Russian palace grenadiers, 1982
The chief officer and the Drum-major of a battalion, Russian Army 1873.
Russian shashka saber with Order of St. Anna emblem, dated 1895.
from Czerny’s International Auction House
Russian shashka saber with Order of St. Anna emblem, dated 1895.
from Czerny’s International Auction House
Red Army, Aleksandr Rodchenko.
Cossack, 1913.
Russian troops waiting for the signal to go over the top in Ternopil, Ukraine on 1 July 1917. At the end of 1915 German-Austrian advance was stopped on the Ternopil line. The general outline of this front did not change until the fall of the Russian monarchy in 1917.
Grenadier Cap of the Yaroslavsky Musketeer Regiment from the Russian Empire dated to 1805 on display at the Danish War Museum in Copenhagen
Grenadiers came into existence during the late 1600′s in most armies as the small grenades, when thrown en mass, could cause devastation in the tight formations of infantry. Grenadiers would wear the mitre cap to allow them to sling their muskets properly as a tricorn hat would have gotten in the way. Though the use of grenadiers had waned by the early 19th century the trappings and status’s of the regiments were kept on.
Photographs taken by myself 2018