History of the 10th Novoingermanland Infantry Regiment

The book is a veteran of the regiment and his historiographer Colonel AI Pirozhnikova devoted to a detailed study of ways to combat one of the oldest regiments of the Russian Imperial Army. The regiment was formed as a Musketeer Infantry Regiment in Kherson, but the first name was approved in January 1785 "Kherson Infantry Regiment." Precedence was given in 1790 From 1796, he was named "Novoingermanlandsky Musketeer Regiment." During its existence, the regiment was renamed several times and changed the places of deployment. The regiment took part in the Russian-Turkish war of 1787-1791. And then in the war with Poland in 1792, in the era of the Napoleonic wars, he participated in the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, and later in the Russian-Turkish war of 1806-1812. Polk was glorious path in the Patriotic War of 1812 and foreign campaigns of the Russian army in 1813-1814. , He participated in the battle of Borodino and the "Battle of the Nations" at Leipzig. After returning with the Expeditionary Force from France in 1818, the regiment was stationed in Belarus. In the reign of Nicholas I, the regiment took an active part in the suppression of the Polish uprising in 1831, distinguished himself during the capture of Warsaw, then in the suppression of a national uprising in Hungary in 1848-1849. Subsequently, the regiment again took part in the suppression of the national liberation uprising in Poland and in Belarus in 1863-1864. In 1866, the regiment was moved from Bialystok in Yaroslavl and Kostroma. The brightest page of the regiment was fighting way its participation in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. and the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, for which he was awarded two honorable banners. August 20, 1890 in honor of the centennial of the regiment was again awarded an honorary St. George flag. In the reign of Nicholas II, the regiment was stationed in Tula and Kaluga, and then his staff participated in the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905.