The Preobrazhensky Life-Guards Regiment was a regiment of the Imperial Guard of the Imperial Russian Army from 1683 to 1917.
Badge of the regiment
Preobrazhenskiy polk. Flag
A private, sergeant, and officer of the regiment, 1690s
Preobrazhensky Regiment fighting the Battle of Paris, 30 March 1814, with Montmartre in the background
Aleksey Yermolov
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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 c
Portrait by George Dawe, 1824
Yermolov leading the counterattack on the Great Redoubt (Raevsky redoubt) during the Battle of Borodino
Persian letter regarding the dismissal of Yermolov during the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828). The unsigned and undated letter notes that Yermolov was dismissed following an Iranian victory in what is present-day Georgia
Portrait by Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets (c.1843)