details. The formal and informal mechanisms for the resolution of such conflicts are described. The author concludes that the abuses in the conduct of military economy appeared due to objective reasons, primarily due to the weak development of the Russian economy. Such violations were impossible to be won only by administrative methods. The author indicates that it was necessary to substantially increase financing of the army that the troops did not engage in fraud and self-supply. It is emphasized that the development of Russian industry and transport was also necessary that made possible large centralized procurement by the forces of the military. The study is based on archival materials on the service of the Russian army, which are stored in Russian state military-historical archive, Russian state historical archive and Science archive of the Museum of artillery, engineer and signal corps.