Periodization of Russian military history: the origin and development of the domestic military-historical science
At present the scientists of the Russian Federation there is no unity of views on the reciprocal relationship of military science and military history of science and their structure. These differences directly affect the approaches to the periodization and military history. One of the problems of modern military history is a holistic understanding of periodization military history in General and the periodization of its component parts. The article presents the author's version of the periodization of Russian military history as a science, the periods of its origin, formation and development are allocated. The author expands on the pre-scientific stage of development of the national military history. Revealing the content of frames of the origin and formation of the military-historical science in a centralized Muscovy and the Russian Empire, the author identifies and analyzes the main factors which determined the development of military-historical branches of scientific knowledge in our country in a historical retrospective. The text of the article is saturated with references to the historiography, military science and military history sources, the author reveals the names of compatriots whose work formed the basis of the national military history as a science. Logic of presentation of this article implies the continuation of the monitoring subject material on the development of Russian military science after its formation from 1860-ies of the XIX century to the present.