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Parker, Geoffrey Reger, William M., IV 2015-09-25T22:24:19Z 2015-09-25T22:24:19Z 10000-01-01 1997 1997 The European officers of these regiments possessed demonstrable military expertise and brought this expertise to their regiments, and were therefore an important cultural connection between Russia and Europe. Their presence in Russia demonstrated that the Russian state assessed its international objectives and sought out appropriate tools in the form of these mercenaries for the implementation of military reform. The state monitored the quality of the mercenary officers and based their rank and pay levels on their ability to use the weapons of the day, pikes and muskets, suggesting the professional nature of the mercenary officers on the whole. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T22:24:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9812747.pdf: 16096616 bytes, checksum: 5c5f79096be5b08fc7c7553e3a40e6b3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1997 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 86014 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 338 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/84733 (MiAaPQ)AAI9812747 eng History, Modern In the Service of the Tsar: European Mercenary Officers and the Reception of Military Reform in Russia, 1654-1667 text History History University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.