His Majesty's Life-Guards Hussars Regiment

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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. The Hussars took part in the siege of Varna during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828 – 1829. The Regiment distinguished itself at Telish and Philippoupolis during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. The Life-Guards Hussars Regiment took part in the actions during the First World War. The Regiment was headquartered in the former uyezd town of Sophia. One of the streets of present-day Pushkin District of St. Petersburg is called Gusarskaya (Hussar) Street. The Regiment was discontinued as a military unit of the Russian Army in 1918.