Mikhaylyonok O.M. Between traditionalism and modernization: the Russian state and the army in the late XIX – XX centuries. (new understanding). Public policy, 2018, Vol.2, No. 1, pp. 24-36. Mikhaylyonok O.M. Between traditionalism and modernization: the Russian state and the army in the late XIX – XX centuries. (new understanding). Public policy, 2018, Vol.2, No. 1, pp. 24-36.ISSN 2541-8351Posted on site: 28.05.19AbstractHistorical-political analysis of phenomena, processes, trends, general and specific patterns in the field of nation-building in their relationship with the reform of the armed forces at the turning points of development of the Russian statehood in the context of the formation and strengthening of democratic statehood in Russia, remains popular particularly in the modern period.