206th Salyan Infantry Regiment

The His Imperial Highness Heir Tsesarevich's 208th (Salyan) Infantry Regiment (206-й Сальянский пехотный полк or 206-y Sal'yanskiy Pekhotnyy Polk) was an infantry regiment originally part of the Imperial Russian Navy but later Imperial Russian Army. The regiment was one of the few infantry Regiments that were originally a naval unit but later converted to an army unit.

History
In 1805 the 3rd Company from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Naval Infantry Regiment of the Baltic Fleet and marine platoon for the Caspian Flotilla were merged to form the Caspian Marine Battalion. In 1813, this battalion was transferred to the Army and renamed as the 8th Georgian Infantry Battalion. In 1840 it changed to the 9th. By 1842 it was back as the 8th. In 1858 the battalion was renamed as the 21st Caucasian Battalion and in 1868 the 66th Baku Provincial Battalion. In 1874 the battalion was renamed as the Baku local battalion. and in 1878 was expanded to the 1st and 2nd Baku Local Battalion but the 2nd battalion was later abolished. In 1889 the battalion was renamed as the 12th Caucasian Reserve Infantry Battalion and in 1890 reorganised into 5 companies. In 1891 it was renamed as the Salyan Reserve Infantry Battalion and the next year expanded to two battalions and renamed as the Salyan Reserve Infantry Regiment. By 1899 the regiment was known as the 262nd Salyan Reserve Infantry Regiment and in 1903 was under the control of the 1st Caucasus Army Corps. By 1907 it was named His Imperial Highness Heir Tsesarevich's 262nd Salyan Reserve Infantry Regiment. and in 1908 with the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Companies from the 1st Warsaw Fortress Infantry Regiment and 3rd Kovno Fortress Infantry Regiment was reorganised into the 262nd Salyan Infantry Regiment. By 1914 the regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade of the 52nd Infantry Division.

Commanders
Regimental Colonel-in-Chief — Grand Prince Alexey Nikolaevich
 * 1890—1895 Lev Vasilyevich Simonov
 * 1995—1896 Mikhail Dmitrievich Protasov
 * 1896—1903 Arkady Grigorievich Mamvriysky
 * 1903—1907 Walter Mechislav Konstantinovich
 * 1907—1913 Vasily Alekseevich Kvanchkhadze
 * 1913—1915 Vasily Vasilyevich Zaitsev
 * 1915—1915 Stefan Fedorovich Shimchencko
 * 1915—1916 Ivan Pavlovich Romanovsky
 * 1916—1917 Ilya Aleksandrovich Gudzenko