His Imperial Majesty's Own Escort

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==

• 26.08.185630.08.1858Flügeladjutant, prince Pyotr Romanovich Bagration • 27.09.1858–08.03.1864 – Polkovnik (from 1860 — Major-General) Dmitri Ivanovich Skobelev • 08.03.1864–24.05.1869 – Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik Sergei Alekseev Sheremetev • 24.05.1869–13.08.1878 – Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik (from 17.10.1877 — Major-General of the Svita) Peter Alexandrovich Cherevin • 13.08.1878–30.08.1887 – Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik Modest Alexandrovich Ivashkin-Potanoff • 30.08.1887–17.02.1893 – Polkovnik (from 30.08.1891 — General-Major of the Svita) Vladimir Alekseevich Sheremetev • 06.05.1893–12.06.1906 – Flügeladjutant, Polkovnik (from 1896 — Major-General of the Svita) baron Alexander Yegorovich Meiendorf • 12.06.1906–01.01.1914 – Polkovnkik (from 31.05.1907 — Major-General of the Svita) 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 ==See also==