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Voennaia Mysl Digital Archive

Digital Archive of the most authoritative military-theoretical journal in the USSR and post-Soviet Russia

Voennaia Mysl Digital Archive

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"Voennaia mysl" was founded in 1918, one year after the October Revolution, as "Voennoe delo" and underwent several name changes before its editors decided on the present name in 1937. Since the first issue, the journal has been published under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence and reports directly to the General Staff. In the course of its publication, "Voennaia mysl" has attracted eminent military strategists and theorists from the ranks of the Soviet and Russian military and has become the main medium of various Soviet and Russian military doctrines.

The whole collection consists of 1087 issues, covers 99 years with 13,025 searchable articles.

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The offer is available throughout Germany and at German institutes abroad via the system of national licenses. At academic libraries and research institutions, users can access it without any special registration. Interested persons without access via a home institution may register for private access if they have their permanent residence in Germany. Please follow the individual registration steps at https://www.nationallizenzen.de/ind_inform_registration. Once you have registered, you will receive your personal access data by post.

Germany-wide access is made possible within the framework of the Specialised Information Service for Russian, East and Southeast European Studies at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek with funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG).

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