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Russian Army Order Of Battle (1812)
The Imperial Russian Army in June 1812 consisted of three main armies and other military formations. The Commander in Chief of the Army was Emperor Alexander I. First Western Army General of the Infantry Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly * 1st Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Count Peter Wittgenstein * Corps Artillery: Nine companies, two pontoon and one pioneer companies * 1st Cavalry Division: Major General Pyotr Kahovskiy ** 1st and 5th Cavalry Brigades *** Riga and Yamburg Dragoon Regiments, Grodno Hussar Regiment and three Cossack Regiments * 2nd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Baggovut * Corps Artillery: Seven companies * Elizabethgrad Hussar Regiment * 3rd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Nikolai Tuchkov * Corps Artillery: Eight companies * Life Guard Cossack Regiment and one Cossack regiment * 4th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Count Pavel Shuvalov * Corps Artillery: Six companies * 5th Reserve Guards Infantry Corps: Grand Duke Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and two forces that served on separate regulations: the Cossacks, Cossack troops and the Islam in Russia, Muslim troops. A regular Russian army existed after the end of the Great Northern War in 1721.День Сухопутных войск России. Досье [''Day of the Ground Forces of Russia. Dossier''] (in Russian). TASS. 31 August 2015. During his reign, Peter the Great accelerated the modernization of Russia's armed forces, including with a decree in 1699 that created the basis for recruiting soldiers, military regulations for the organization of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Tuchkov
Nikolay Alexeyevich Tuchkov (16 April 1765 – 30 October 1812, Yaroslavl) was a Russian general of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), the suppression of the Kościuszko Uprising and the opposition to the French invasion of Russia. He rose to the rank of lieutenant general and commander of an infantry corps. Career The brother of Pavel & Alexander Tuchkov, Nikolay first came to note as a Major General commanding a Brigade of Gortchakov's wing under Korsakov in Switzerland, 1799, serving at the Second Battle of Zurich 25–26 September. In 1806 he commanded the 5th Division of Buxhoeveden's 2nd Army under Mikhail Kamensky in Poland, and served at the Battle of Pultusk 26 December. In the January 1807 offensive he commanded three Divisions (5th, 7th & 8th), and the right wing at Eylau 7/8 February 1807, where his troops were the first to be engaged. He was made commander on the Narew front that summer. On 11 June he drove Claparède from Drenzewo & Borki, but was forced back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Guards Jager Regiment (Russia)
His Majesty Lifeguard Jaeger Regiment (), short also Lifeguard Jaeger Regiment (or: ''LG Jaeger Regiment''), was a Jäger regiment of the Russian Imperial Guard from 1796 to 1917. History The history of the LG Jaeger Regiment began in the year 1792 with the introduction of a new branch of service – the light infantry – under the leadership of Paul I of Russia. This new service branch was named ''Jaeger…'' (ru: ''Егер…'' in reference to the German noun '' Jäger''). The role of the new corps matched those of the rifle regiments of the contemporary British Army and the Chasseurs of the French Army. The first step taken was to identify suitable recruits from among the so-called ''Gattchino troops'' (ru: ''Гатчинские войска / Gatchinskie voyska'') in Gatchina and Pavlovsk, and to concentrate these men in separate ''Jaeger companies'' under the command of Major Anton Rachinski. At the end of 1793 there was further restructuring, followed by the formal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Life Guards Regiment
Finliandsky Guard Regiment () was a Russian Imperial Guard infantry regiment. Campaigns * 1807–1813 – Napoleonic Wars * 1828–1829 – Russo-Turkish War * 1831 – Polish campaign. * 1863–1864 – Polish campaign. * 1877–1878 – Russo-Turkish War. * 1914–1917 – First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to .... ( Eastern Front) See also * Finnish Rifle Battalion References Sources * Gorokhoff, Gerard. Russian Imperial Guard. 2002. * Handbook of the Russian Army 1914 by the British General Staff. Battery Press reprint edition, 1996. Russian Imperial Guard Infantry regiments of the Russian Empire Military history of Finland Guards regiments of the Russian Empire {{mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Life Guards Regiment
Lithuanian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe ** Lithuanian language ** Lithuanians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania and the immediate geographical region ** Lithuanian cuisine ** Lithuanian culture Other uses * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth See also * List of Lithuanians This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania. In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and not in the territory of moder ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment
The Izmaylovsky Regiment (), also Izmailovsky, was one of the oldest regiments of the Imperial Russian Army, a subdivision of the 1st Guards Infantry Division of the Imperial Russian Guard. It was formed in Moscow on 22 September 1730 as Empress Anna's personal life guards (leib guard), named after the Romanov ancestral estate of Izmaylovo. The first colonel of the regiment that was appointed was Adjutant general Count Karl Gustav von Löwenwolde. After him, only members of the imperial family were appointed chiefs of the regiment. On 17 March 1800, the regiment was renamed to ''Lifeguards of His Imperial Highness Konstantin Pavlovich'' (), and then on 28 May of the same year to ''Lifeguard of His Imperial Highness Nikolai Pavlovich'' (). The original name was restored in 1801. The regimental church was Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, where its military ensigns were kept. Timeline * 1737 – the first time that the Izmaylovsky Regiment saw active service, when a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment
