Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment

Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment
Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment
	Badge of the regiment
Active	1796–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Guards Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Saint Petersburg
Engagements	French Invasion of Russia; War of the Seventh Coalition; Decembrist revolt; Russo-Persian War (1826–1828); Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829); November Uprising; January Uprising; Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78; World War I; Russian Civil War;

Pavlovsky Guard Regiment (Russian: Павловский лейб-гвардии полк) was a Russian Imperial Guard infantry regiment. It was formed out of two battalions of the Moscow Grenadiers on November 19, 1796. They were given the title of Pavlovsky Life-Guard (Russian: лейб-гвардии: лейб- from German Leib, lit. 'body'; гвардия, gvardiya from Italian guardia 'guard') on April 13, 1813, for their deeds during the French invasion of Russia.