His Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment

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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. In 1813, the Regiment gained the rights and privileges of a young guard for courage and bravery demonstrated by its personnel during the Patriotic War of 1812 and came to be called the Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment. The garrison of the Regiment was in Sophia behind the Alexander Cadet Corps. The barracks of the squadrons of the Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment were facing Kirasirskaya (Cuirassier) Street beside St. Sophia Cathedral. The personnel of the Regiment honorably discharged their military duty in the battles of the First World War.
The regiment was discontinued as a military unit of the Russian Army in 1917. Hussar Life Guards Regiment
St. Sofia Cathedral at Tsarskoe Selo