The Routledge Handbook of Soviet and Russian Military Studies

Introduction, Alexander Hill  Part I: Chronological topics  1. The Russian Army and the Napoleonic Wars, Alexander Mikaberidze  2. Russian Colonial Warfare in the Caucasus and Central Asia, Alexander Morrison  3. War in the Borderlands: The Crimean War and Russo-Turkish Wars of 1828–29 and 1877–78, John W. Steinberg  4. From Port Arthur into the Abyss: The Russo-Japanese War and its Aftermath, John W. Steinberg  5. The Russian Army and the First World War: The View from Outside, Timothy C. Dowling  6. The Russian Civil War, Stephen Brown and David Sutton  7. The Inter-war Development of Soviet Military Theory, David R. Stone  8. From Tsushima to Berlin and the Kurile Islands: Russian and Soviet Naval Power, 1905–45, Alexey D. Muraviev  9. The Soviet Union, Foreign Military Assistance and the ‘Small Wars’ of the Inter-War Period, Alexander Hill  10. Soviet Strategy during the Second World War, Evan Mawdsley  11. Stalin’s War: Soviet Command and Control during the Great Patriotic War, Sergei Kudriashov, translated from the original Russian by Alexander Hill 12. The Soviet Armed Forces in the Mirror of the Enemy, 1933–41, David Stahel  13. The Soviet Home Front and the Great Patriotic War, 1941–45, Wendy Z. Goldman  14. The Impact and Aftermath of the Second World War in the Soviet Union, Mark Edele  15. The Significance of the Great Patriotic War's Collective Memory in the USSR and Russia, Yan Mann  16. The Development of the Soviet Armed Forces and Military Doctrine after 1945, Chris Bellamy with Alexander Hill  17. From the Tsar-Bomba to Start-I: The Evolution of the Soviet Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, 1945–91, Alexey D. Muraviev  18. Soviet Military Assistance and Advising, 1953–91, Alexander Hill  19. The Soviet War in Afghanistan, Alexander Hill  20. Russian Military Reform and Development, 1992–2021, Alexander Hill  21. U.S.-Russian Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control and Strategic Missile Defence: Past, Present and Future, Stephen J. Cimbala with Alexander Hill  22. The Chechen Wars, Tracey German  23. Russia and the War in Donbass, 2014–15, Paul Robinson  Part II: Overarching Themes  24. ‘Hybrid’, ‘Non-Linear’ and ‘New-Type’ Warfare in Soviet and Russian Theory and Practice, Chris Bellamy  25. Russian and Soviet Logistics from 1700 to the Present Day, H.G.W. Davie  26. Russian and Soviet Partisan Warfare, Alexander Hill  27. Russian and Soviet Military Aviation, Reina Pennington  28. The Soviet and Russian Navies: From the Cold War to the Cold War 2.0, 1945–2024, Alexey D. Muraviev  29. Women in the Russian and Soviet Armed Forces, Jennifer G. Mathers with Alexander Hill  30. Soviet Counter-insurgency: From the Civil War to Afghanistan, Alexander Statiev  31. Predictions of Future Conflict in Soviet and Russian Military Exercises, 1929–2021, Nicholas J. Myers  Part III: The War in Ukraine  32. Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine: Military Successes and Failures during 2022, Alexander Hill  33. The War in Ukraine, January 2023 to July 2024, Paul Robinson with Alexander Hill  34. Strategic Leadership of the Russian Armed Forces in Russo-Ukrainian War: Valerii Gerasimov and the Contemporary Importance of the ‘Great Patriotic War’, 1941–45, Steven J. Main  35. The Ukraine War and the Power/Order Debate in Russia: ‘Let the Storm Rage On!’, Andrei P. Tsygankov  36. Understanding Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation’ in the Context of Its Wider Military History: Some Thoughts on a ‘Russian Way of War’, Alexander Hill

Biography

Alexander Hill is a Professor in Military History at the University of Calgary, Canada, and a fellow of its Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Red Army and the Second World War (2017).

'Combining empirical and analytical material on key moments in Soviet and Russian military history, this is a thought-provoking compendium of works by leading experts in their respective fields. Analysis of Russia’s strategic and military culture provides invaluable insights into the dynamics of the Russo-Ukrainian war.’

Richard Sakwa, University of Kent, UK

‘Alexander Hill has gathered a galaxy of stellar researchers whose expertise combines to produce the definitive sourcebook on Russia’s military history, doctrines and practices. Their cutting-edge contributions are as innovative as they are deep and make this book the essential starting-point for students and scholars of Russian and Soviet military studies.’

Geoffrey Roberts, University College Cork, Ireland

'It is a fine work exploring the complex structure of the Russian military from the era of Tsars to the New Tsar in the 21st century.'

Punsara Amarasinghe & Davide Orsitto, The RUSI Journal, 170:6-7, December 2025