page_title: Preobrazhensky Regiment
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: Preobrazhensky Regiment / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: 19th century photograph of Modest Musorgsky Young Mussorgsky as a cadet in the Preobrazhensky Regiment of the Imperial Guards.
context_page_description: The Preobrazhensky Life-Guard Regiment was one of the oldest and most elite guard regiments of the Imperial Russian Army. Along with the Semyonovsky Regiment, the Preobrazhensky Regiment also served as a gendarmerie unit for the state Secret Chancellery in the 18th century, headed by Prince Fyodor Romodanovsky.
context_section_description: 1683 - Peter the Great begins to assemble the droll regiments. Initially the number of soldiers was fewer than fifty.
  1687 - Droll regiments become the Semenovsky regiment and Preobrazhensky regiments of the regular army.
  1695 - Preobrazhensky regiment (nine companies) takes part in the Azov campaigns.
  1696 - The regiment is divided into four battalions and two separate companies of bombardiers and grenadiers.
  1700—1720 - Takes part in all major battles of the Great Northern War.
  1700 - Before the Battle of Narva is officially named Leib-Guard Preobrazhensky regiment.
  1706 - Tsar Peter the Great adopts the military rank of Colonel of Preobrazhensky regiment.
  1722 - Takes part in the war against Persia.
  1722 - According to Russian Table of Ranks soldiers of Preobrazhensky regiment were to be considered two ranks higher than in ordinary units.
  1726 - Moscow company of Preobrazhensky regiment becomes a separate Moscow life-guard battalion and later Murom leib-guard battalion.
  1737—1739 - War against Ottoman Empire.
  1737 - Takes part in the Battle of Ochakov.
  1742 - War against Sweden.
  1762 - On 17 July declared first and highest in the military order of precedence in the Imperial Russian Army and the Imperial Russian Guard.
  1789—1790 - War against Sweden.
  1796 - Battalions of the Preobrazhensky regiment are named according to their chiefs: 1st battalion - His Majesty, 2nd battalion - Lieutenant-General Tatischev, 3d Battalion - General Field-Marshal Suvorov, Grenadier Battalion - Major-General Arakcheev.
  1805 - As a part of the Grand Duke's Corps of Guards the 1st and 3rd battalions leave St. Petersburg for Austria on 22 August; on 2 December take part in the battle of Austerlitz and return to St. Petersburg on 19 April 1806.
  1807 - In February the Regiment, consisting of all 4 battalions, starts the march as a part of Grand Duke's Corps of Guards; on 5 June engages Ney’s troops near Guttstadt and Altkirchen and on 14 June takes part in the battle of Friedland; returns to St. Petersburg in August.
  1808 - On 9 September the 2nd battalion of the regiment enters the Corps of Major-General Strogonov in Vilmanstrand (Finland).
  1809 - On 10 March, being a part of the Corps of Lieutenant-General Prince Bagration, starts its march to Sweden through the Aland islands; on 14 March fights the enemy's rearguard on the island of Lemland; on 17 March stops on the Eckerö island, closest to the Swedish shore, and after the talks with Sweden begins moving back; returns to St. Petersburg in October.
  1811 - The regiment is transformed into 3 battalions; each battalion now comprises one grenadier company (grenadier and tirailleur platoons) and three fusilier companies.
  1812 - As a part of the Grand Duke's Corps of Guards, the regiment moves in March to Vilno, where it joins the 1st Western Army of Barclay-de-Tolly; on 7 September takes part in the battle of Borodino. During the French retreat from Moscow the regiment was in the reserve all the time and returns to Vilno in December.
  1813 - On 13 January, the Guard crosses the Nieman river in the presence of the Emperor; on 2 April participates in the grand parade in the presence of the Emperor and King Frederick William III of Prussia; on 14 April triumphantly enters Dresden; on 2 May takes part in the battle of Lutzen; on the 19th, 20th and 21 May the regiment is a central reserve under the command of Grand Duke in the battle of Bautzen; on 28 August and 29 August, being a part of 1st Guards Infantry Division under the command of General Yermolov, is distinguished in the Battle of Kulm.
  1814 - On 13 January in the presence of the Emperor Alexander I, the Regiment crosses the Rhine at Basel and as a part of the reserve of the Main Army under Barklay-de-Tolly, participates in every offensive and retreat until the battle of Paris (30 March); on 31 March triumphantly enters the capital of France; 1st battalion of the regiment has its bivouac near the Palace of Tuileries. After staying in Paris for more than two months the Regiment leaves for Normandy, embarking at Cherbourg on 15 June and on 12 Au
caption: Young Modest Mussorgsky as a cadet in the Preobrazhensky Regiment of the Imperial Guard.
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