Leib Guard Collection

Junker of the Life-Guards Caucasian-Mountain squadron, 1829. Artist: Belousov, Lev Alexandrovich (1806-1864)
Junker of the Life-Guards Caucasian-Mountain squadron, 1829. Private Collection

Soldier of the Izyum hussar regiment, 1776-1788, 1841?1862. Artist: Anonymous
Soldier of the Izyum hussar regiment, 1776-1788, 1841?1862. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Flag of the Leib-Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment, 1742. Artist: Flags, Banners and Standards
Flag of the Leib-Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment, 1742. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Emperor Alexander II in the gala uniform of the Life Guard Cavalry Regiment, 1856. From a private collection

Portrait of a staff captain of 3rd Elisavetgrad Hussar Regiment, 1837. Artist: Anonymous
Portrait of a staff captain of 3rd Elisavetgrad Hussar Regiment, 1837. Found in the collection of State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

The Leib Guard Izmailovo Regiment, 1846. Artist: Ladurner, Adolphe (1798-1856)
The Leib Guard Izmailovo Regiment, 1846. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum of History and Architecture Novgorodian Kremlin, Novgorod

Portrait of Natalia Pushkina-Lanskaya (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards), 1846-1849. Found in the collection of the Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House), St Petersburg

Flag of the Grenadier Company of the Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment, 1744. Artist: Anonymous master
Flag of the Grenadier Company of the Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment, 1744. Found in the collection of the State History Museum, Moscow

Portrait of Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia (1843-1865) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards)
FIA5393673 Portrait of Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia (1843-1865) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of General Nikolai Alexandrovich Sablukov (1776-1848) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393642 Portrait of General Nikolai Alexandrovich Sablukov (1776-1848) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Dmitri Vasilyevich Vasilchikov (1778-1859) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393258 Portrait of Dmitri Vasilyevich Vasilchikov (1778-1859) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Count Ivan Grigoryevich von Nostitz (1824-1905) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393674 Portrait of Count Ivan Grigoryevich von Nostitz (1824-1905) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Ivan Danilovich Danilov (1770-1852) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393669 Portrait of Ivan Danilovich Danilov (1770-1852) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of Prince Vladimir Dmitriyevich Golitsyn (1815-1888) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393667 Portrait of Prince Vladimir Dmitriyevich Golitsyn (1815-1888) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Natalia Pushkina-Lanskaya (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393238 Portrait of Natalia Pushkina-Lanskaya (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of Ivan Vasilyevich Annenkov (1814-1887) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393663 Portrait of Ivan Vasilyevich Annenkov (1814-1887) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of Count Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (1827-1889) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393661 Portrait of Count Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (1827-1889) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Count Nikolai Alexeyevich Orlov (1827-1885) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393658 Portrait of Count Nikolai Alexeyevich Orlov (1827-1885) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Grigory Ivanovich Chertkov (1828-1884) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393653 Portrait of Grigory Ivanovich Chertkov (1828-1884) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of General Baron Fyodor Petrovich von Offenberg (1789-1857) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards)
FIA5393639 Portrait of General Baron Fyodor Petrovich von Offenberg (1789-1857) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of General Count Peter Petrovich von der Pahlen (1777-1864) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards)
FIA5393245 Portrait of General Count Peter Petrovich von der Pahlen (1777-1864) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of General Pyotr Petrovich Lanskoy (1799-1877) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393234 Portrait of General Pyotr Petrovich Lanskoy (1799-1877) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Count Grigori Alexandrovich Stroganov (1824-1878) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393225 Portrait of Count Grigori Alexandrovich Stroganov (1824-1878) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Konstantin Fyodorovich Opochinin (1808-1848) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393662 Portrait of Konstantin Fyodorovich Opochinin (1808-1848) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Count Nikita Ivanovich Dondukov-Korsakov (1776-1857) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards)
FIA5393657 Portrait of Count Nikita Ivanovich Dondukov-Korsakov (1776-1857) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Alexei Zakharovich Khitrovo (1776-1854) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393241 Portrait of Alexei Zakharovich Khitrovo (1776-1854) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of Count Heinrich Cyprianovich von Kreutz (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393664 Portrait of Count Heinrich Cyprianovich von Kreutz (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of Baron Karl Karlovich von Stackelberg (1816-1887) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393660 Portrait of Baron Karl Karlovich von Stackelberg (1816-1887) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Platon Alexandrovich Voeykov (1828-1855) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393651 Portrait of Platon Alexandrovich Voeykov (1828-1855) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of the Chancellor of the Russian Empire Count Karl Robert Nesselrode (1780-1862)
FIA5393247 Portrait of the Chancellor of the Russian Empire Count Karl Robert Nesselrode (1780-1862) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Count Sergei Semyonovich Urusov (1827-1897) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393221 Portrait of Count Sergei Semyonovich Urusov (1827-1897) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich of Russia (1827-1892) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards)
FIA5393684 Portrait of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich of Russia (1827-1892) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Baron Iosif Iosifovich von Velio (1795-1867) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393682 Portrait of Baron Iosif Iosifovich von Velio (1795-1867) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Eduard Antonovich Moller (1820-1879) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393678 Portrait of Eduard Antonovich Moller (1820-1879) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of Count Viktor Illarionovich Vasilchikov (1820-1878) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393666 Portrait of Count Viktor Illarionovich Vasilchikov (1820-1878) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Count Pavel Pavlovich Golitsyn (1828-1882) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393656 Portrait of Count Pavel Pavlovich Golitsyn (1828-1882) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Samuil Alexeyevich Greig (1827-1887) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393652 Portrait of Samuil Alexeyevich Greig (1827-1887) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of Alexander Ivanovich Ribeaupierre (1781-1865) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393237 Portrait of Alexander Ivanovich Ribeaupierre (1781-1865) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Viktor Alexandrovich Bibikov (1807-1883) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393224 Portrait of Viktor Alexandrovich Bibikov (1807-1883) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Prince Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov (1787-1862) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393668 Portrait of Prince Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov (1787-1862) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of General Anton Antonovich von Essen (1797-1863) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393654 Portrait of General Anton Antonovich von Essen (1797-1863) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of General Yegor Fyodorovich Meiendorf (1794-1879) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393259 Portrait of General Yegor Fyodorovich Meiendorf (1794-1879) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of Count Vasily Vasilyevich Gudovich (1819-1886) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393240 Portrait of Count Vasily Vasilyevich Gudovich (1819-1886) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)

