The monograph is devoted to the daily life of the lower military ranks (privates and non-commissioned officers) of the Russian army of the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries. The book examines: the socio-legal status of the lower military ranks; the system of manning the lower ranks of the Russian army; the role of the NCO Corps; conditions of active military service; sanitary condition and medical support of lower military ranks in peacetime; the system of maintaining discipline and the system of punishments in the Russian army; training and upbringing, the cultural level of the lower military ranks; value orientations and traditions of Siberian soldiers.