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His Imperial Majesty's Escort

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ESCORT, His Imperial Majesty's Personal Escort, a special guards unit, officially known as the Emperor's Personal Guard. The Escort was established in 1811 as a combined Cossack-Caucasian hundred. From 1828, the Escort was also staffed by highlanders and Transcaucasian noblemen as a sign of the Emperor's favour to the inhabitants of the Caucuses. From 1881, the unit consisted of four hundred Cossacks, two hundred of which came from the Terki Cossack Forces, and the other two hundred belonging to the Kuban Cossack Forces. The Escort was lodged in the Cossacks Guards quarters on the Obvodny Canal.

References: Петин С. И. Собственный е. и. в. конвой, 1811-1911 г.: Краткий очерк. СПб., 1911; Галушкин Н. В. Собственный Его Императорского Величества Конвой. Сан-Франциско, 1961.

G. V. Kalashnikov.

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Obvodny Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city

Bibliographies

Петин С. И. Собственный е. и. в. конвой, 1811-1911 г.: Крат. очерк. СПб., 1911
Галушкин Н. В. Собственный Его Императорского Величества Конвой. Сан-Франциско, 1961

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His Imperial Majesty’s Convoy. Photo, 1908.

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1834 Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov had arrived in Tsarskoye Selo for the service in the Life-Guard His Emperor Majesty Hussar Regiment. The Emperor Convoy moved in Tsarskoye Selo for the permanent service according to the order of Emperor
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

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Barracks of the Own His Emperor Majesty Escort During its random staying in Tsarskoye Selo over the 19th century the Emperor Escort occupied hussar and cuirassier barracks. The first permanent wooden barracks of the Own His Emperor Majesty Escort were built in 1895 in the Alexander Park in
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

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