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Liudi, rodivshiesia i vyrosshie v etom glukhom uglu Turetskoi imperii, raspadaiushcheisia Turetskoi imperii XIX veka, konechno, ne imeli nikakogo poniatiia o tom, chto predstavliaet soboi podlinno boesposobnoe i organizovannoe voisko mogushchestvennoi derzhavy. Vse, chto prikhodilos' videt' im do etikh por, byli razroznennye, otoshchavshie, koe-kak obmundirovannye i plokho oplachivaemye chasti reguliarnoi armii ili, chto eshche khuzhe, sognannye siloi otriady bosniiskikh bashibuzukov, ne vedaiushchie ni distsipliny, ni boevogo voodushevleniia. Seichas pered nimi vpervye predstala nastoiashchaia <>, pobedonosnaia, blestiashchaia, uverennaia v sebe. Takaia armiia dolzhna byla oslepit' ikh i porazit' do onemeniia. Po konskoi sbrue, po kazhdoi pugovitse na mundirakh soldat s pervogo vzgliada ugadyvalis' nadezhnye i prochnye tyly, poriadok, moshch' i izobilie kakogo-to drugogo mira, stoiashchego za polchishchami etikh paradno razodetykh gusar i egerei.