title: Polish Way: The Light Cossack Cavalry in the Era of Military Revolution
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metadata.value: Bołdyrew, Aleksander
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Łopatecki, Karol
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-10-19T16:28:26Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-10-19T16:28:26Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Bołdyrew A., Łopatecki K. Polish Way: The Light Cossack Cavalry in the Era of Military Revolution. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2020, vol. 65, iss. 3, рp.  683–709.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2020.301
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/19918
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The aim of the article is to show the way of adaptation of the military potential of the Crown
  to the Tatar threat, which first emerged in 1468. In connection with the particular geopolitical
  situation we present the dissimilarity of military reforms from those in Western Europe. In
  order to prevent Tatar raids, a standing frontier army (obrona potoczna or Permanent Defense) was formed. In the 1520s, an innovative strategy was developed which involved creating
  two defense lines with a very deep reconnaissance, 500 kilometers east of Lviv, already on the
  territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The consequence of applying the new model of defense was a new type of armed forces developed approximately two decades later, the cossack
  cavalry. The article presents a phenomenon of the creation a unified, in terms of weaponry,
  light cavalry, the process of which took place in the 1540s and 50s. Earlier the troops had
  consisted of soldiers differently equipped and armored and using various horses. Out of this chaos there emerged more unified units, which was the result of experiences of south-east
  borderline defense. The article emphasizes it was neither commanders-in-chief nor political and governmental factors that played a key role in the tactical innovation was mid-level
  commanders (starosts, rotmistrzes). It was their experiments with different types of arms that
  brought about a revolution in the rearmament and uniformity of the cavalry. The paper indicates that the main originator of the transformations was the starost of Bar and Trembowla
  Bernard Pretwicz. A clear influence of political decisions and strategic concepts on the final
  transformations in the warfare tactics should be noted.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This paper was written as part of a research project funded by the National Science Centre, Poland,
  OPUS-16 (contract no. UMO-2018/31/B/HS3/00846), entitled “Social and economic importance of military
  camps and garrisons in the Polish-Lithuanian state (16th–18th cc.)”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
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 65; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: modernization processes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: strategic innovations of the 16th c.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: tactical innovations of the 16th c.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: old-Polish military
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cossack cavalry
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military camps
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Polish Way: The Light Cossack Cavalry in the Era of Military Revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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