Imperial convoy. Escort of His Imperial Majesty Escort of His Majesty
HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S Own Escort
The convoy was under the command of the Commander of the Imperial Headquarters.
Location: Tsarskoye Selo.
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1861 February 2. HIGHLY commanded: the Life Guards Black Sea Division to connect with His Majesty's Own Convoy, forming Life Guards 1st, 2nd and 3rd Caucasian Cossack squadrons , moreover, in each squadron there should be two thirds of the Kuban and one third of the Terts. (At the same time, the Life Guards Caucasian squadron of Georgians, Highlanders, Lezgins and Muslims was in the Convoy). Book. Trubetskoy, Georgy Ivanovich, HIS MAJESTY'S retinues, commander (in 1909) Parts that are part of the Life Guards of His Majesty's Own convoy.Convoy, in 1875 were:a) Life Guards Caucasian squadron and b) two squadrons of the Kuban Cossack and a squadron of the Terek Cossack troops. The state relied on the service, in 1875:
The convoy consisted of a team of invalids, including 5 non-commissioned officers and 60 privates. (Project V. M. 1868 No. 377.) Convoys in different years:
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PART THREE
Chapter 7
Business trip of hundreds of convoys to Headquarters
Deployment of hundreds of convoys to the Southwestern Front
Easter 1916
Visiting by the Sovereign Emperor of hundreds at Headquarters
Feast of the Convoy at the Tsar's Headquarters in 1916
Chapter 8
Russian hard times. The Beginning of the Russian Tragedy
Service of hundreds of convoys in the days of February and March 1917
Tsarskoye Selo
Royal Headquarters
Kyiv
In Petrograd
The last days of the stay of the Convoy in Tsarskoe Selo and at Headquarters
Chapter 9
PART FOUR (Strelyanov / Kalabukhov / P.N.)
Division of Own E.I.V. Convoy after 1917, in the Russian Corps and emigration
Regalia of the Own E.I.V. Convoy
Annex 1. Chiefs of the Own H.I.V. Convoy
Appendix 2. Cossack officers of the Own E.I.V. Convoy from 1811 to 1900
Annex 3. Form and distinctions of the Own E.I.V. Convoy for its 150-year history
Comments
Illustrations
There aren't many left alive
Us officers of the Tsar's days
All quieter our heart beats ...
N.Mikhailov
“... I consider it my sacred duty to pass on all the documents relating to our history, carefully kept by the gentlemen officers of His Majesty’s Convoy, to those ... in whom the Russian heart beats and for whom the memory of the Royal Martyrs and the past of our Great Motherland - Russia are sacred”, - Colonel Nikolai Vasilyevich Galushkin wrote in the preface to his book.
His Imperial Majesty's own convoy occupied an exceptional position among the guards units of the Russian Army.
From the first appearance under Empress Catherine the Great, the Convoy carried out an honorable service, consisting in the direct protection of the Russian Sovereigns, impeccably justifying the high trust placed in it.
The Black Sea Guards, formed in 1811, covered themselves with glory in the war with Napoleon, more than once the French in superior forces retreated before the desperate determination and courage of the Cossacks; in the Battle of Leipzig, the Convoy saved the life of Emperor Alexander I and two allied monarchs; during the liberation of the Balkans, near Lovcha, the Turks could not resist the dashing and terrible in their swiftness attack of the Terts; The Sovereign Convoy participated in all the campaigns of the 19th century and in the Great War of 1914.
Three St. George's standards, 12 silver St. George's trumpets, badges "for distinction" on caps - evidence of the military service of the Unit.
For more than 100 years of its existence until 1917, the mountaineers-Muslims of the Caucasus, Georgians, Crimean Tatars, and other nationalities of the Russian Empire served in the squadrons and teams of the Convoy at different times.
The formation of His Majesty's Convoy took place in several stages and from various formations. The first, having a historical past (the Black Sea Cossacks) remained independent guard units; the second, after serving under the person of the Emperor -3- from several years to half a century (separate teams of the Caucasian Mountain Squadron), under the influence of changed conditions, disappeared completely; the third - united together (Kubans and Tertsy) and continued to serve, guarding the Sovereign and his August Family.
To serve in His Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy has always been considered the highest honor for the Cossacks of the Kuban and Terek.
The choice of Cossacks for service in the Own Convoy was so unusual, even in comparison with the recruitment of soldiers in the first regiments of the Russian Guard, that it should be said separately.
Recruits to the Guards regiments were appointed already at the last stage of conscription in St. Petersburg, where they were selected “according to their appearance”, their appearance: “blonds - to Preobrazhensky, brown-haired - to Semenovsky, brunettes - to Izmailovsky, redheads - to Moscow ... ' and other features.
There were special rules in His Majesty's Convoy. They consisted in the fact that officers and Cossacks were not appointed here, but were chosen in advance. Officers - from combat units, and Cossacks - from the villages of the Kuban and Terek Cossack Troops (KKV and TKV), where the officers of the Convoy were sent for this purpose.
