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The Russian Imperial Guard, officially known as the Leib Guard (Russian: Лейб-гвардия Leyb-gvardiya, from German Leib "body"; cf. Life Guards / Bodyguard) were combined Imperial Russian Army forces units serving as counterintelligence to prevent sabotage of important imperial palace, personal guards of the Emperor of Russia and imperial family, public security in capital, and ...
Pavlovsky Guard Regiment (Russian: Павловский лейб-гвардии полк) was a Russian Imperial Guard infantry regiment. It was formed out of two battalions of the Moscow Grenadiers on November 19, 1796. They were given the title of Pavlovsky Life-Guard (Russian: лейб-гвардии: лейб-from German Leib, lit.
The LG Jaeger Regiment participated in the Napoleonic Wars, Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, the campaign to put down the November Uprising in Poland in 1830-31, Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and First World War.
Throughout the Napoleonic Wars the Imperial Russian Guard was commanded by Grand Duke Konstantin. The guard grew from a few regiments to two infantry divisions combined into the V Infantry Corps commanded at Borodino by General Lieutenant Lavrov and two cavalry divisions with their own artillery and train by the conclusion of the 1814 campaign.
Life Guard Dragoon, Life Guard Hussar and Life Guard Uhlan Regiments; Brigade Kazan and Niezhin Dragoon Regiments; Corps Artillery: One company; 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Baron Fyodor Korf. 6th Cavalry Brigade Pskov and Moscow Dragoon Regiments; 7th Cavalry Brigade Kargopol [4] and Ingermanland Dragoon Regiments; Brigade
Pages in category "Russian military units and formations of the Napoleonic Wars" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
1722 – According to Russian Table of Ranks soldiers of Preobrazhensky regiment were to be considered two ranks higher than in ordinary units. 1726 – Moscow company of Preobrazhensky regiment becomes a separate Moscow life-guard battalion and later Murom leib-guard battalion. 1737–1739 – War against Ottoman Empire.
Napoleon; a History of the Art of War: From the beginning of the Peninsular war to the end of the Russian campaign, with a detailed account of the Napoleonic wars. Riverside Press. ISBN 978-1871048285. Dodge, Theodore Ayrault (1907). Napoleon; a History of the Art of War: Great captains. Houghton, Mifflin and company. Duffy, Christopher (1972).