This page does not list every source we used, only the most common
and/or reliable. Barend and I will be happy to provide fuller details
for anyone thinking of buying some of the more expensive books.
The information on the period is heavily dependent on one or two
original sources. If Shenk made an error, then many others will repeat
that. All of them, and this site is no different, give the official
uniforms. What was actually worn might be very different.
, by M.
Khvostov, plates by A. Karachtchouk, "Men at Arms" #305 (Osprey)
, by N. Cornish, plates
by A. Karachtchouk, "Men at Arms" #364 (Osprey)
Handbook of
the Russian Army 1914, by the General Staff of the War
Office #364 (Imperial War Museum/Battery Press)
A reprint of the British Army's
handbook on its Russian Ally. Useful because it covers the subject in
much more detail than most other sources.
Flags
and Standards of the Russian Imperial Army, by T.
Shevyakov, with art by O. Parkhaev (Gauntlet, original Russian version
by AST)
Little direct relevance to the
Civil War period, but a guide to understanding Imperial practice. The
bulk of it is concerned with the ceremonial banners.
Civil
War in Russian 1917-1922, White Armies, by A. I.
Deryabin, with
plates by R. Palasios-Fernades (Gauntlet, original Russian version by
AST)
Concentrates almost exclusively
on the glamorous coloured units, but has good detail.
Uniforms of Imperial and
Soviet Russia in Color, 1907-1946, by H. Knotel (Schiffer)
A large number of plates of
Imperial uniforms. Focussed mostly on dress uniforms and guards, and
there is no text describing the plates, so many details are impossible
to distinguish.
Army Uniforms of
World War I, by A. Mollo and P. Turner
(Blandford Colour Series)
Only
a dozen pages and 19 plates on Imperial Russia but it does show Greek,
Czech and Polish uniforms as well. A good book, but only really an
introduction.
Uniforms of the
Imperial Russian Army, by B. Mollo and J.
Mollo (Blandford Colour Series)
Covers
too big a time span (1699 to 1917) and has excessive emphasis on the
parade uniforms and elite units in the 28 drawings for WWI. Small
picture size doesn't help either.
Uniforms
& Equipment of the Czarist Russian Armed forces in
World War One: A study in Period Photographs, by S. Coil
(Schiffer)
An
expensive book with some good photographs of WWI-era Russian equipment,
sadly badly let down by the erratic layout and obscure commentary. For
afficionados of militaria only.
Farewell
to the Don, by Brigadier H. N. H. Williamson (Collins)
Useful for eyewitness accounts
of some period detail.
Books
in Russian
White Russia
Photoalbum, editors V. Zh. Tsvetkov and B. S.
Pushkarev (Posev)
Hundreds of period photographs.
White
Guard Almanac #8 (Posev)
a collection of articles which includes:
The Anti-Bolshevik Movement in the Astrakhan Cossack Army: a Short
Historical Sketch, by O. O. Antropov
Uniforms, medals, flags and
signs of the White Cossacks, by A. A. Karevskiy and A. V.
Lebedev
Details on little known units.
Encylopedia
of the Civil War: the White Movement, by S. V. Volkov
(Neva). Much of it can be found at
http://swolkov.narod.ru/bdorg/list-num01.htm
The main source for unit
histories, concentrating in the south.
White Guard,
by V. V. Klaving (Ol'ga)
Not as detailed as Volkov for
individual units in the south, but full of orders of battle, and better
coverage for the minor Cossack states out east.
Marching
and Horses, by Serge Mamontov. Available in French as
Carnets de route d'un artilleur à cheval 1917-1920
(L'Harmattan)
Useful for eyewitness accounts
of some period detail.
Websites
in English
Uniforms
of the Russian Army, by V. K. Shenk available
at
http://www.xenophon-mil.org/rusarmy/shenk/shenklist.htm
A primary source for many uniform sources above, so if several sources
are in agreement it might be that they are all based on Shenk.
Websites
in Russian
Flags
of Russia, available at
http://www.vexillographia.ru/russia/index.htm
Some good material, but mostly
taken from resources given below.
Banners, standards and flags of the Russian Imperial Army and Fleet in
the Great War 1914-1917, available at
http://mosgrenadier.narod.ru/dip/dip0.htm
The standard text on the
subject. Most sites rely on this material, so an error made here will
propagate widely.
Wikipedia in Russian
http://ru.wikipedia.org
the phrase "Гражданская война в России" will get you started on the
Russian civil war.
The usual Wikipedia mix of good and bad, but some links are worth following in particular.
S. V. Volkov's site at:
http://swolkov.narod.ru/bdorg/list-num01.htm
The same material as his
Encyclopedia, but the ability to autotranslate can speed things up.
The Bergenschild site at
http://www.bergenschild.narod.ru/Reconstruction/depot/civil_war/Index.htm
The front of the site is devoted
to a couple of re-enactment groups. Behind is a wealth of material
relating to the White armies in the east, including material on KOMUCH
and lesser known units.
The Kolchakiya site at
http://www.kolchakiya.narod.ru/uniformology_main.htm
This has been expanding a bit
recently, and has a lot of material about uniforms of the White armies
in Siberia.
Diorama.ru and in particular this page
http://www.diorama.ru/workshop/reviews/147/
The comments and links are as
useful as the material directly cited.
This is one of the better re-enactment sites, particularly for Civil
War material
http://www.white-guard.ru/
An on-line translator and you're
away, although you need to know what things are as there are no
descriptions.
Other
Blog of
Le
Groupe Cosaque "Emchane"
In French. Loads of photos of
Cossacks.
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