Imperial Russian Guard

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military unit

The Imperial Russian Guard was an elite military formation of the Russian Empire that served as the tsar’s personal troops and a prestigious core of the imperial army from the 18th to early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Imperial Guard of Russia 2
Imperial Russian Guard canonical 1
Russian Imperial Guard 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military unit ⓘ
allegiance Emperor of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperatorskaya Gvardiya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imperial Guard of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leib Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure directly subordinate to the Emperor of Russia ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause Russian Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved 1917 ⓘ
endTime early 20th century ⓘ
function ceremonial duties ⓘ
combat operations ⓘ
protection of the imperial family ⓘ
garrison Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsarskoye Selo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Chevalier Guard Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cossack Guard units NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guard Engineer units ⓘ
Horse Guards Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Izmaylovsky Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keksholm Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leib Guard Artillery units NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leib Guard Cavalry Regiments NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pavlovsky Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Preobrazhensky Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Semyonovsky Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
notableEngagement Crimean War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patriotic War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Imperial Russian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
privilege better uniforms ⓘ
higher pay ⓘ
proximity to the imperial court ⓘ
social prestige ⓘ
role prestigious core of the imperial army ⓘ
tsar’s personal troops ⓘ
selectionCriteria loyalty to the tsar ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
physical excellence ⓘ
startTime 18th century ⓘ
symbolizes autocracy of the Russian tsar ⓘ
uniformFeature distinctive parade uniforms ⓘ
special guard insignia ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guards → relatedTo → Imperial Russian Guard ⓘ
Narva Triumphal Arch → dedicatedTo → Imperial Russian Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Imperial Guard
Page Corps (Imperial Russia) → trainedFor → Imperial Russian Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Guard of Russia
Page Corps (Imperial Russia) → affiliation → Imperial Russian Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Guard of Russia