The Life-Guards 4th Imperial Rifle Regiment

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A Rifle Regiment was formed of peasants of the Royal Demesne by order of Nikolay the First on October 25, 1845 (during the Crimean War of 1853-1856). The first ceremonial review of the Imperial Rifle Regiment took place on the Sophia parade ground in Tsarskoye Selo on June 21, 1855 in the presence of Alexander the Second who became the Honorary Colonel of the Regiment. The Regiment was discontinued after the peace treaty was signed.
Alexander the Second ordered to establish the Life-Guards Royal Rifle Battalion headquartered in Tsarskoye Selo in remembrance of the Imperial Rifle Regiment. Crown prince Nikolay Alexandrovich (the elder son of Alexander the Second), Grand Dukes Konstantin Nikolyevich, Nikolay Nikolayevich and Mikhail Nikolayevich as well as famous Russian poet, Colonel, Count A.K. Tolstoy did their military service in the Battalion.
The Battalion was reformed into the Life-Guards 4th Imperial Rifle Regiment in May of 1910. The Life-Guards 4th Imperial Rifle Regiment was discontinued as a military unit of the Russian Army in 1918.