The Semyonovsky Lifeguard Regiment (, ) was one of the two oldest guard regiments of the Imperial Russian Army. The other one was the Preobrazhensky Regiment. In 2013, it was recreated for the Russian Armed Forces as a rifle regiment, its name now becoming the 1st Semyonovsky Independent Rifle Regiment (). The Semyonovsky Regiment was the second oldest regiment of the Russian army, established in 1691 at the village of Semyonovskoye (now in Moscow) from the expansion of Peter the Great's " toy army," which was used to create the Preobrazhensky Regiment in 1690. They were both part of Peter's Western-style regiments and distinguished themselves in battle during his wars with Sweden and the Ottoman Empire. The regiment was part of the 1st Brigade (known as "Peter's Brigade") of the 1st Guards Infantry Division along with the Preobrazhensky by the time of World War I. It was disbanded after the Russian Revolution. History Peter's Toy Army The history of the regiment dates b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment
The Preobrazhensky Life-Guards Regiment (, ''Preobrazhensky leyb-gvardii polk'') was a regiment of the Imperial Guard of the Imperial Russian Army from 1683 to 1917. The Preobrazhensky Regiment was one of the oldest infantry regiments in Imperial Russia, along with the Semyonovsky Regiment. Among the two, the Preobrazhensky Regiment was the first to be formally established by Peter the Great from his so-called " toy army" in 1690, and became part of the Western-style regiments in the Russian armed forces. The regiment distinguished itself in battle several times during his reign in the wars against Sweden and the Ottoman Empire. Along with the Semyonovsky Regiment, the Preobrazhensky Regiment formed the 1st Brigade (known as "Peter's Brigade") of the 1st Guards Infantry Division stationed on the Fontanka in Saint Petersburg. It served in several campaigns during World War I and was disbanded shortly before the October Revolution in 1917 by its last commander, though it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Yermolov
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (, ; – ) was a Russian general of the 19th century who commanded Russian troops in the Caucasian War. He served in all the Russian campaigns against the French, except for the 1799 campaigns of Alexander Suvorov in northern Italy and Switzerland. During this time he was accused of conspiracy against Paul I and sentenced to exile. Two years later he was pardoned and brought back into service by Alexander I. Yermolov distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars at the Battles of Austerlitz, Eylau, Borodino, Kulm, and Paris. Early life Yermolov was born on in Moscow to an old Russian noble family from the Oryol Governorate. His father, Pyotr Alekseyevich Yermolov, owned a small estate with 150 serfs in the Mtsensky Uyezd of the Oryol Governorate. According to the practice of the time, Yermolov was officially enrolled in the Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment as a child (for future service). He attended the boarding school of the Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich Of Russia
Konstantin Pavlovich (; ) was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. He was the heir-presumptive for most of his elder brother Alexander I's reign, but had secretly renounced his claim to the throne in 1823. For 25 days after the death of Alexander I, from 19 November (O.S.)/1 December 1825 to 14 December (O.S.)/26 December 1825 he was known as ''His Imperial Majesty Konstantin I Emperor and Sovereign of Russia'', although he never reigned and never acceded to the throne. His younger brother Nicholas became tsar in 1825. The succession controversy became the pretext of the Decembrist revolt. Konstantin was known to eschew court etiquette and to take frequent stands against the wishes of his brother Alexander I, for which he is remembered fondly in Russia, but in his capacity as the governor of Poland he is remembered as a hated ruler. Early life Konstantin was born in Tsarskoye Selo on 27 April 1779, the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
29th Chernigov Infantry Regiment
The 31st Chernigov Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Russian Imperial Army. In 1914, it was part of the 1st Brigade of the 15th Army Corps' 8th Infantry Division and was based in Warsaw. The regiment celebrated its feast day on 25 December. During the Decembrist skebdi of 1825, the regiment took part in the Chernigov Regiment revolt. History *June 25, 1700-formed in Moscow by General Weide, under the name of the Infantry von Shvedena Regiment, consisting of 10 companies. *October 12, 1705-Infantry Gasseniusa Regiment. *March 10, 1708-Chernigov Infantry Regiment. *February 16, 1727-1st Uglickij Regiment *November 13, 1727-Chernigov Infantry Regiment. *November 29, 1796-Chernigov Musketeer's regiment. *October 1, 1798-Musketeer's Major General Essen 1st Regiment. *October 30, 1799-Musketeer's major-General de Gervais Regiment. *November 2, 1800-Musketeer's Major General Essen 1st Regiment *March 31, 1801-Chernigov Musketeer's regiment. *February 22, 1811 - Chern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyotr Konovnitsyn
Count Pyotr Petrovich Konovnitsyn (; 1764–1822) was a Russian military leader, General of Infantry, who served as Minister of War of the Russian Empire from 1815 to 1819. Biography Born in Pskov to the family of a local landowner, Pyotr Petrovich Konovnitsyn, who later became the Governor of Saint Petersburg. From a noble family that traced its roots back to the roots of the House of Romanov (that is, to Andrei Kobyla). He spent his childhood and youth in the family estate of Kyarovo, Gdovsky Uyezd Saint Petersburg Governorate. In 1770, he was enrolled in the Artillery and Engineering Gentry Cadet Corps. On October 8, 1774, he was enrolled as a furir to the Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment. He received his education and upbringing at home. He began his active service on January 12, 1785, in the Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment as a sub-ensign. He participated in the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790. On July 3, 1791, he was sent with the rank of Prime major to the war wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
