The Life-Guards 2nd Tsarskoselsky Rifle Regiment

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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.
The Battalion was headquartered in the territory of the former uyezd town of Sophia in single-storey wooden barracks on Pavlovskoye Highway.
In 1910, the Life-Guards 2nd Rifle Battalion was reformed into the Life-Guards 2nd Tsarskoselsky Rifle Regiment.
The Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh designed by architect A.G. Uspensky was built in 1904. The construction was financed by Moscow merchant I.A. Protopopov. In 1910, the Church became the Regiment Church.
The Life-Guards 2nd Tsarskoselsky Rifle Regiment was discontinued as a military unit of the Russian Army in April of 1918. Moscow Life Guards Regiment
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Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment
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