Russian cuirassier regiment from 1702/2
The Russian cuirassier regiment of 1702/2 was founded in 1702 as the Wolkonsky Dragoons in Tsarist Russia and 30 years later known as the cuirassier regiment of the " Baron of Lies " Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen .
history
The regiment had changing names, depending on the regiment owner . Initially named after its founder Wolkonsky- Dragoons , it was called in 1708 Jaroslaw-Dragoons, 1732 Braunschweig -Cuirassiers, 1741 Holstein-Cuirassiers, 1742 Grand Duke Peter -Cuirassiers , 1762 Heir to the Throne ("Nasljednika") - Cuirassiers and from 1796 Kaiser-Leib-Cuirassiers No. 1. The regiment continued its tradition through the Napoleonic Wars. The regiment in Riga was under its owner, Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . The regiment took part in the Turkish Wars , the Seven Years' War (including the Battle of Kunersdorf ) and the Patriotic War ( Battle of Borodino ) as well as the Wars of Liberation ( Battle of Kulm ).
Prominent members of the regiment
In the wake of the regimental commander Prince Anton Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel also came kur-brunswick-lüneburgische aristocrat Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Munchausen in the Russian Latvia . The regiment , shaped by German officers, was taken over in 1742 by Grand Duke Peter, who was friendly to the Prussian throne .
See also
literature
- Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century . tape 1 . Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1986, ISBN 3-7648-1763-1 .