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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 ...
22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (PVO) 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment; 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)
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.
During the 19th century the Imperial Russian Guard regiments were not exclusively composed of Russian troops, but also included Lithuanian, Finnish and Ukrainian units. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Imperial Guards consisted of 13 infantry , 4 rifles and 14 cavalry regiments , artillery, engineers and transport, making up a separate ...
Stationed in Iran during World War II. 2nd Cavalry Division – used to create the third formation of the 2nd Rifle Division on 23.11.41. 3rd Cavalry Division – Formed in Odessa Military District prewar. 6.41 with 5th Cavalry Corps. Became the 5th Guards Cavalry Division 22.12.41. Originally 34,60,99,158 Cavalry Regiments and 44th Tank ...
Many infantry (pekhotniye in Russian), literally 'movement', and rifle (strelkoviye in Russian), literally 'sharpshooter', divisions were inherited by the Workers-Peasants Army from the former Imperial Russian Army, but were renamed in the spirit of the Revolutionary times, often with names including words such as "Proletariat", "workers and peasants", or other titles that differentiated them ...
His Majesty Lifeguard Jaeger Regiment (Russian: «Лейб-гвардии Егерский Его Величества полк»), short also Lifeguard Jaeger Regiment (or: LG Jaeger Regiment), was a Jäger regiment of the Russian Imperial Guard from 1796 to 1917.
A peculiarity of the Russian Imperial Guard was that recruits for most regiments were required to meet certain criteria of physical appearance, in order to provide a standardised appearance on parade. [5] For the Semyonovsky Regiment conscripts were selected for their height (tallest of the Guard Infantry), light brown hair and being clean ...