About the book: 2017 / In the Russian army, officer rank has always determined membership not in a social group, but in a caste that lived according to its own unwritten laws - according to the code of honor. In the event that the provisions of the army regulations conflicted with the provisions of the code, the officer’s choice was obvious - in favor of the code of honor. The officer's court of honor was more authoritative than the military tribunal, “for it is better to be exiled, demoted, than to lose dignity.” During the Russo-Japanese War, captain Valentin Kulchitsky wrote “Advice to a Young Officer,” which summarized the set of rules developed over the years, it became the “Code of Honor Russian officer." The continuation of the officer code was the “Dueling Code” by Vasily Durasov. With the difference that he determined the rules of duels (honor duels) for both military officials and civilians.