On December 29, 2012, the Russian Military-Historical Society was reconstituted by Order № 1710 of the President of Russia, with the goal of consolidating the resources of the State and the Society for the study of Russia’s Military-Historical past, facilitating the study of national military history and counteracting attempts to distort it, as well as to popularize the achievements of military-historical study, encourage patriotism, and raise the prestige of military service.