Measurements on improving the health of military serviants of the Russian Imperial Army during the First World War

Abstract

Abstract. The relevance. Military conflicts accompany all periods of human development, and the obtained results can be rethought and transferred to the present day, taking into account existing realities. Within the framework of military-historical anthropology, the value of the quality of the organization of army life is determined by the fact that it largely formed the degree of psychological stability of participants in military operations. The goals of the research include identifying the main problems of the sanitary and hygienic conditions of the active army, their causes, as well as analyzing measures aimed at improving it.

The problem of the research is to identify the degree of effectiveness of the sanitary and hygienic service in military field conditions.

The purpose of the research is to analyze the organization of sanitary and hygienic life of military servants of the Russian army during the First World War.

The methodological basis of the research is based on general scientific methods of synthesis, analysis, generalization and systematization. In accordance with the principles of historicism and objectivity, the authors make extensive use of specialized periodicals from the war period, orders of the command, sources of both memoir origin reflecting the impressions of more educated strata of society, and sources capturing the experience of ordinary soldiers. This approach allows for a comprehensive assessment of the readiness to organize the fight against infectious diseases.

Key findings. The results of the study present the results of the analysis of the measures taken to implement sanitary and hygienic measures to combat infectious diseases in the army environment during the studied period, and conclusions have been made about their effectiveness.