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agreed to allow them to keep their weapons; the
Russian guard regiments marched with standards unfurled, drums rolling and in possession of their weapons. For their prowess, all soldiers of the Semyonovsky regiment wore red stockings from 1700 to 1740, as "in that battle, they stood knee-deep in
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quarter as well as the Moscow-Kazan railroad line to
Golutvin. While part of the Semyonovsky remained in the suburbs, the regiment's commander, Colonel Georgiy Min, detached the third battalion under Colonel Nikolai Riman to join the fighting around the Presnya barricades. Colonel Min himself
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Russian Imperial Guard was that recruits for most regiments were required to meet certain criteria of physical appearance, in order to provide a standardised appearance on parade. For the Semyonovsky Regiment conscripts were selected for their height (tallest of the Guard
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Russian Empire, the regiment wore the standard uniform of the Infantry of the Imperial Guard, which from 1683 to 1914 was predominantly of dark green (eventually verging on black) colour. The main distinctions of the Semyonovsky Regiment were the red
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commanded the assault on the center of the rebellion, giving an order not to take prisoners. For these actions, Min received special praise from
Emperor Nicholas II, was promoted to major general, and was appointed to the Emperor's personal entourage.
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On 16 October 1820, the senior company of the
Semyonovsky regiment, at the initiative of its former commander Yakov Potyomkin, forwarded a petition seeking to cancel the harsh regime instituted under Russian statesman
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Semyonovsky Regiment was reformed with the reduced rights and status of a "young guard" unit. The former privileges were restored to the regiment in 1823.
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signed a decree on the re-establishment of the
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in 1812, all three battalions of the regiment formed part of the 1st
Brigade of the Guard Infantry Division of the 5th Infantry Corps. Upon departure from
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and its surroundings, just as its predecessors did. Just as before the move to Saint Petersburg, the regiment today is garrisoned in Zyuzino Selo in
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regiments) firmly defended themselves from the Swedes and avoided a defeat. For their bravery, the Swedish king
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