Portrait of General Pyotr Alexandrovich Chicherin (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393236 Portrait of General Pyotr Alexandrovich Chicherin (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of Count Viktor Yegorovich Kankrin (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau)
FIA5393232 Portrait of Count Viktor Yegorovich Kankrin (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards) - Hau (Gau), Vladimir Ivanovich (1816-1895)

Portrait of Count Nikolai Alexeyevich Orlov (1827-1885), c. 1875. Private Collection

First Guard Light Cavalry Division, 1867. Artist: Piratsky, Karl Karlovich (1813-1889)
First Guard Light Cavalry Division, 1867. From a private collection

Portrait of Count Illarion Vasilyevich Vasilchikov (1775-1847), 1813. Private Collection

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"Leib Guard: A Glimpse into the Elite Russian Military" Step back in time and explore the captivating world of the Leib Guard, an esteemed group within the Russian military. Through a collection of stunning portraits and flags, we are transported to different eras, witnessing the grandeur and valor that defined these elite soldiers. In 1829, artist Lev Alexandrovich Belousov immortalized a Junker of the Life-Guards Caucasian-Mountain squadron. The intricate details capture both strength and determination on this soldier's face, reminding us of their unwavering commitment to duty. Another anonymous artist takes us even further back in time with a portrait from 1776-1788. This Soldier of the Izyum hussar regiment embodies bravery as he gazes confidently into the distance. His uniform tells tales of battles fought and victories won. Emperor Alexander II himself is depicted in his resplendent gala uniform as part of the Life Guard Cavalry Regiment in 1856. The regal aura surrounding him reflects not only his status but also symbolizes his role as protector and leader. The staff captain portrayed by an anonymous artist in 1837 represents yet another facet of this prestigious military tradition—the Elisavetgrad Hussar Regiment. With poise and authority etched onto his features, he exemplifies discipline amidst chaos. Flags were essential symbols for any regiment, including those belonging to Leib-Guard units. One such flag was created by Flags, Banners, and Standards artists in 1742 for Preobrazhensky Regiment's Grenadier Company—a testament to their unwavering loyalty. Adolphe Ladurner brings forth an exquisite portrayal from 1846—The Leib Guard Izmailovo Regiment—an artwork that showcases both elegance and power through its meticulous brushstrokes. Beyond soldiers' depictions lie glimpses into personal lives intertwined with military service.