Explanatory Dictionary Ozhegova offers the following meanings of the word. This may be a set of measures for the implementation of another important socio-political or economic task. Outdated value - the period of navigation or military operations of the fleet. And the last - a set of military operations, united by a common strategic plan and carried out at a certain stage of the war in one theater of operations.
Campaign or agricultural campaign
Read the first meaning of the word "campaign". What does “next challenge” mean? A set of measures is carried out periodically. It is known that agricultural work is carried out depending on the time of year. Sowing is carried out in the spring, harvesting in the fall, etc. The set of actions aimed at solving a specific seasonal problem, mobilization of equipment and labor is an agricultural campaign.
What does the campaign mean? Firstly, the formation of a positive image of the candidate and its introduction into the minds of voters. Secondly, training a team of activists to campaign in favor of the candidate. This is the campaign. The meaning of the word in this case is a set of actions for the implementation of the task, the victory of the candidate.
Maritime campaign
Russian ships based in the cold northern waters and not having the ability to go sailing in the winter went to sea in the warm season. A custom has appeared: the period that sailors spend in sailing is called a campaign. The meaning of the word is a period of 6 lunar months (28 days each).
Military campaign
The main foreign policy issue of Peter I, the war with Sweden, included the Finnish campaign of 1713-1714. The operation resulted in the strengthening of Russia's position in Finland and a demonstration of the power of Russian troops not only on land but also at sea. The Persian campaign of Peter (in Transcaucasia and Dagestan) consisted of two campaigns - 1722 and 1723.
The biography of the great Russian commander A.V. Suvorov includes a list of military operations in which he took part. Some of them went down in history under the name “campaign”: Italian (1799) and Swiss 1799, for the brilliant conduct of which he was awarded the title of Prince of Italy.
Researchers consider the battle at the Rymnik River, which took place in 1789 during the Russian-Turkish campaign, to be the peak of the art of A.V. Suvorov. The meaning of the word, as can be seen, implies the totality of hostilities at any stage of the war in a particular territory.
Contemporaries called the war of 1812 a campaign. The status of the Patriotic War was assigned to events later, during the reign of Nicholas I. The fighting was carried out on a small area near Smolensk roads and did not capture vast territories. It is known that Napoleon Bonaparte, who did not plan large-scale actions on the territory of Russia, called his campaign the Russian campaign. The foreign campaign of 1813-1814, the aim of which was the final defeat of Napoleon, was also called the campaign.
XX century
In the 20th century, local (local, not going beyond certain limits) wars began to be called campaigns. Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 included the Manchu campaign, the purpose of which was to establish control over the disputed territories.
The Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, according to several historians, is one of the military campaigns of World War II. The operation resulted in the joining of 11% of Finnish territory to the Soviet Union.
Summarize. In whatever context “campaign” is used, the meaning of a word always implies a set of actions aimed at achieving a specific result in any field.