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The “court cases” of General Ye. F. Kern
[journal article]
Abstract This article focuses on the battle career
of the Russian general, Ye. F. Kern,
who dedicated sixty years to the service of
the country. General Kern participated in
most wars and military campaigns the
Russian state was involved in in the last
quarter of the 18th-the first quarter of the
19th... view more
This article focuses on the battle career
of the Russian general, Ye. F. Kern,
who dedicated sixty years to the service of
the country. General Kern participated in
most wars and military campaigns the
Russian state was involved in in the last
quarter of the 18th-the first quarter of the
19th centuries. Despite being a contemporary
and often a companion-in-arms to
outstanding Russian public and military
officers, he could not secure a dominant
position on the military Areopagus. Moreover,
in the post-war period his life was
scarred by tragedies.
In the Russian culture, he became
notorious because of his wife. Over the
last two centuries, Ye. F. Kern has been
described as a “rude” and “ignorant”
person destroying the aspirations of a
young, courtly, and educated woman towards
noble ideals and sublime feelings.
This article considers the features of
provincial military life in the light of its
hardships and routine aggravated by the
peculiarities of bureaucracy typical of
Russian peripheral centres of the time.
The case of Ye. F. Kern helps understand
how a Russian general, despite the vicissitudes
of fate — battle injuries, career
hardships, family discord, and lack of
stability — managed to remain true to
the once chosen direction in life — service
of the country.... view less
Keywords
Russia; leadership; military; patriotism; career
Classification
General History
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 53-61
Journal
Baltic Region (2012) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2012-2-6
ISSN
2079-8555
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works