Russian Military Uniforms
On this page I intend to put a selection of Russian Military Uniforms, mostly of Russian Army before 1917. I will begin with the images of the Cossacks who had very special status in the Russian Army, but later on I will also add on some uniforms of the regular units.
- Adjutant-general, chief-officer of the Life Guards Cossack His majesty regiment and Cossack of Ural’s Army (“voisko”) field cavalry regiments, in regular uniform, 1885.
- Chief-officer and private of the Don’s Cossack Army,1845-1855.
- Staff-officer of the Caucasian Cossack Army, 1856.
- Private of the Don’s Cossack Army, 1812-1816.
- Cossack and chief-officer of the Terek Army cavalry regiments in parade uniforms, 1871.
- Local parties of Kuban Cossack Army: chief-officer in parade uniform, sergeant major and private in parade and casual uniform, 1884.
- Cossack sergeants of Stavropolski and Khoperski Cossack regiments, 1835-1838.
- Cossack of the 1st Orenburg Cossack regiment, 1835-1838.
- Cossack and Cossack sergeant of the Siberian Line Cossack Army, 1829-1838.
- Non-commissioned officer and private of the Don cavalry Cossack detachment, 1776-1796.
- Sergeant of the Kalmyk Cossack regiments, 1812.
- Hussars of Russian-German legion, 1812-1815. (The legion was formed for Germans who wanted to fight Napoleon as part of Russian Army, because in 1812 Napoleon was in control of almost all Europe, including German states. One of those Germans was famous military theorist Karl von Clausewitz.)
- Gunner of the Don mounted artillery companies, 1812.
- Cossack of the Kaluga volunteer corps cavalry regiment, 1812.
- Zaporozhian Cossack, beginning of the XVIIIc.
- Officer and Cossack sergeant of the Don Army, 1812-1814.
- Chief-officers of the Life Guards Cossack regiment, 1801-1809.
- Cossack and Cossack sergeant of the Don Atamansky regiment, 1801-1809.
- Warrior, XIIc.(Kievan Russia)
- Russian warrior w/plate armour, XVIc.
- Cossack of the 2nd Ukrainian regiment, 1812.
- Cossack sergeant of the Ural Cossack regiments, 1812.
- Cossacks of the Don and Bug regiments, 1812.
- Chief-officer of the Atamansky Cossack regiment, 1812.
- Cossack of the 6th cavalry regiment of the Chernigov volunteer corps, 1812.
- Chief-officer of the Life Guards Cossack Regiment,1812.
- Cossack of the Black Sea squadron (“sotnya”), 1812.
- Cossack General, 1812.
- Cossack of the 1st regiment and soldier of the foot squads of the St.Petersburg volunteer corps, 1812.
- Soldier and Cossack of the Nizhegorodskoye volunteer corps, 1812.
- Russian warrior with a crossbow, XIVc.
- Russian warrior in hauberk, XII-XIIIc.
- Russian warriors in coat of mail and plate armour, X-XIcc.
- Russian archer, XVIc.
- Russianr warrior in a plate armour, XIIIc.
- Russian archer, XIIIc.
- Russian warrior in a “kolontar” plate armour, XIVc.
- Russian warrior in a “zertsalo” plate armour, XIVc.
- Russian warrior on a horse covered with “chaldar” horse-cloth, XVIc.
- Russian warrior in a “kuyak” brigandine, XVIc.
- Russian warrior with a “bakhterets” plate armour and “tarch” shield, XVIc.
- Russian warrior in a scale armour, XIc.
- Russian warrior with a banner, circa XVc.
- Cossack of the Life Guards Atamansky regiment, 1869.
- Transbaikal Cossack, 1889-1892.
- Cossack of the Siberian Line Army, 1812-1817.
- Orenburg Cossack in Central Asia, 1840-1853.
- Cossack of the machine-gun companies, 1914-1917.
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