military reforms (1874-75)

Question 1

what did Dmitry Milyutin recognise?

Answer 1

-armed forces to create a smaller, more professional, more efficient and less expensive army

Question 2

conscription (compulsory enrollment for service in a country’s armed forces)

Answer 2

made compulsory for all classes (including nobles) from the age of 21
-length of service reduced from 25 to 15 years of active service + 10 years in reserves

Question 3

punishments

Answer 3

made less severe and a system of military colonies (where conscripts were forced to live)was abandoned
-better provisioning and medical care established

Question 4

modern weaponry

Answer 4

introduced and new command structure established

Question 5

military college

Answer 5

set up provide better training for non-noble officer corps

Question 6

literacy within army improved

Answer 6

mass army-education campaigns 1870s-90s

Question 7

failures of improvements

Answer 7

-officer class remained largely aristocratic
-problems of supply and leadership continued
-army struggled to win in war against turkey(1877-78)