Verrall, Neil2025-01-172025-01-172024-11-13Verrall N. (2024) A systematic analysis and exposition of the Russian military term 'Maskirovka' [маскировка]. DSDS24, Cranfield Defence and Security Doctoral Symposia 2024, 13-14 November 2024, STEAM Museum, Swindon, UKhttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23399https://doi.org/10.57996/cran.ceres-2708This paper describes the progress to date of a part-time PhD on the topic of ‘Maskirovka’, in the context of the Russian (and Soviet) military. A mixed methods approach, utilising analytical techniques from language-based disciplines, such as applied linguistics, lexicography and translation studies, has been conducting a systematic exposition of the topic. The study has employed qualitative text-analysis, intertextual analysis and multimodal analysis on a repository of N=161 original source texts between 1914 – 2024, and N=39 Russian military dictionaries and lexica between 1795 - 2024. Some initial insights and findings are describedenAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/MaskirovkaCamouflageDeceptionRussiaSovietMilitaryLinguisticsConference paper