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Barracks of the Second Life Guard Rifle Regiment with the Church of the Saint Sergy of Radonezh
In 1871 the buildings of the Sophia Provision Shops, built in 1821-1822 to the design of the architect V.P. Stasov, were rebuilt for permanent apartments of the Tsarskoye Selo riflemen
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Barracks of the Third Life Guard Rifle His Emperor Majesty Regiment
The architectural ensemble of barracks of the Third Life Guard His Emperor Majesty Regiment was built in 1914-1916 to the design of the architect V.A. Pokrovsky
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Commission for the Study of Russian Natural Productive Resources,
COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF RUSSIAN NATURAL PRODUCTIVE FORCES founded under the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1915 during World War I of 1914-18. It was situated at 2a Tuchkovaya Embankment
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His Imperial Majesty Personal Escort
This separate guards unit was formed of Caucasian hill men by Emperor Nikolay the First in 1839 and was named the Life-Guards Caucasian Troops. It had all rights and privileges of the Old Guard
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His Imperial Majesty Personal Railway Regiment
The fist units of the Russian Railway Troops – the railway armed guards – were established in 1870; they were attached to railways. The total number of the Troops didn’t exceed 1000 people
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His Majesty's Life-Guards 1st Rifle Regiment
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
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His Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment
One of the oldest regiments of the Russian Army – His Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment – arrived to Tsarskoye Selo for permanent disposition on February 27, 1832. The regiment was established in 1702
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His Majesty's Life-Guards Hussars Regiment
The Regiment traces its history to the Life-Hussars Squadron established in 1775 to escort Catherine the Second. The Life-Guards Hussars Regiment first saw fire in 1805 at Austerlitz
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Ravdonikas V.I. (1894-1976), archaeologist
RAVDONIKAS Vladislav Iosifovich (1894-1976, Leningrad), archaeologist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1946. He was interested in archaeology from the mid-1910s and dug in Tikhvinsky Uyezd (District)
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Russian Military Historical Society
RUSSIAN MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY fully named the Imperial Russian Military Historical Society, a military science society founded in 1907 for studying the military history of Russia
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Society of Military Enthusiasts
SOCIETY OF MILITARY ENTHUSIASTS, a military science society. It was founded in 1898 on the basis of a military science circle established in Petersburg Garrison in the late 1896 by a group of officers with Major General E. M. Bibikov at the head
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The Guard (Naval) Company
The Guard (Naval) Company was the first guards unit of the Russia Navy. It was established in February 16 (27), 1810 on the basis of the Rowing Company established by Peter the First in 1710
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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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The Life-Guards Keksgolm Regiment
The Life-Guards Keksgolm Regiment is one of the oldest regiments of the Russian Army. Only three regiments of the Foot Guards were established by Peter the Great – Preobrazhensky, Semenovsky and Keksgolm Regiments
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The Military Chamber (an ensemble of the Alexander Park)
The Military Chamber, located in the Alexander Park near the White Tower, was built on the initiative of Nicholas II in 1913-1917 according to the design of the civil engineer S.Yu. Sidorchuk like an Old Russian fortress
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The Sovereign Military Chamber
The Sovereign Military Chamber was built not far from the Anichkov Palace by architect S.Y. Sidorchuk in 1913 – 1916 by order of Nikolay II.
The building was constructed after the fashion of ancient chambers of Pskov-and-Novgorod stone architecture
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The Tsar Railway Station
The Emperor Own Railway branch line and a wooden railway station pavilion, intended for supplying an imperial residence in the Alexander Palace, was constructed in 1895 for safeguarding Emperor Nicholas II
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The Tsarskoselskoye Brotherhood Cemetery of Heroes of the First World War of 1914-1918
A new official brotherhood cemetery of soldiers who died in the First World War was established by order of the Emperor Nikolay the Second in 1914.
The brotherhood cemetery came to be called the Cemetery of Heroes and the First Brotherhood Cemetery
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The Tsarskoye Selo Common Cemetery of World War I Heroes.
The first Common Cemetery of World War I heroes was founded in September 1914 according to the initiative of Empress Alexandra Fiodorovna. It occupies a plot near the Kazan Cemetery and was under the special patronage of the Empress
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The Tsarskoye Selo Palace Hospital
The Tsarskoye Selo Palace Hospital included two charity establishments: a hospital and alms-house, both supported for the money of the Palace Board since the time of Catherine I
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