The Winding Path of the Chariot of the Cossack Mars
Book Review: Sokyrko O. Kozats'kyj Mars: Derzhava ta vijs'ko Kozats'koho Het'manatu v dobu Militarnoi revoliutsii, 1648–1764. Kyiv: Tempora, 2023. 912 s.
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https://doi.org/10.26565/2220-7929-2025-68-14Keywords:
Cossack Ukraine, Hetmanate, Zaporizhian Host, military revolution, earlymodern history, army, artillery, mercenariesAbstract
The author reviews the large comprehensive monograph by O. Sokyrko «Cossack Mars. The State and Army of the Cossack Hetmanate during the Military Revolution, 1648–1764». The significance of that work in the contemporary Ukrainian historiography is determined, its innovative character, as based on the military revolution concept by M. Roberts together with his followers and critics, is emphasized, the merits and controversies are noted, and the theoretical and practical benefits for the domestic reader are highlighted.
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Roberts M. The Military Revolution, 1560–1660: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the Queen's University of Belfast. Belfast: M. Boyd, 1956. 32 p.
Sokyrko O. Na varti bulavy. Nadvirni vijs'ka ukrains'kykh het'maniv seredyny XVII – druhoi polovyny XVIII st. Kyiv: Tempora, 2018. 184 s. (In Ukrainian)
Sokyrko O. Lytsari druhoho sortu. Najmane vijs'ko Livoberezhnoi Het'manschyny 1669-1726 rr. Kyiv: Tempora, 2006. 279 s. (In Ukrainian)
Sokyrko O. Kozats'kyj Mars: Derzhava ta vijs'ko Kozats'koho Het'manatu v dobu Militarnoi revoliutsii, 1648–1764. Kyiv: Tempora, 2023. 912 s. (In Ukrainian)
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