On behalf of the emperor, on behalf of the fatherland : : Finnish officers and soldiers of the Russian Imperial Life-Guard on the battlefields of Poland, 1831 / / by Jussi Jalonen.

• Superior document: History of Warfare, Volume 105
• VerfasserIn: Jalonen, Jussi, 1975-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: History of warfare ; Volume 105.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (371 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Jussi Jalonen’s On Behalf of the Emperor, On Behalf of the Fatherland approaches the Russian suppression of the Polish Uprising in 1830-1831 from a new transnational perspective. The Russian mobilization involved people from the farthest reaches of the Empire, and one notable group was the Finnish Battalion of the Imperial Guard. For the Finnish elites, the war was a demonstration of loyalty to the Tsar, and the service of young Finnish gentlemen in the Russian Guards produced a sense of militarized patriotism. Relying on a rich variety of original sources, this study places the campaign in Poland in the context of the development of Finnish national awareness, providing a unique portrayal of 19th century war experience and nationalism.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Battalion as a Society -- 2 The Onset of War -- 3 The Battles in Mazovia, April–May 1831 -- 4 The Noble Enemy. The War as a Trans-National Experience -- 5 Combat, Glory and Captivity: Finnish Officers and Soldiers in the Summer of 1831 -- 6 Destitution and Triumph: The Closing Stages of the Campaign -- 7 Home and Hearth: Finnish Society and the Polish Campaign -- 8 After the War: The Legacy of the Polish Campaign -- Conclusion: Loyalty, Fatherland and Forgotten Sacrifices -- Bibliography -- Index.