1st Life Guards Rifle Regiment

1st His Majesty's Life Guards Rifle Regiment Ле́йб-гва́рдии 1-й стрелко́вый Его́ Вели́чества по́лк Life Guards 1st Rifle His Majesty's Regiment.jpg 250 Officers of the regiment in 1909 1856–1918 Russian Empire 21px Russian Imperial Army Guards Infantry St PetersburgTsarskoye Selo Alexander IIAlexander IIINicholas II April 17 January Uprising Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 World War I The 1st His Majesty's Life Guards Rifle Regiment (ru Ле́йб-гва́рдии 1-й стрелко́вый Его́ Вели́чества по́лк) was a regiment of the Russian Imperial Guard that existed from 1856 prior to being dissolved in 1918 after World War I and the Russian Revolution. It was part of the 1st Guards Infantry Division, which itself was part of the Guards Corps. History It was initially established on 27 March 1856 as the 1st His Majesty's Life Guards Rifle Battalion from several other regiments within the 1st Guards Infantry DivisionЛейб-гвардии 1-й стрелковый Его Величества полк https://web.archive.org/web/20171111042459/http://ria1914.info/index.php?title=%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B1-%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B8_1-%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA 2017-11-11 ru. Ria1914.info. Retrieved 10 November 2017. and the 2nd Guards Infantry Division, along with some other units. In 1863 the unit took part in quelling the Polish uprising and in 1870 became part of the newly formed Guards Rifle Brigade, under the command of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich. It later had the distinction of personally escorting Emperor Alexander II during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.Combined Infantry of His Imperial Majesty’s Own Regiment https://web.archive.org/web/20171111094854/http://www.encspb.ru/object/2804021142?lc=en 2017-11-11 . St Petersburg Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 November 2017. In 1910 it was raised from a battalion to a full regiment and in 1914, with the outbreak of World War I and the general mobilization, it received a reserve battalion. In 1917 it was renamed "1st Guards Rifle Regiment" and was completely dissolved in May 1918. Several of its members went on to fight in the White Army during the Russian Civil War. In 1951 an organization for veterans of the regiment was formed by some White émigrés. Patron The patron of the 1st His Majesty's Life Guards Rifle Regiment was the reigning emperor. Alexander II (1856–1881) Alexander III (1881–1894) Nicholas II (1894–1917) Commanders The list of battalion and regimental commanders. 27.03.1856 — 09.06.1857 Colonel Count Alexander Stroganov 30.08.1857 — 23.04.1861 Major General Duke Alexei Shakovsky 23.04.1861 — 25.05.1863 Major General Duke Alexander Rebinder 25.05.1863 — 27.11.1864 Major General Count Pavel Shuvalov 27.11.1864 — 14.12.1868 Colonel (then Major General) Alexander Gelfreich 14.12.1868 — 17.04.1874 Colonel Baron Karl-Vladimir Arpsgofen 17.04.1874 — 17.10.1877 Colonel Mikhail Ebeling 27.10.1877 — 12.02.1890 Colonel (then Major General) Georgy Vasmund 12.02.1890 — 17.02.1891 Major General Ivan Maltsov 17.02.1891 — 22.11.1893 Colonel Vladimir Glazov 22.11.1893 — 28.11.1895 Major General Andrei Chekmarev 28.11.1895 — 07.02.1901 Major General Alexander Ogaryov 06.10.1901 — 19.11.1905 Major General Duke Nikolai Trubetskoi 19.11.1905 — 04.12.1907 Major General Rozenshild von Paulin 04.12.1907 — 27.09.1914 Major General Pavel Nikolayev 29.09.1914 — 07.02.1917 Major General Ernest Levstrem 02.08.1917 — 27.10.1917 Colonel Sergei Kreiton 29.10.1917 — 20.12.1917 Colonel Georgy Bernikovsky 23.12.1917 — 01.03.1918 Colonel Kanushin References Category:Former guards regiments Category:Military units and formations established in 1856 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Category:Infantry regiments of the Russian Empire Category:Russian Imperial Guard Category:Saint Petersburg Governorate Category:Guards regiments of the Russian Empire Category:Military units and formations of Russia in World War I