Forced Mobilization

in the campaign “War with Napoleon: Forced Mobilization and Deception (1812)”

Mass conscription into the militia and the formation of Cossack regiments on the basis of false promises to restore Cossack liberties: "Ukraine was used for the recruitment, equipping, and movement of troops… including a 75-thousand-strong militia from the Kyiv, Podillia, Chernihiv, and Poltava governorates"[1].

ID: C0040.T0049
Technique:  Forced Mobilization
Start: January 1812
End: December 1812
Contributors: decolonial.ist project

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