The term Leib Guard (Russian: Ле́йб-гва́рдия, from German leib, meaning body) collectively distinguished military units serving as personal guards of the Emperor of Russia. Peter the Great founded the first such units: the Semyonovsky (Семёновский) and Preobrazhensky (Преображе́нский) infantry regiments; they became the most distinguished Guards units and their officers took an active part in the "Palace Revolutions" of the Empresses Elisabeth and Catherine the Great. Guards is an honorific title given to Red Army (Soviet Army) and Red Navy units who performed heroically during the Great Patriotic War (World War II). ... Tsar, (Bulgarian цар�, Russian царь; often spelled Czar or Tzar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to 1917. ... Portrait of Peter by Paul Delaroche Peter I (Russian: ) (10 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672– 28 January 1725 O.S.] ) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ... Infantry of the 36th Ulster Division, in the First World War Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot, mainly with small arms and operate within organized military units. ... A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62) Yelizaveta (Yelisavet) Petrovna (Елизаве́та (Елисаве́т) Петро́вна) (December 29, 1709 - January 5, 1762), also known as Elizabeth, was an Empress of Russia (1741 - 1762) who took the country into the War of Austrian succession (1740 - 1748) and... H.I.M. Yekaterina II Alexeyevna the Great, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias Catherine the Great (April 21, 1729—November 6, 1796 (O.S.)), born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, reigned as Empress of Russia from June 28, 1762 to her death. ...

Over time, some Dragoon, Hussar and Cossack regiments joined the Leib Guard, as well as Guards Equippage, a naval squadron. The ethnic Finnish Sharp-shooter Battallion of Guard was added in 1829 and promoted to Old Guard in 1879. A light dragoon from the American Revolution Statue of a dragoon on the Triumph Arc of the Louvres in Paris During the late 17th and early 18th centuries a dragoon was traditionally a soldier trained to fight on foot, but transported himself on horseback. ... Polish Hussar Hussar (original Hungarian spelling: huszár, plural huszárok; vie the French hussard) refers to a number of types of cavalry used throughout Europe since the 15th century. ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey. ... The term Leib Guard (Russian: ) collectively distinguished military units serving as personal guards of the Emperor of Russia. ... Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Naval Cathedral in St Petersburg is the main church of the Russian Navy. ...

Every soldier and officer of the Guard had the style of the Leib Guard (Лейб-гвардии ...), for example: Colonel of the Leib Guard (Лейб-гвардии полковник). Note that the monarch himself functioned as the commander of the Leib Guard regiments, so only he and some members of royal family could hold a title of Colonel (Polkovnik) of the Guards. Tsar (Bulgarian цар, Russian царь, listen â–¶(?); often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the Bulgarian Empire in 913-1396/1422 and 1908-1946, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to... A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. ... It has been suggested that polkovnik be merged into this article or section. ...

Commissioned officers enjoyed a two-grade elevation in the Table of Ranks over regular army officers; this later changed to a one-grade elevation -- first for the New Guards then for the rest of the Leib Guard. Following the abolition of the rank of Major in 1884, most grades below VII shifted one position upwards, effectively returning to those of the Old Guards. Table of Ranks (Табель о рангах; Tabel o rangakh) was a formal list of positions and ranks in military, government, and court of the Imperial Russia. ... The Regular Army is the name given to the permanent force of the United States Army that is maintained during peacetime. ... Major is a military rank. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ...

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See also

• Table of Ranks
• Russian military ranks
• Russian Imperial Guard During the Napoleonic Wars