To select Cossacks for the Guard, officers traveled to almost all the villages of their Host. Before the trip, the officers asked the Cossacks of the Convoy if they knew any of their villagers worthy of being accepted into the Convoy of His Majesty. The convoys, after conferring among themselves, requested in letters the old guardsmen of their village (the old men planned and educated in advance those young Cossacks who, according to their observation, were worthy to serve in the Guards), after which their names were called to the officers.
Upon the arrival of the officers of the Convoy to the Army, the atamans of the villages presented their candidates to the departments, who had completed the prescribed period of drill training in the “preparatory category”. Of these, then a rather complex, multi-stage selection was made (taking into account the conclusions of several medical commissions, checking all equipment and uniforms, etc.). The convoys were required to have their own combat horses - tall and only bay. In the event of a horse being culled by the veterinary commission, it was also replaced here.
The villages, sending the best Cossacks to the Convoy, were not only proud of them, but in the person of the ataman and “trusted ones”, they signed a special verdict separately for each Cossack chosen from among them, in which the village vouched for its representative, which was one of the main requirements when choosing convoys. .
In the last reign, in the Great 2nd Patriotic War of 1914, hundreds of convoys received the consent of the Sovereign, alternating -4- to go to the Army in the Field. In the most difficult test that befell the nation and the state, Emperor Nicholas II firmly believed that only strong power could lead Russia to victory in the war.
“According to His conviction, only autocracy, the creation of centuries, gave Russia the strength to hold out for so long in spite of all disasters.
... Change the system, open the gates to the attackers, give up at least a share of their autocratic power - in the eyes of the Tsar, this meant causing an immediate collapse ... ”(W. Churchill“ The War on the Eastern Front ”).
“At all times, He embodied the spirit of the people and, both outside and inside, He protected it with unwavering loyalty, which inspires admiration and inspires respect!” (E. Herriot, Prime Minister of France).
Thanks to the tireless care of the Sovereign, the power of the Russian Army has increased many times over. The German General Ludendorff, in his memoirs, testified: “By the end of 1916, Russia had created a large increase in military forces. The battles also showed a very significant increase in military equipment. The High Command will have to reckon with the fact that the enemy at the beginning of 1917 will be overwhelmingly stronger than us. Our situation is unusually difficult, and there is almost no way out of it!”...
But there was a way out. The enemies of Imperial Russia, both inside and outside of it, realized that as long as Emperor Nicholas II was at the head of the country, as long as the Russian people remained faithful to their Tsar, they would not achieve the changes they desired.
They had a common goal - to deprive Russia of someone who was a symbol of the unity and power of the Russian Empire.
In the days of the February turmoil, it arose and then spread, incl. in the émigré press, slandering His Majesty's Convoy. The appearance of "revolutionary" reports from Petrograd about the "appearance of the Convoy in its entirety" in the State Duma with an expression of humility ... "caused bewilderment among the officers of the division who served in the Tsarkoselsky Palace. They knew that there was not a single hundred of the Convoy in Petrograd (another division was under the Sovereign in Headquarters and fifty - in Kyiv.) But in addition to provocative significance, fabrications became dangerous in that, having somehow got into Headquarters cut off from Tsarskoe Selo, they could put the two hundred Convoys serving there in a very difficult situation .
The officers and Cossacks of the 5th Consolidated Hundred on foot, who were under the Empress Maria Feodorovna in Kyiv, were also indignant at the lies and slander against their native part, fully realizing that in the capital there were only a non-combat team -5- and a team of the 5th hundred serving horses left by them in Petrograd.
The full confidence of the Sovereign Emperor in his Convoy follows from the diaries of the centurion V. Zborovsky. On March 4, Her Majesty summoned him to Tsarskoye Selo Palace and deigned to say: “I was finally connected with the Sovereign, and I managed to convey to Him that the newspaper article about the Convoy is false. The Sovereign replied that He did not doubt it, and We were right in considering the Cossacks as Our true friends. Pass this on to the Cossacks and reassure the officers."
The convoys remained with their Sovereign after the abdication, enjoyed exceptional confidence, and only fulfilling his personal wish, did not follow him ...
The "Provisionals", and then the Bolsheviks, broke off all relations between the officers of the Unit and the Royal Family. The letters remained. This is evidence of the gracious attention of the Empress ("... We are delighted that You saw Our hundred!" - from her letter to the Sovereign Emperor at Headquarters), the sincere friendship of the Tsar's children, who wrote to the officers of the Convoy during the Great War to the front and continued to write to them from your conclusion; sisters of the Sovereign, who warmly recalled "dear and beloved Cossacks" after decades in exile - are given in the book. They completely break all the speculation about the "betrayal" of the Convoy, slander against him.
