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The 113th Infantry Starorussky Regiment is an infantry military unit of the Russian Imperial Army. Regimental holiday was May 9. Seniority – from November 29, 1796.


Locations

In 1820, the Rylsky infantry regiment from
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was transferred to the settlement of Klimov, Novozybkovsky district. The second battalion of the regiment in a settlement in the Mogilev province. It was part of the 1st Brigade,
29th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) The 29th Infantry Division (, ''29-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. It was part of the 20th Army Corps (Russian Empire), 20th Army Corps. Organization *1st Brigade **113th Starorus Russian Infantry R ...
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Formation and Campaign Regiment


Regiment predecessors

The predecessor of the Starorussky regiment is the former Rylsky infantry regiment, formed on November 29, 1796 in
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. During the
Patriotic War of 1812 The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (), the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the continent ...
, the old Rylsky regiment defended Dinaburg, then took part in the
Battle of Ostrovno The Battle of Ostrovno () was a military engagement that took place on 25 July 1812, between French forces under the command of King of Naples Joachim Murat and Russian forces under General Ostermann-Tolstoy and ended with the Russian forc ...
, on Valutin Hill, Borodino,
Battle of Tarutino The Battle of Tarutino () was a part of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. In the battle, Russian troops under the general command of Bennigsen (as part of Kutuzov's army), on instructions from Kutuzov, launched an attack and defeated French tro ...
and
Battle of Vyazma The Battle of Vyazma (3 November 1812; 22 October by OS), occurred at the beginning of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. In this encounter a Russian force commanded by General Miloradovich inflicted heavy losses on the rear guard of the ''Gran ...
. In the
War of the Sixth Coalition In the War of the Sixth Coalition () (December 1812 – May 1814), sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation (), a coalition of Austrian Empire, Austria, Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia, Russian Empire, Russia, History of Spain (1808– ...
(1813 – 1814), the Rylsky regiment fought in the
Battle of Leipzig The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I, Karl von Schwarzenberg, and G ...
(1813) and stormed the Montmartre Heights at the
Battle of Paris (1814) The Battle of Paris (or the Storming of Paris) was fought on 30–31 March 1814 between the Sixth Coalition, consisting of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, and the French Empire. After a day of fighting in the suburbs of Paris, the French ...
. On January 9, 1798, 10 banners of the 1797 model were granted to the Rila Musketeer Regiment. One had a white cross, and the corners were green with a dark blue in half. The rest have a green cross, and the corners are dark blue. Coffee poles. In 1824, the Rylsky Infantry Regiment was granted a simple (without inscriptions) banner of the 1816 model. The cross is green, the corners are white. On January 28, 1833, the old Rylsky Infantry Regiment was disbanded6 апреля 1863 года из резервных батальонов Белостокского пехотного полка был сформирован новый Рыльский пехотный полк, получивший No. 126. and its battalions became part of the Chernihiv Infantry Regiment, making up the 3rd and 4th active and 6th reserve battalions. In 1849, the Chernihiv regiment was in the Hungarian campaign, and during the
Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...
was part of the troops besieging Silistria. At the end of 1854, the Chernigov regiment was moved to strengthen troops in the Crimea and was in Sevastopol until the very end of the siege of the city by the English-French.


Old Russian Regiment

The Starorussky regiment was formed on April 6, 1863 in Novozybkov from the 4th reserve battalion of the Chernigov infantry regiment under the name of the Chernihiv reserve infantry regiment, and on August 13 of the same year was named the Starorussian infantry regiment, on March 25, 1864 the regiment was given the number 113. The regiment inherited the insignia of Chernihiv . On March 18, 1884, seniority was established for the Old Russian Infantry Regiment from November 29, 1796, that is, since the formation of the old Rylsky Regiment. On November 29, 1896, on the centennial day, the regiment was granted the new St. George banner with the Alexander ribbon. On November 29, 1896, a banner was presented to a regiment in the Lithuanian city of Šauliai. During
World War I 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 ...
, the regiment fought in
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and in February 1915 was surrounded and was almost completely destroyed along with the
20th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The Twentieth Army Corps () was a formation of the Imperial Russian Army that was first raised in 1899, and most famous for fighting on the Eastern Front in World War I, most notably during the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes. Before World War ...
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Regiment insignia

*The regimental St. George flag with the inscriptions "For Sevastopol in 1854 and 1855" and "1796-1896" with the Alexander anniversary ribbon. Complained on November 29, 1896. *Signs on hats for the lower ranks with the inscription "For Distinction" granted in 1833 to the battalions of the old Rylsky regiment for the equation with the battalions of the Chernigov regiment.


