Saint Petersburg - the capital of the Russian Guard. History of the guard units. Structure of the troops. Combat actions. Outstanding

Petersburg is a unique city. Most of the events for the three centuries of imperial history took place here! Here served, from here went to the war, winners returned here. Here rest on forgotten cemeteries or statues in bronze heroes of past times. In the northern capital, thousands of unique memorable places, hundreds of names on the city map and, in addition, whole areas and quarters who can serve as a reason for creating many books. Some urban names are worthwhile: Connogvardeisky Boulevard, Cavalgardskaya Street, Grenadier Bridges, Sapper Lane, Artillery Alley and other "Guards" names. In St. Petersburg, the Guards Shelves were constantly quartered, each - dozens of heroes, worthy of a separate story, not to mention the history of each shelf. But the modern citizen living the century later, after St. Petersburg left the last Leib Guards, much already needs to be explained. For example, what differed hussars