The text is devoted to researching the processes of formation of common Austro-Hungarian armed forces during the last third of 19th and first decades of 20th centuries up to the beginning of World War I. One of the most important aspects of this research is the study of modernization of army manning systems and the influence of this process on Austro-Hungarian society. The primary methodology of this research involves a comparative analysis of military modernization at the imperial level, and on the example of the peripheral province of the empire, Austrian Galicia.

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