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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 ...
The Guards designation originated during World War II, its name coming both from the Russian Imperial Guard, and the old Bolshevik Red Guards. [1] [2] Practical benefits of the status included double pay for ordinary soldiers and the designation often served as a morale-boosting source of unit pride.
31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment; 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment; 73rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment; 458th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment; 627th Guards Fighter Aviation Training Regiment; 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (VVS Baltic Fleet) 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment; 899th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment [3]
In February–March 1917, the defection of reserve battalions of the Imperial Guard based in St.Petersburg was a major factor in the overthrow of the Tsarist government. The service units of the Guard at the front disintegrated along with the remainder of the Imperial Army, until it was formally replaced by the new Red Army on 28 January 1918.
After the end of World War II, the remaining 26 cavalry divisions were mostly converted into mechanized and tank units or disbanded. [11] The last cavalry divisions were not disbanded until the early 1950s, with the last cavalry division, the 4th Guards Cavalry Division (II Formation, previously reduced in status from 4th Guards Cavalry Corps ...
From 1806 to the 60s of the 19th century, the Russian Imperial Army included corps (the highest formations in the infantry and cavalry are non–permanent), which had two divisions (a permanent military formation consisting of two or three brigades of two-regiment composition and an artillery brigade) and artillery brigades (corps).
13th Guards Tank Regiment; 15th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment; 26th Tank Regiment; 44th Guards Tank Training Regiment; 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 ...
Infantry regiments of the Russian Empire (30 P) This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 22:15 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...