His Majesty's Life-Guards 1st Rifle Regiment

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Light infantry along with heavy infantry emerged in European armies in the 18th century. The light infantry consisted of units called rifle units.
The Imperial Rifle Regiment was established in 1854. The Life-Guards 1st Rifle Battalion was established on the basis of the Imperial Rifle Regiment and was reformed into His Majesty's Life-Guards 1st Rifle Regiment in 1910.
The Battalion was headquartered in St. Petersburg until 1863. After 1863 the Battalion moved to the outskirts of Sophia, Tsarskoye Selo. Regiment’s participation in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 and the First World War was an important stage of its history.
The Life-Guards 1st Rifle Regiment was discontinued as a unit of the old army in 1918. Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment
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