The monograph gives a general outline of the internal political course of the beginning of Anna Ioannovna's reign against the broad background of political struggle in society, examines the influence of this struggle and palace intrigues on the process of its formation, characterizes the main components of the internal political program of 1730 - 1732, which embodied it. Government policy regarding the army and navy is analyzed in the context of this course: the mechanism of its formation is shown; its initiators and the main factors influencing it are identified; the results of its implementation in practice are demonstrated. Primary attention is paid to the main complexes of military reforms of the 1730s: the creation of new guards regiments and a cadet corps; military-defensive measures on the southern borders and related expansion of the land militia; the activities of the Military Land and Military Naval Commissions of the first half of the 1730s, as well as the transformation of government decisions in contact with practice (including under the influence of the Russian-Turkish War of 1735 - 1739). CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION 5Chapter 1. DOMESTIC POLITICAL PROGRAM THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF ANNA JOHNOVNA1. The struggle of factions at the court in 1730-1732 372. The internal political program of the beginning of the reign of Anna Ioannovna, its development and attempts to implement 662.1. Internal political course in the Senate in the spring of 1730 662.2. Internal political program June 1, 1730 692.3. Addition and further stages of discussion of the internal political program in 1730-1735 782.4. Implementation of the internal political program at the beginning of the reign of Anna Ioannovna 903. Senate and Cabinet of Ministers in 1731-1735 95Chapter 2. FIRST TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE ARMY IN 1730-17311. Composition and structure of the Russian armed forces 1032. Creation of the Izmailovsky and Horse Guards regiments. Formation of the Cadet Corps 1103. Expansion of the contingent of Landmilitsky regiments in 1731 1204. Construction of new fortified border lines 1285. Army formations with special sources of funding. Lower corps and artillery 131Chapter 3. MILITARY LAND COMMISSION 1730-1732. AND GENERAL RESULTS OF GOVERNMENT MILITARY POLICY IN 1730-17401. Activities of the Military Land Commission 1730-1732. 1412. Implementation of the decisions of the Military Land Commission of 1730-1732 1663. Reform of army management 1714. General results of government policy in relation to the land army in the period 1730-1735 1795. Plans for recruiting the Russian army in the context of the history of European armies 1856. Military policy of the second half of the reign (1736-1740) 194Chapter 4. GOVERNMENT POLICY IN RELATION TO THE FLEET. ACTIVITIES OF THE MILITARY NAVAL COMMISSION (1732-1738)1. Issues of financing the fleet during the reign of Anna Ioannovna 2132. Formation of the Military Maritime Commission 1732-1738 2223. Work of the Military Maritime Commission 2454. Some results of the development of shipbuilding during the reign of Anna Ioannovna and the implementation of the plans of the Military Maritime Commission 1732-1738 2725. Problems of the development of the fleet at the end reign of Anna Ioannovna 282CONCLUSION 299APPENDICES 304BIBLIOGRAPHY 343