<br><br>His Majesty’s Life Guards 3rd Infantry Regiment – a military unit of the Russian Imperial Army.<br>Story06/29/1799 – from the honored ranks of the guard, unable to endure the difficulties of service, the Life Guards garrison battalion was formed as part of 3 companies;07/23/1824 – the Guards Invalid was formed as part of the Life Guards of the garrison battalion and the Guards Invalid Companies;08/08/1859 – the office of the commander of the Guards Invalid Brigade was abolished; invalid guards companies were reorganized into teams at the headquarters and directorates of the Guards Corps, as well as at regiments and regimental hospitals;05/06/1874 – a of the Life Guards of the Reserve Infantry Regiment was formed from the Life Guards of the garrison battalion;01/03/1897 – a personnel battalion deployed in the Life Guards Reserve Infantry Regiment;07/26/1902 – Life Guards Reserve Infantry Regiment was renamed into Life Guards Infantry Regiment;05/16/1910 – named Life Guards 3rd Rifle Regiment;6/12/1910 – the name of His Majesty’s Life Guards 3rd Rifle Regiment;03/04/1917 – named Life Guards 3rd Rifle Regiment;May 1918 – the regiment was disbanded.<br>Participation in hostilities<br><br>The regiment was an active participant in the battle in July 1915 near Krasnostav.<br>Regiment bannerOn June 11, 1827, the St. George banners were granted to the Life Guards garrison battalion. On the banners was the inscription: „In remembrance of the exploits of the Guards troops in 1812, 1813 and 1814.” The cross and corners are white, the shafts are also white.In 1877, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th battalions of the Life Guards of the Garrison Regiment were awarded the St. George flags of the 1857 guards model (yellow cross, red medallions).The Life Guards Reserve Regiment in 1899 was awarded the St. George Jubilee Banner with the image of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The cloth of the banner is red with silver, the border is red.Regimental temple<br>Initially, officers and soldiers of the regiment prayed in the Admiralty Cathedral. On May 13 (25), 1897, a church was laid in the regimental arena behind the Mariinsky Palace. The work was carried out according to the project of the engineer-captain N.I. Poleshko with funds raised by the officers and donated by the merchant A. Ya. Lipskerov. The consecration of the church on January 25 (February 6) 1898 in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was performed by Protopresbyter A. A. Zhelobovsky, co-served by Archpriest John Sergiev. The celebration was attended by Nicholas II. The church was separated from the rest of the premises by a sliding partition. The church had a single-tiered white and gold iconostasis. The utensils were donated by the commander of the Moscow Life Guards Regiment, Major General A. I. Dzichkants, and Yu. S. Nechaev-Maltsev donated two large candlesticks made of colored crystal. From the side of Kazanskaya Street, above the gate, there was a belfry with a dome. In 1901, the temple was renovated. The church was closed on May 27, 1922. The building was transferred to the sports school.<br><br>In connection with the plans to move the regiment to Tsarskoe Selo, in 1914 they began to build a complex of barracks in the form of a fortress in the Rostov style for it. According to the project of V.A.Pokrovsky, it was planned to erect a gateway church between the central towers. However, it was not possible to complete the building by 1917, and it was finally demolished by the 1950s.<br>Chefs05/06/1873 – 03/04/1917 – Grand Duke Nikolai Alexandrovich (from 2.11.1894 – Emperor Nicholas II)Commanders??. ??. 1800 – 06.07.1801 – Colonel Arbuzov, Porfiry Fedorovich06.07.1801 – 23.06.1802 – Colonel Mukhanov, Nikolay Terentyevich06.23.1802 – 11.28.1807 – Colonel Sitman, Ivan Ivanovich04.12.1807 – 03.06.1822 – Major General Gordeev, Afanasy Demidovich06/03/1822 – 07/27/1824 – Major General Rashkov, Avraam Petrovich07/27/1824 – 12/06/1835 – Major General Merinsky, Matvey Vasilievich06.12.1835 – 16.12.1846 – Major General Wedemeyer, Pyotr Alexandrovich12.16.1846 – 08.11.1858 – Major General Burakov, Pyotr Vasilievich08/11/1858 – 10/30/1859 – Colonel Gusev, Pavel Petrovich11/10/1859 – 02/13/1868 – Major General Lvov, Pyotr Efremovich02/13/1868 – 09/22/1878 – Major General Babkin, Nikolay Danilovich11/10/1878 – 05/18/1887 – Major General Dolukhanov, Khozrev Mirzabekovich05/18/1887 – 10/08/1889 – Major General von Enden, Pyotr Petrovich08.10.1889 – 07.05.1891 – Major General Bibikov, Evgeny Mikhailovich05/07/1891 – 05/31/1895 – Major General Dzichkanets, Alexey Iosifovich05/31/1895 – 03/13/1900 – Major General von Lizarh-Königk, Alexander-Vladimir Alexandrovich03/13/1900 – 11/08/1903 – Major General Kasherininov, Vladimir Mikhailovich01/23/1904 – 11/17/1907 – retinue of His Majesty Major General Bakulin, Vladimir Dmitrievich11/17/1907 – 09/24/1913 – retinue of His Majesty Major General Chebykin, Alexander Nesterovich09.24.1913 – 12.17.1915 – Major General Usov, Adrian Vladimirovich01/28/1916 – 08/20/1916 – Major General Krivitsky, Nikolai Nikolaevich08/20/1916 – 06/10/1917 – Major General Semyonov, Joseph Vladimirovich06/10/1917 – ??. 04.1918 – Colonel von Stern-Gvyazdowski, Nikolai Ivanovich<br>Interesting Facts<br><br>In 1915, one of the regiment’s companies had its own (officially approved) machine-gun platoon, equipped with captured German machine guns.<br>