Abstract
Although the construction of Kozlov and its steppe fortifications had been a project of considerable technical complexity, the process of recruiting and settling Kozlov’s permanent garrison population required even closer attention by the Military Chancellery, for it amounted to the social engineering of a new community and the construction of new identities for over 2000 men and their families and descendants. This involved thousands of decisions concerning individuals’ legal eligibility for enlistment, their new ranks and duties, and their entitlements to remuneration. Furthermore, these were decisions which could not be left solely to government fiat. Having decided to form Kozlov’s garrison by taking volunteers rather than relying upon transfers, the Military Chancellery had to be prepared to go farther than usual in opening certain terms of enlistment and remuneration to negotiation with the volunteers themselves.
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Davies, B.L. (2004). Enlistment and the Construction of Social Identity. In: State Power and Community in Early Modern Russia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230000643_3
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