21st Jäger Regiment (Russian Empire)

The 21st Jaeger (Jäger) Regiment (21-й Егерский полк) was a jager regiment of the Imperial Russian Army. The regiment took part in the Napoleonic Wars but was disbanded 30 years later.

History
In 1805, the 21st Jäger Regiment was formed in Courland with 6 companies, mostly formed from the 2nd Jäger Regiment and new members. By 1806, the regiment was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division and participated in the War of the Fourth Coalition and in 1807 participated in the Battle of Eylau. By 1812, on the eve of the French invasion of Russia, the regiment was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division of the 3rd Army Corps within the 1st Western Army. During this invasion, the regiment took part in the major decisive Battle of Borodino. After this battle the regiment joined the "Main Army". By 1813 during the War of the Sixth Coalition the regiment took part in the Battle of Leipzig and by 1814 joined the 3rd Infantry Division again and was renamed as the 28th Jäger Regiment. After the end of the war in 1815, the regiment was numbered as the 3rd Jäger Regiment.

By 1817, the regiment was assigned to the 28th Infantry Division within the 2nd Infantry Corps. By 1820, the regiment moved to the 2nd Infantry Division and by 1821, the regiment's 2nd battalion was assigned to the Corps of Settled Forces. Finally in 1833, following the reorganisation of the army, the regiment was disbanded with the personnel joining the Revel Infantry Regiment. Upon joining the regiment, the regiment formed the 3rd and 4th Regular Battalions and the 6th Reserve Battalion.

Commanders

 * Regimental Commanders-in-Chief
 * 1805—1806 Major General Ivan Efimovich Sutgof
 * 1806—1808 Major General Vasily Danilovich Laptev
 * 1808—1815 Major General Pavel Profkofievich Plattsov
 * Regimental Commanders
 * 1806—1807 Colonel Iosif Andreevich Kulikovsky
 * 1808—1811 Colonel Pavel Petrovich Lashkevich
 * 1812—1813 Major, later Colonel Alexander Stepanovich Stepanov
 * 1815—1815 Colonel Mikhail Ivanovich Chodaev
 * 1815—1815 Colonel Pavel Prokofievich Plattsov
 * 1815—1821 Colonel Mikhail Ivanovich Chodaev
 * 3rd Jagers
 * 1815—1821 Colonel Mikhail Ivanovich Chodaev
 * 1822—1825 Colonel Gurko
 * 1825—1833 Colonel Gasfort