Especially the food and clothing of the personnel of the Russian army in the second half of the XVIII century

The article investigates some problems of supply of food and ware property of private, non-commissioned officers and chief officers of the Russian army in the second half of the XVIII century. The author points out that the new uniform for soldiers and officers of the Russian army, introduced at the suggestion of G. A. Potemkin-Tavrichesky, was more simple and facilitated the management of troops in the course of hostilities. The sizes of daily and annual money and natural food supply of the military personnel of the Russian army in the specified period are given. Attention is drawn to the fact that the domestic light industry, engaged in the production of cloth and other products necessary for sewing various forms of clothing for soldiers and officers, in the second half of the XVIII century, fully satisfied the needs of the army in both quantitative and qualitative terms.