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The new uniforms were designed in a simplified style, imitating the national semi-historical Russian costume, and were considered too simple and rustic. The reform left only two hussar regiments within the Imperial Guard (His Majesty's Hussar Life-Guards regiment and Grodno Life-Guards Hussar regiment) with their uniforms relatively unchanged.
The 2nd Pavlograd Life Hussar Regiment (Russian: 2-й лейб-гусарский Павлоградский полк) was a cavalry regiment of the Imperial Russian Army. The regiment was originally formed in 1783 as the Pavlograd Light Horse Regiment from the Dnepr and Yekaterinoslav Regiments of Pikemen, although it traced its seniority back ...
A characteristic of both the Imperial German and Russian Hussars was the variety of colours apparent in their dress uniforms. [56] These included red, black, green, dark and light blue, brown and even pink (the Russian 15th Hussars [57]) dolmans. Most Russian hussar regiments wore red breeches, [58] as did all the Austro-Hungarian hussars of ...
Portrait of the Heir Tsarevich Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, Chief of the Life Guards Hussar Regiment, in the Uniform of the Regiment. 1868 Attack of the Life Guards of the Hussar Regiment Near the Village of Telish, War of Independence, artist Viktor Mazurovsky. The regiment took part in the Russian–Turkish Wars.
An illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the Napoleonic wars : an expert, in-depth reference to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1792-1815. London Lanham, Md: Lorenz North American agent/distributor, National Book Network. ISBN 978-0-7548-1571-6. OCLC 60320422. Smith, Digby (1998).
Soldier of the 1st infantry brigade, 2nd infantry brigade and Jäger Soldier of the 1st hussar regiment, 2nd hussar regiment and horse artillery. The Russian–German Legion was a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army raised in 1812 by Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg after being instigated by Alexander I of Russia.
Horse carabinier's uniform before 1809 Horse carabinier as of 1809. The corps of Carabiniers was a group of heavy cavalry originally created by Louis XIV.From 1791 to 1809, their uniforms consisted of a blue coat with a blue piped red collar, red cuffs, lapels and turnbacks with white grenades, red epaulettes with edged white straps, red cuff flaps for the 1st Regiment, blue piped red for the ...
The independent Russia inherited the ranks of the Soviet Union, although the insignia and uniforms were altered a little. The following is a table of ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Russian armed forces have two styles of ranks: deck ranks (navy style ranks) and troop ranks (army and other forces style ranks).