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His Majesty's Own Cossack Escort (Russian: Собственный Его Императорского Величества Конвой, E.И.B.) - was a Russian Imperial Guard formation, created for the
Emperor of All Russia
The emperor or empress of all the Russias or All Russia, ''Imperator Vserossiyskiy'', ''Imperatritsa Vserossiyskaya'' (often titled Tsar or Tsarina/Tsaritsa) was the monarch of the Russian Empire.
The title originated in connection with Russi ...
. At the Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig (french: Bataille de Leipsick; german: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig, ); sv, Slaget vid Leipzig), also known as the Battle of the Nations (french: Bataille des Nations; russian: Битва народов, translit=Bitva ...
in the Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fre ...
, soldiers from the regiment saved then Emperor Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death. He was the eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.
The son o ...
from being captured by French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader wh ...
.
The core of the regiment consisted entirely of 200 Terek Cossacks and 200 Kuban Cossacks
Kuban Cossacks (russian: кубанские казаки, ''kubanskiye kаzaki''; uk, кубанські козаки, ''kubanski kozaky''), or Kubanians (russian: кубанцы, ; uk, кубанці, ), are Cossacks who live in the Kuban r ...
, with 200 men of each cossack host
A Cossack host ( uk, козацьке військо, translit=kozatske viisko; russian: каза́чье во́йско, ''kazachye voysko''), sometimes translated as Cossack army, was an administrative subdivision of Cossacks in the Russian Em ...
in service, with the other 200 on military leave at any time.
History
Originally formed in 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars, the regiment served until shortly after theFebruary Revolution
The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and some ...
and the overthrow of Nicholas II
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pol ...
, at which time it was dissolved.
The Barracks of His Own Majesty's Cossack Escort was in Pushkin, St. Petersburg near the imperial residence of Tsarskoye Selo
Tsarskoye Selo ( rus, Ца́рское Село́, p=ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo, a=Ru_Tsarskoye_Selo.ogg, "Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the c ...
.
Commanders
* 26.08.1856—30.08.1858 — Flügeladjutant, princePyotr Romanovich Bagration
Prince Pyotr Romanovich Bagration (russian: Пётр Рома́нович Багратио́н, ka, პეტრე რომანის (რევაზის) ძე ბაგრატიონი; 24 September 1818 – 17 January 1876), the ...
* 27.09.1858—08.03.1864 — Polkovnik (from 1860 — Major-General) Dmitri Ivanovich Skobelev
* 08.03.1864—24.05.1869 — Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik Sergei Alekseev Sheremetev
* 24.05.1869—13.08.1878 — Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik (from 17.10.1877 — Major-General of the Svita) Peter Alexandrovich Cherevin
* 13.08.1878—30.08.1887 — Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik Modest Alexandrovich Ivashkin-Potanoff
* 30.08.1887—17.02.1893 — Polkovnik (from 30.08.1891 — General-Major of the Svita) Vladimir Alekseevich Sheremetev
* 06.05.1893—12.06.1906 — Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik (from 1896 — Major-General of the Svita) baron Alexander Yegorovich Meiendorf
* 12.06.1906—01.01.1914 — Polkovnkik (from 31.05.1907 — Major-General of the Svita) prince Georgi Ivanovich Trubetskoy
* 02.01.1914—22.03.1917 — Major-General of the Svita, count Alexander Nikolaevich Grabbe
* 15.03.1917—30.03.1917 — Polkovnik Georgi Antonovich Rashpil
See also
* Russian Imperial Guard *Imperial guard
An imperial guard or palace guard is a special group of troops (or a member thereof) of an empire, typically closely associated directly with the Emperor or Empress. Usually these troops embody a more elite status than other imperial forces, i ...
References
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