Russian Imperial Guard

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1683–1917
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Imperial_Russian_Army
gptkbp:ceremonialRole state occasions
coronation ceremonies
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:Russian_Provisional_Government
1917
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature elaborate uniforms
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Peter_the_Great
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Gatchina
gptkb:Peterhof
gptkb:Tsarskoye_Selo
gptkbp:hasUnit gptkb:engineer
gptkb:infantry
cavalry
artillery
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Saint_Petersburg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Russian Imperial Guard
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:motto For Faith, Tsar and Fatherland
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Leib_Guard
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Grand_Duke_Nicholas_Nikolaevich
gptkb:Grand_Duke_Michael_Alexandrovich
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Crimean_War
gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars
gptkb:Russo-Turkish_War_(1877–1878)
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Bloody_Sunday_(1905)
gptkb:February_Revolution
gptkb:October_Revolution
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Alexander_Suvorov
gptkb:Mikhail_Skobelev
gptkb:Mikhail_Kutuzov
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Streltsy
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Life-Guards_Cossack_Regiment
gptkb:Life-Guards_Grenadier_Regiment
gptkb:Life-Guards_Hussar_Regiment
gptkb:Preobrazhensky_Regiment
gptkb:Chevalier_Guard_Regiment
gptkb:Semyonovsky_Regiment
gptkb:Life-Guards_Jäger_Regiment
gptkb:Izmailovsky_Regiment
gptkbp:role elite military formation
personal bodyguard of the Emperor
gptkbp:size varied, up to 40,000 in 1914
gptkbp:successor Red Army (in function)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Imperial_Court_of_Russia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5