Life Guard Horse Regiment
The Life Guard Horse Regiment was a cavalry regiment of the Imperial guard of Russian Empire. The regiment was founded in the reign of Peter the Great and was disbanded after the October Revolution in 1917. Its annual feast day was 25 March.
The uniforms of the Imperial Guards' Horse Regiment in 1848
The Russian Imperial Guard, officially known as the Leib Guard were military units serving as personal guards of the Emperor of Russia. Peter the Great founded the first such units in 1683, to replace the politically motivated Streltsy. The Imperial Guard subsequently increased in size and diversity to become an elite corps of all branches within the Imperial Army rather than Household troops in direct attendance on the Tsar. Numerous links were however maintained with the Imperial family and the bulk of the regiments of the Imperial Guard were stationed in and around Saint Petersburg in peacetime. The Imperial Guard was disbanded in 1917 following the Russian Revolution.
Leib Guards reception at the Constantine Palace
His Majesty's Life-Guards Hussar Regiment, 1914
Officers and soldiers of the Volinsky Life Guards Regiment in Warsaw, 1864