This article is a historiographic essay that examines some of the scholarly studies that have been published since the opening of the Russian archives and libraries to military historians of the Romanov period (1613–1917) of Russian history. While the basic narrative of Russian military history has not been significantly altered or transformed, gaining access to an enormous amount of new sources resulted in the development of a deeper, more nuanced understanding, of the rise and fall of the imperial Russian empire. Readers now can learn much more about traditional issues ranging from strategy, operations, tactics and logistics to the education, training, and financing of the army than was possible during the Soviet period.

本文是一篇史学论文，审查了自俄罗斯档案馆和图书馆向俄罗斯历史的罗曼诺夫时期（1613-1917 年）军事历史学家开放以来已发表的一些学术研究。虽然俄罗斯军事历史的基本叙述没有发生重大改变或转变，但获得大量新资料后，对俄罗斯帝国的兴衰有了更深入、更细致的理解。与苏联时期相比，读者现在可以了解更多关于传统问题的知识，从战略、作战、战术和后勤到军队的教育、训练和筹资。