After the death of Peter I, the army was led by Field Marshal Minich, who strongly implanted the Prussian system of education. In 1731, the Russian army introduced Prussian regulations, translated into Russian: "Infantry exercise "and"Cuirassier exercise". They were dedicated to the drill of troops and required the soldier to blindly obey his superiors. The introduction of Prussian regulations had a negative impact on the development of the Russian army. The results of the Seven Years ' War (1756-1763) showed the failure of training and education of Russian troops on the Prussian model. Therefore, the "Infantry Drill Regulations" and the "Regulations of the military Equestrian Exercise" issued in 1763 were already very different from the regulations of the Minich. At the same time, no great progress has been made in pedagogy. The regulations focused on the fact that the soldier "did not tremble during the exercise, did not move his head, did not look forward or back, listened attentively to commands, executed them with agility and cheerfulness ... and did not think about anything else, but only about the execution of the orders spoken from the commander." Therefore, after their adoption, various kinds of instructions, instructions, and instructions began to appear in the troops, which contained many advanced pedagogical ideas. In particular, in December 1764, the "Instruction of the infantry regiment to the colonel with the application of forms, states and timesheets" was published, which noted that the colonel was obliged to make "decent" orders, which "must be executed without question and without negotiations"; to have "frank and pleasant treatment" with officers; to take care of unity of command on the observance of justice in the promotion of officers, personally studying the advantages and disadvantages of each of them, "encourage" officers to "diligently perform their duties", carefully monitor that each soldier receives the required allowance; patiently de ... Читать далее