Russian Army of Alexander I
This is a growing selection of illustrations and text information about the
Russian army at the time of Tsar Alexander I. These photos were made from the
lithograph plates in the monumental multi-volume history of the Russian army by
Viskovatov prepared starting in the 1840's. For translations of the text and
line drawings please contact Mark Conrad (see Xenophon page).
Guards Regiments
Infantry
Guard kaska, 1802-03, kiver, 1808-10
Guard kiver, 1808-10
Life Guard Preobrazhenski Regiment
Life Guard Preobrazhenski Regiment, Senior
Officer, 1808
Life Guard Preobrazhenski Regiment, Senior
Officer, 1802-07
Life Guard Preobrazhenski Regiment, Senior
Officer and Fel'dsfebel. 1808-10
Life Guard Preobrazhenski Regiment, Staff
Officer and NCO, 1812-16
Life Guard Preobrazhenski Regiment, NCO,
1802-05
Life Guard Preobrazhenski and Seminovski Regiments,
NCO's, 1802-05
Life Guard Preobrazhenski Regiment, Company
drummer, 1802-05
Life Guard Preobrazhenski Regiment, NCO and
Private, 1804-07
Life Guard Preobrazhenski Regiment, Company drummer
Life Guard Preobrashenski, Seminovski, Izmailovski Regiments,
Privates, 1802-05
Life Guard Izmailovski Regiment
Life Guard Izmailovski Regiment, General,
1802-07
Life Guard Izmailovski Regiment, Senior
Officer and drummer, 1812-16
Life Guard Izmailovski Regiment, NCO, 1802-05
Life Guard Izmailovski Regiment, Regimental
drummer and musician, 1802-05
Life Guard Izmailovski Regiment, Privates,
1808-09
Life Guard Izmailovski Regiment, Private and
musician, 1810-11
Life Guard Seminovski Regiment
Life Guard Seminovski Regiment, Staff
Officer, 1802-07
Life Guard Seminovski Regiment, Senior
officer, 1812-16
Life Guard Seminovski, Regiment, Privates,
1808
Life Guard Seminovski, Regiment, Private,
1812-16
Life Guard Finlandski Regiment
Life Guard Finlandski Regiment, Grenadier NCO and Jager Drummer, 1808-10
Life Guard Finlandski Regiment, Grenadier,
Jager and Drummer, 1812-16
Life Guard Litovski Regiment
Life Guard Litovski Regiment, Staff
Officer and drummer, 1811
Life Guard Pavlovski Regiment
Life Guard Pavlovski Regiment, StaffOfficer
and Private, 1813-16
Life Guard Grenadier Regiment
Life Guard Grenadier Regiment, Officers, 1802-04
Life Guard Grenadier Regiment, NCO, 1805-07
Life Guard Grenadier Regiment, Grenadier, 1802-05
Life Guard Grenadier Regiment, Senior Officer
and Private, 1813-16
Life Guard Jager Corps
Life Guard Jager Battalion, Senior Officer, 1804-06
Life Guard Jager Battalion, NCO, and Private,
1804-06
Life Guard Jager Battalion, Privates, 1808-10
Life Guard Jager Battalion, Private, 1810
Life Guard Jager and Finland Bns, NCO's, 1808-10
LIfe Guard Jager and Finland Bns, Senior Officers, 1809-10
LIfe Guard Jager and Finland Bns, Grenadiers, 1811
Cavalry
Cavalry Guard Regiment
Cavalry Guard Regiment, Senior Officer,
1801-03
Cavalry Guard Regiment, Senior Officer,
1804-07
Cavalry Guard Regiment, Staff officer, 1808-09
dismounted, with Life Guard Horse officer.
Cavalry Guard Regiment,NCO, 1802-03
Cavalry Guard Regiment, Private, 1801-03
Cavalry Guard Regiment, Private, 1804-06
Cavalry Guard Regiment, Private, 1808-09 with
Life Guard Horse Trumpeter
Cavalry Guard Regiment, Private 1812-20
Life Guard Horse Regiment
Life Guard Horse Regiment, General,
1804-06
Life Guard Horse Regiment,Staff Officer,
1812-20
Life Guard Horse Regiment, Staff Officer,
1808-09, dismounted
Life Guard Horse Regiment, Senior Officer,
1802-07
Life Guard Horse Regiment, Senior Officer,
1802-03
Life Guard Horse Regiment, NCO, 1804-06
Life Guard Horse Regiment, NCO, 1812-14
dismounted
Life Guard Horse Regiment, Staff Trumpeter
and NCO, 1803-06
Life Guard Horse Regiment, Trumpeter, 1808-09
Life Guard Horse Regiment, Private, 1802-03
Life Guard Curassier Regiment
Life Guard Curassier Regiment, Private,
1808-14
Life Guard Curassier Regiment, Private, 1813-14
Life Guard Dragoon Regiment
Life Guard Hussar Regiment
Life Guard Hussar Regiment, Senior officer,
1801-02
Life Guard Hussar Regiment, Senior officer,
1801-02
Life Guard Hussar Regiment,Senior officer,
1802-09 dismounted.
