Finland Guard Regiment

Church parade of the Finland Guards Regiment, December 12, 1905 (Julian calendar). Painting by Boris Kustodiev

Finliandsky Guard Regiment (Russian: Финляндский лейб-гвардии полк) was a Russian Imperial Guard infantry regiment.

See also; Finnish Rifle Battalion

Campaigns

1807–1813 – Napoleonic Wars
1828–1829 – Russo-Turkish War
1831 – Polish campaign.
1863–1864 – Polish campaign.
1877–1878 – Russo-Turkish War.
1914–1917 – First World War. (Eastern Front)

Sources

Gorokhoff, Gerard. Russian Imperial Guard. 2002.
Handbook of the Russian Army 1914 by the British General Staff. Battery Press reprint edition, 1996.

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