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In 1942–1943 four groups of snipers from the Kremlin Regiment were sent to the Western and Volkhov Fronts. The snipers killed more than 1,200 German soldiers and officers, losing only 97 men in combat. [3] On February 23, 1944, the Kremlin Regiment was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner.
[1] [2] Internally, has authority over the operation of certain Kremlin museums. [3] The Commandant of the Moscow Kremlin is the operational head of the office. It has direct control over the Kremlin Regiment, which notable maintains a permanent honor guard (Russian: Почётный караул) at the eternal flame of the Tomb of the Unknown ...
83rd Corps Artillery Regiment; 100th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment; 108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment; 111th Guards Airborne Regiment; 138th Separate Tank Regiment; 154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment; 217th Guards Airborne Regiment; 243rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment; 295th Guards Motor Rifle ...
Members of the Kremlin Regiment on horseback dressed in the uniforms of the cavalry corps.. The cavalry corps (Russian: кавалерийский корпус) of the Workers and Peasant Red Army was a type of military formation that existed from the early days of the Russian Civil War until 1947 when the Red Army was renamed as the Soviet Army and all cavalry corps were disbanded.
1st Semyonovsky Independent Rifle Regiment; 100th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment; 154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment; 219th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment; 341st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment; 555th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment; 810th Separate Naval Infantry Regiment; 967th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment
This is a timeline of Russian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Russia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of Russia. See also list of Russian monarchs and list of heads of state of Russia.
The Presidential Band of the Kremlin Regiment of Russia was established in September 1938, being originally named the Moscow Kremlin Commandant's Band, for many years assigned as the official band of the Soviet KGB at state events. On January 11, 1993, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered the band to be renamed to its current title.
The Moscow Kremlin [a] or simply the Kremlin [b] is a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia. [1] Located in the centre of the country's capital city, it is the best known of the kremlins (Russian citadels ) and includes five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall along with the Kremlin towers .