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Entries / Guards Rifle Brigade

Guards Rifle Brigade


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GUARDS RIFLE BRIGADE, Guards infantry formation. Consisted of four rifle battalions (from 1911 - regiments). Was quartered in Tsarskoe Selo (Tsars' Village). His Majesty's 1st and 2nd Tsarskoselsky battalions were formed in 1856, 3rd Finnish battalion -- in 1829 (until 1906 recruited from the subjects of the Grand Duchy of Finland), in 1906 disbanded, in 1911 raised anew from the Life Guards Reserve Regiment and designated the 3rd Rifle His Majesty's Regiment. The 4th Imperial Family's Battalion was formed from the combatants of the St. Petersburg irregulars in 1854. In 1918 the brigade was disbanded.

Reference: Андрианов А. П. Общая хроника гвардейских стрелков. Paris, 1935.

G. V. Kalashnikov.

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Андрианов А. П. Общая хроника гвардейских стрелков. Paris, 1935


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Guards

GUARDS, life guards, elite, privileged military unit. The Russian Guards were established by Peter I in 1700, when the Preobrazhensky and Semenovsky regiments gained the title of life guards

The Life-Guards 2nd Tsarskoselsky Rifle Regiment

The Life-Guards 2nd Rifle Battalion was established on March 27, 1856 on the basis of the rifle companies of the 2nd Guard Division. The Battalion was made a part of the Old Guard and given all rights and privileges of the Old Guard

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