1st Life Guards Rifle Regiment

1st His Majesty's Life Guards Rifle Regiment
1st His Majesty's Life Guards Rifle Regiment
Ле́йб-гва́рдии 1-й стрелко́вый Его́ Вели́чества по́лк
	Officers of the regiment in 1909
Active	1856–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Guards Infantry
Garrison/HQ	St Petersburg; Tsarskoye Selo
Patron	Alexander II; Alexander III; Nicholas II
Anniversaries	April 17
Engagements	January Uprising; Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78; World War I;

The 1st His Majesty's Life Guards Rifle Regiment (Russian: 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 Division^[1] and the 2nd Guards Infantry Division, along with some other units.^[2] 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.^[1] It later had the distinction of personally escorting Emperor Alexander II during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.^[2] 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.^[1]

Patron

The patron of the 1st His Majesty's Life Guards Rifle Regiment was the reigning emperor.^[1]

Alexander II (1856–1881)
Alexander III (1881–1894)
Nicholas II (1894–1917)

Commanders

The list of battalion and regimental commanders.^[1]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Лейб-гвардии 1-й стрелковый Его Величества полк Archived 2017-11-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian). Ria1914.info. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Combined Infantry of His Imperial Majesty’s Own Regiment Archived 2017-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. St Petersburg Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[ria-1] Лейб-гвардии 1-й стрелковый Его Величества полк Archived 2017-11-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian). Ria1914.info. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[peter-2] Combined Infantry of His Imperial Majesty’s Own Regiment Archived 2017-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. St Petersburg Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

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