In December 1807 Tsar Alexander I personally granted a commission in the hussars to a young cavalryman who had shown exceptional valor in the summer's campaign
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Jean Elshtain examines how the myths of Man as "Just Warrior" and Woman as "Beautiful Soul" serve to recreate and secure women's social position as noncombatant