Life Guard Hussar Regiment, Senior officer, 1809-12
Life Guard Hussar Regiment, Staff Trumpet and
Trumpeter, 1802-07
Life Guard Hussar Regiment, Private, 1801-02
Life Guard Hussar Regiment, Private 1802-09
dismounted.
Life Guard Hussar Regiment, Private and Staff
Trumpet, 1810-11
Life Guard Hussar Regiment, Private and NCO,
1812-16
Life Guard Ulan Regiment
Life Guard Ulan Regiment, Senior officer,
1809-11
Life Guard Ulan Regiment, Staff officer and Private, 1812-14
Life Guard Ulan Regiment, Staff officer,
1807-11
Life Guard Ulan Regiment, Trumpeter and Staff
Trumpet, 1809-11
Life Guard Ulan Regiment, Private, 1809-11
Life Guard Cossack Regiment
Life Guard Cossack Regiment, General,
1809-12
Life Guard Cossack Regiment, Senior officer, 1801-09
Life Guard Cossack Regiment, Staff officer
and Senior officer, 1809-12
Life Guard Cossack Regiment,Senior Officer,
1812-15
Life Guard Cossack Regiment, NCO'S, 1809-12
Life Guard Cossack Regiment, NCO and Private,
1801-09
Life Guard Cossack Regiment, Private, 1809-12
Life Guard Cossack Regiment, NCO and Private,
1812-14
Life Guard Cossack Regiment, Trumpeters, 1809-12
Black Sea Squadron, NCO, 1813-16
Black Sea Squadron, Private, 1815-16
Life Guard Artillery
Guard Foot Artillery, Staff officer and
Senior officer
Guard Foot Artillery, General and Staff officer, 1809
Guard Foot Artillery, Senior officer and bombardier, 1801-02
Guard Foot Artillery, Senior officer, 1807-09
Guard Foot Artillery, Bombardier and
Kannonier, 1805-07
Guard Foot Artillery, Bzdovoigandlanger,
bombardier, and kannonier, 1803-07
Guard Foot Artillery, Feierverker and drummer,
1803-07
Guard Foot Artillery, Feierverker and kannonier, 1807-08
Guard Foot Artillery, Feierverker and bombardier, 1808-09
Guard Foot Artillery, Kannonier and feierverker, 1809-10
Guard Foot Artillery, Kannonier and feierverker, 1809-10
Guard Foot Artillery, Senior officer and bombardier, 1812-14
Guard Foot Artillery, Feierverkers, 1811
Guard Foot Artillery, Feierverker, bombardier and drummer, 1811-15
Guard Horse Artillery
Guard Horse Artillery, Senior officer, 1803-07
Guard Horse Artillery, Senior officer and feierverker, 1814-17
Guard Horse Artillery, Senior officer, 1808-11
Guard Horse Artillery, Senior officer and trumpeter, 1811
Guard Horse Artillery, Kannonier and trumpeter, 1803-07
Guard Horse Artillery, Bombardier, 1803-07
Guard Horse Artillery, Feierverker and cannonier, 1811-12
Life Guard Sapper Battalion
Life Guard Sapper Battalion, NCO and sapper, 1812-13
Life Guard Garrison Battalion
Life Guard Garrison Battalion, NCO and Private, 1801-04
Life Guard Equipage (marines)
Life Guard Equipage, Matros and NCO, 1812-16
Dvoriani Battalion
Dvoriani Battalion, Senior officer, musketeer and grenadier, 1809
Dvoriani Cavalry Squadron, Dvoriani, 1811
Cadet Corps
Cadet Corps, Grenadier and Senior officer, 1810
Line Regiments
Infantry
Infantry General, 1808-10
Cavalry
Cavalry General, 1814-25
Artillery
Cossacks
Engineers
