His Imperial Majesty's Own Escort


His Imperial Majesty's Own Escort - The Конвой was a Russian Imperial Guard formation, created for the Emperor of All Russia. At the Battle of Leipzig in the Napoleonic Wars, soldiers from the regiment saved then Emperor Alexander I of Russia from being captured by French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte.
The core of the regiment consisted entirely of 200 Terek Cossacks and 200 Kuban Cossacks, with 200 men of each cossack host in service, with the other 200 on military leave at any time.

History

Originally formed in 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars, the regiment served until shortly after the February Revolution and the overthrow of Nicholas II, at which time it was dissolved.
The Barracks of His Own Majesty's Cossack Escort was in Pushkin, St. Petersburg near the imperial residence of Tsarskoye Selo.

Commanders

  • 26.08.1856—30.08.1858 — Flügeladjutant, prince Pyotr Romanovich Bagration
  • 27.09.1858—08.03.1864 — Polkovnik Dmitri Ivanovich Skobelev
  • 08.03.1864—24.05.1869 — Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik Sergei Alekseev Sheremetev
  • 24.05.1869—13.08.1878 — Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik Peter Alexandrovich Cherevin
  • 13.08.1878—30.08.1887 — Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik Modest Alexandrovich Ivashkin-Potanoff
  • 30.08.1887—17.02.1893 — Polkovnik Vladimir Alekseevich Sheremetev
  • 06.05.1893—12.06.1906 — Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik baron Alexander Yegorovich Meiendorf
  • 12.06.1906—01.01.1914 — Polkovnkik prince Georgi Ivanovich Trubetskoy
  • 02.01.1914—22.03.1917 — Major-General of the Svita, count Alexander Nikolaevich Grabbe
  • 15.03.1917—30.03.1917 — Polkovnik Georgi Antonovich Rashpil