Chefs of the regiment

*September 9, 1797 – May 30, 1798 – Infantry General Baron
Iosif Igelström Count Otto Heinrich Igelström (; ; 7 May 1737 – 18 February 1823) was a Russian general from the noble Swedish family of Igelström, best known for his services during the Catherinian reign. His significant military victory was the siege o ...
*May 30, 1798 – July 14, 1803 – Major General Bakhmetiev, Nikolai Nikolayevich *July 16, 1803 – July 13, 1812 – Major General Modest Matveyevich Okulov


Regiment commanders


Old Rylsky Infantry Regiment

*01/02, 1797 – December 29, 1797 – Colonel Vasily Nikolayevich Panov *December 29, 1797 – May 31, 1798 – Colonel Barykov, Pyotr Alexandrovich *September 13, 1798 – December 21, 1800 – lieutenant colonel (colonel from October 17, 1799) Semichev, Boris Prokofievich *02/08, 1801 – September 24, 1801 – Colonel Freiman, Ivan Karlovich *02/04, 1802 – February 24, 1803 – Major Vainyukov, Pavel Semenovich *April 14, 1803 – May 24, 1804 – Colonel Kalemin, Luka Fomich *October 4, 1804 – June 19, 1806 – Colonel Prince Urakov, Alexei Vasilyevich *October 10, 1806 – October 18, 1811 – lieutenant colonel (Colonel from August 30, 1811) Samoilov, Ilya Ivanovich *07.1812 – 12.1812 – Colonel
Pavel Nikolayevich Ushakov Pavel Nikolayevich Ushakov (2 November 1779 – 1853) — Russian commander of the era of the Napoleonic Wars, general from the infantry of the Imperial Russian Army, adjutant general. Biography Pavel Ushakov was born on 2 November 1779 in the ...
*02.1813 – August 22, 1826 – major (from December 16, 1813 lieutenant colonel, from September 15, 1817 colonel) Nekrasov, Nikolai Mikhailovich *September 16, 1826 – September 29, 1828 – Colonel Fedor Sergeyevich Panyutin *November 25, 1828 – January 22, 1833 – lieutenant colonel (colonel from 04/09, 1831) Bessonov, Ivan Ivanovich (from January 22, 1833 to 2.04, 1833 he commanded the Chernihiv regiment) For a list of commanders of the Chernihiv Infantry Regiment, see the related article.


Old Russian Infantry Regiment

*04/06, 1863 – April 17, 1870 – Colonel Witte, August Karlovich (from 9.06, 1857 he commanded the Chernihiv regiment) *April 17, 1870 – 03/02, 1878 – Colonel Izmailsky, Andrei Ivanovich *March 18, 1878 – March 21, 1888 – Colonel Larionov, Dmitry Ivanovich *March 27, 1888 – June 21, 1894 – Colonel Fursov, Dmitry Semenovich *July 2, 1894 – after 02/01, 1899 – Colonel Kraevsky, Mitrofan Dmitrievich *07/04, 1900 – November 26, 1903 – Colonel
Viktor Pavlovich Zykov Viktor Pavlovich Zykov (19 September 1854 — not earlier than 1923) was a lieutenant general, and a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) and Russo-Japanese War. Biography Victor Zykov was born on 19 September 1854. He was educated in ...
*December 13, 1903 – 01/03, 1904 – Colonel
Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan Vladimir (Karl Johan Woldemar) Alekseyevich Alftan ; – 19 December 1940) was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Russian Army, military orientalist, and researcher of Korea. Biography Lutheran religion. From the nobles of the Moscow Governo ...
*September 17, 1907 – October 30, 1912 – Colonel Leonty Leontyevich Cybort *December 21, 1912 – August 23, 1914 – Colonel Kalishevich, Nikolai Ivanovich *October 27, 1914 – until 12.03, 1916 – Colonel (from 6.02, 1915 Major General)
Vladimir Olderogge Vladimir Alexandrovich Olderogge (August 5, 1873 – May 27, 1931) was a Russian and Soviet military leader. He was commander of the Eastern Front of the Red Army. Biography Olderogge was born on July 24 (August 5), 1873, in Lublin to a Luthe ...
*July 8, 1917 – August 5, 1917 – Colonel Charnotsky, Felix Eduardovich


Famous people who served in the regiment

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Andres Larka Andres Larka VR I/1 (5 March 1879 Pilistvere (now Põhja-Sakala Parish), Kreis Fellin – 8 January 1943 Malmyzh, Kirov, Soviet Union) was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence and a politician. In 1902 he gra ...
– Estonian political and military leader *Zagumenny, Alexander Alexandrovich – Russian doctor, doctor of medicine, served as a doctor in the regiment from 1879 to 1881.


References


Sources

*Gabayev G.S. Mural to Russian regiments of 1812. Kiev, 1912 *Grenadier and infantry regiments. Reference book of the Imperial Headquarters. Under. ed. V.K.Shenk. SPb., 1909 on Runivers website *Kamensky M.P. The death of the XX Corps on February 8/21, 1915. (According to archival materials of the headquarters of the 10th army). Petersburg, 1921 *Brief Chronicle of the 113th Infantry Starorussky Regiment. Compiled on the occasion of the centenary of the regiment on November 29, 1896, 1796 – November 29, 1896 Riga, 1896 *Mokrinsky G. A. "History of the 113th Infantry Starorus Regiment", St. Petersburg, 1900. on the website of Runivers *Sologub K.N. (text), Vasiliev K.S. (drawings). Shoulder straps of ordinary military officials of the Russian Imperial Army // Petersburg Collector: Journal. – SPb., 2012. – No. 2 (70). – S. 80-85. – OTRS No. 2019101710006917 (authors). – The publication is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0. *Encyclopedia of military and naval sciences. Ed. G. A. Leer. T. VII. SPb., 1895


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{{Infantry regiments of the Russian Empire Infantry regiments of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1796 Military units and formations disestablished in 1918