1st Rifle Regiment (Russian Empire)

The 1st Rifle Regiment (1-ya Strelkovyy Polk) was a rifle regiment of the Imperial Russian Army.

History
The 1st Rifle Regiment trace their history back to the 1st and 2nd Yaroslavl Military Police Battalions where were merged to form the 3rd Training Carabinier Regiment in 1835. By 1855 the regiment's name was changed to the 3rd Training Rifle Regiment. By 1885 the regiment was renamed as the 1st Grenadier Infantry Battalion and gained their 4th company, which was then detached to form the 3rd Academic Rifle Regiment. Upon names changing, the regiment was assigned to the 1st Grenadier Division.

In 1886 the regiment's name changed when their new colonel-in-chief joined the regiment. The regiment's name became the 1st Duke George of Mecklenburg-Strlitz Grenadier Rifle Battalion. Just 4 years later the regiment changed to become the 1st Duke George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Infantry Battalion and 6 years later the 1st Rifle Battalion. By 1888 the regiment's name changed to become the 1st Rifle Regiment.

Upon mobilization, the regiment was attached to the 1st Rifle Brigade at Łódź paired with the 1st Rifle Artillery Division.

Commanders

 * Commander-in-Chief 1863—1876 Duke George-August-Ernest-Adolf-Karl-Ludwig, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * 1901—1910 Colonel Sergey Matveyevich Pospelov
 * 1910—1918 Colonel Sergey Fedorovich Novikov

Assignments

 * 1835—1865 Yaroslavl
 * 1865—1873 Moscow
 * 1873—1888 Groytsy
 * 1888—1892 Wloclavsk
 * 1892—1906 Plotsk
 * 1906—1913