Military unit
The
13th Belozersk Infantry Regiment
, or
13th General Field Marshal Prince Volkonsky's Infantry Regiment
(
Russian
:
13-й пехотный Белозерский генерал-фельдмаршала князя Волконского полк
), was an
infantry
regiment of the
Russian Empire
's
Imperial Russian Army
. It was known by different names for much of its existence but most of its designations included "Belozersk Infantry Regiment." Formed in 1708 in the reign of Czar
Peter the Great
and disbanded in 1918, the regiment fought in the
Great Northern War
, the
Russian campaign of 1812
, the
War of the Sixth Coalition
, the suppression of the Polish
November Uprising
, and the
Crimean War
, among other conflicts.
History
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The 13th Belozersk celebrated its anniversary on 6 December, the feast day of
Saint Nicholas
, although it was actually formed on
Beshankovichy
as Prince Repnin's Grenadier Regiment on 10 March 1708. The regiment was formed from the grenadier companies of the
Shlisselburg
,
Butyr
,
Yaroslavl
,
Nizhny Novgorod
, Belgorod,
Neva
, Yamburg, and Tver Regiments. Late that year, it was renamed Teyler's Grenadier Regiment, and in 1709 the future Belozersk Regiment became Lacy's Grenadier Regiment, after
Peter Lacy
. The regiment fought in the
Great Northern War
with Sweden, and on 27 June 1709 participated in the
Battle of Poltava
, where Peter the Great decisively defeated
Charles XII of Sweden
's army. In 1711 it fought in the
Pruth River Campaign
against the
Ottoman Empire
, the first of many campaigns against that empire that the regiment participated in.
[1]
On 13 November 1727, regiment was renamed the Belozersk Infantry Regiment, in honor of the town of
Belozersk
.
[1]
During the
Battle of Warsaw
in September 1831, the regiment participated in the attack on
Ordon's Redoubt
. Remains of its soldiers were found at the archaeological site at the redoubt.
Belozersk Regiment officer Lieutenant Colonel Fyodor Stepanovich Sozanowicza (5 February 1829?28 August 1867) is buried in the
Działoszyn
cemetery.
[2]
On 25 March 1891, the 13th became the "13th General Field Marshal Count Lacy's Belozersk Infantry Regiment," after
Peter Lacy
. In 1914, the regiment was stationed at
Łom?a
. On 1 January 1914, the regiment was part of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the
4th Infantry Division
of the
6th Army Corps
, all three also headquartered at Łom?a. On 19 March, its name was changed to the "13th General Field Marshal Prince Volkonsky's Belozersk Infantry Regiment," after
Sergey Volkonsky
.
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References
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Bibliography
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- Расписание Сухопутных войск 1836?1914 годов
[
Directory of the Army, 1836?1914
] (in Russian). St. Petersburg. 1914.
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link
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- Caban, Wiesław (2001).
Słu?ba rekrutow Krolestwa Polskiego w armii carskiej w latach 1831-1873
[
Service of Recruits from Congress Poland in the Tsar's Army, 1831?1873
] (in Polish). Warsaw.
ISBN
83-7181-209-4
.
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link
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- Kersnovsky, Anton Antonovich (1994).
История русской армии
[
History of the Russian Army
] (in Russian). Vol. 4. Moscow: Golos.
ISBN
9785711700593
.
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