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Pauline Regiment
Read more...The Pauline Grenadier Regiment (1796) was later renamed the Pauline Life Guards with the rights of junior (1812) and senior guards (1831), in recognition of its feats of arms. The regimental barracks...
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Preobrazhensky Regiment
Read more...The Preobrazhensky Regiment was formed from the forces awarded as playmates to Peter the Great at the age of five in the village of Preobrazhenskoe near Moscow (1687). Later renamed the Preobrazhensk...
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