Regiment of the knight-guards

The knight-guards are a unit of cavalry of the Russian imperial Garde, made only of noble, and which recruits the great names of the aristocracy of Russia.

Creations

1724 : creation of a unit of escort of Catherine I {{Re}}, made of noble, and named the Knights Guards.
Of 1724 to 1740: reformations at the time of crownings, dissolution then
1742: the knight-guards form a company of cavalry, integrated into the Régiment Preobrajenski. Under the reign of Catherine II, they are assigned to the guard of the palate
1799: the January 11th the unit becomes permanent under the name of Guard-of-Body (= Kavalergardia )
1800: the January 11th, the unit becomes the regiment of the Knight-Guards with 3 squadrons
Starting from 1805: many knights about Malta takes service in the knight-guards
1881: the March 2nd the empress Maria Feodorovna , wife of Alexandre III of Russia, is named commander-in-chief of the regiment
1894: the November 2nd, the unit is famous: regiment of the Knight-Guards of Its Majesty the Empress

Chiefs of police

Feat of arms famous

December 2nd 1805: charge with Austerlitz ordered by the prince Repnine: the squadron is destroyed by a against-load of the pomegranates to horse and Mamelouks of the imperial Garde of the general Rapp, and Repnine is made prisoner.

Famous members

Others

The knight-guards had their barracks with Saint-Pétersbourg, as well as a boulevard.

As from 1826, their walk is the white Dame , of François Adrien Boieldieu (white lady meaning Knife in their slang).

Regimental characteristics

The volunteers were themselves to be of high size , fair and without barb and to have the blue eyes .

The color of the dress of the horses depended on the squadron to which they belonged:

1° squadron : wrap clear bay;
2° squadron : wrap more marked bay with spots;
3° squadron : wrap more marked bay without spots;
4° squadron : wrap black bay;
mountings of the Trompettes had a gray dress.

Regimental rewards

Flag: flag of Saint-Georges, with streamers of the jubilee of Saint-Andrew carrying the inscription: " To be itself distinguished by beating and driving out out of Russia the enemy in 1812 ". This distinction was granted to him to the battle of Borodino.

Moreover the streamers raise the dates " 1799 - 1899 ".

Historical iconography

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