Chevalier Guard
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Officers of the Chevalier Guard
Chevalier Guard regiment (Кавалергардский полк) was a guard heavy cavalry regiment, reformed in 1800 from the Chevalier Guard corps (created in 1764 by Catherine the Great). As well as other Russian guard heavy cavalry regiments (Leib-Guard Horse Regiment, His Majesty Leib-Cuirassiers and Her Majesty Leib-Cuirassiers), Chevalier Guards (Кавалергарды) were equipped as cuirassiers (with some differences in uniform and equipment from army cuirassiers and other guard cuirassier regiments). The regiment has distinguished itself during the Patriotic War of 1812, and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. The regiment was disbanded in 1918. Many famous persons has served in the regiment, such men as Potemkin, Orlov and Mannerheim
