title: The Russian Military near Cracow during the First World War
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metadata.value: Krokosz, Paweł K.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-09-19T10:18:19Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-09-19T10:18:19Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Krokosz P. The Russian Military near Cracow during the First World War. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2022, vol. 67, issue 2, рp. 480–496.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2022.210
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/37784
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article is devoted to the presence of Russian troops in November and December 1914 in
  villages and towns near Cracow. Autumn 1914 is remembered as the month of the biggest
  success of the Russian army that took place at the eastern front during World War I. One of
  the purposes of the Russians was to take control of Cracow, which was then a very strong
  fortress. The capture of the city opened the way towards Silesia and Vienna — the capital of
  Austria-Hungary. These actions did not bring about any effect, and in the winter of 1914 the
  Russian army was repelled from Cracow. The short stay of the Russians in November and
  December 1914 in villages and towns near Cracow was permanently etched on the memory
  of their inhabitants. Tsar’s soldiers, commonly referred to by them as “Muscovites” or “mongrels”,
  were seen as the enemy. There is no doubt that some frontline soldiers and Cossacks,
  performing reconnaissance functions committed destruction, theft, rape or murder in the
  occupied villages and towns. However, there were also those among soldiers and officers whose
  behavior was noble towards the local population. Many officers in the the Russian army
  were Poles who displayed dignity under war conditions. Well-educated tsarist commanders
  belonging to the nobility or aristocracy behaved similarly. The presentation of both bad and
  good demeanors will allow to refute the existing stereotypes regarding the behavior of Russian
  soldiers stationed in villages and towns near Cracow in 1914.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 67; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: World War I
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Cracow Fortress in 1914
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian Army
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: villages and towns near Cracow in 1914
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Russian Military near Cracow during the First World War
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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