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Artilleriâ Velikogo Knâžestva Litovskogo v XVII v. : finansirovanie, voennye transportnye rashody, remeslennaâ rabota

2015

State artillery in Lithuania in the seventeenth century was relatively neglected area of military and only from 1637 years it constituted a separate body. In the second half of the seventeenth century cannon in the arsenals of Lithuania were outdated and there were rarely works with new ones. During this period, it also struggled with the problem of its unification. In the Grand Duchy of Lithuania there was also a private artillery, and the law allowed anyone nobleman, if he could afford it, to have a cannon. The private fortresses they were much more modern than the artillery State. Another issue was transporting artillery to the war,which was associated with the employment of many people,…