One of the last in the outbreak of the civil war was a letter to officers from Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolaevna dated January 11, 1918 from Tobolsk.
Reorganized by that time into the Guards Kuban and Tersky - Divisions were part of the Volunteer Army. The officers of the Convoy were looking for an opportunity to establish contact with the Royal Family, to save them. It was not possible to get from the Caucasus, through all the fronts of the Red armies to Siberia.
Only conflicting news came from Yekaterinburg. The Soviet government hid the truth that the life of the Royal Martyrs and their innocent children was terminated on the night of July 4/17, 1918. All the terrible details of the murder became known only later.
But in 1918, during the outbreak of the civil war, on the White Front of the South of Russia, hundreds of miles away from the scene of the crime, apart from unclear and unverified rumors about the death of the Sovereign, there was no exact information.
An almost round-the-world trip from the Kuban to Siberia - by sea, through Europe, from London to Vladivostok, was made by the officer of the Convoy A. Gramotin. "Allies" obstructed. So, the French, -6- for months at first were not allowed to enter their country, and then leave it (?!)
In Siberia, Yesaul Gramotin was at the disposal of Sokolov, an investigator for especially important cases, who was working to uncover the Yekaterinburg atrocity.
After the exodus of the Russian Army from the Crimea in November 1920 and the transfer of its units to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (SHS), Major General V.E. Zborovsky and Colonel N.V. Galushkin set as their goal to maintain a single Division of L.-Gds. Kuban and Terek hundreds. Talented organizers, they, together with the officers of the Convoy - this task was a success. Division of Own E.I.V. The convoy existed in exile for more than fifty years.
In 1899, at the direction of the commander, Major General V.A. Sheremetev, Colonel S.I. Petin wrote the history of His Majesty's Convoy in the 19th century (this work was the basis of N.V. Galushkin's book). About the participation of the Hundreds of Guards in the Great War, the events of February-March 1917 in Tsarskoe Selo, Mogilev and Kyiv, the struggle during the years of the Russian hard times with the traitors of Russia, both in Russia itself and outside it - the officers of the Convoy kept personal records, noting in them successively everything to which everyone was a witness and participant.
In exile, these historical documents were collected by the division commander of the L.-Gds. Kuban and Terek hundreds by Colonel K.F. Zershchikov. In order to fulfill the desire of all gentlemen officers to perpetuate the past of their Unit, Colonel Zershchikov set to work, but did not have time to finish it. In the ensuing World War II, the ranks of the Guards Division took part in the battles of the Russian Corps. After being wounded and seriously ill, Zershchikov died in the "White Russian Camp" - Kellerberg. Almost everything he created with such difficulty died in a combat situation.
But the feeling among the officers did not die that "the shadow of the heroes who forged centuries of Glory is following us on our heels! .."
The Sovereign's sister, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, wrote to N.V. Galushkin in California on May 9, 1959: “I know that you are working on a brief history of the convoy. Dear Zershchikov began to write his notes, and now you will finish this work. Write. Ask whatever you want, I'm always happy to help.
From the order of the division commander S.E.V. Convoy of Colonel Rogozhin No. 65 dated July 8, 1964: “... leading the ranks of the Division who got to the West (America. - P.S.), Colonel Galushkin makes a responsible decision to take up the compilation of the history of our native part. It took incredible willpower to overcome all the obstacles on this extremely difficult path. His work, thank God, ended in brilliant success - he published a most valuable book not only for us, who belonged to the Division, but in general this is a great and necessary contribution to Russian military history literature.
The book by N.V. Galushkin, published (San Francisco, 1961) in a small edition, has long become a bibliographic rarity and ends in 1917.
In preparation for its first edition in Russia, the question arose of continuing the history of the Part - in the Civil and Second World Wars, in exile. The materials of the Convoy itself of this period, for the reason indicated above, have not been preserved. The result of our work was Part 4, prepared on the basis of publications in the Russian Diaspora, memoirs of convoy soldiers and archival information.
It should be noted that in Galushkin's book (in the notes) there were references to an additional part. The author intended to give in it a description of the historical form of the ranks of the Convoy. Unfortunately, this part was never published. Therefore, all the main fragments from his work concerning uniforms, distinctions and equipment, as well as information from other sources, are combined by the compiler in a separate appendix.
Appendix 2 gives complete lists of Cossack officers who consisted of the L.-Guards. in the Black Sea Division and in squadrons (hundreds) of the Sovereign Convoy throughout the 19th century.
Galushkin's notes have been unified, and the biographies established by us for over 100 officers of the Convoy (including all commanders of the Unit throughout its history) and persons who had a certain influence on the formation and service of the Own E.I.V. Convoy, other necessary information, after which all this was included in the comments.
I thank for the help in preparing the materials of the military historian A.V. Marynyak, historian of the Terek Cossack Army F.S. Kireev, employees of the Department of Russian Abroad of the Russian State Library, senior researcher of the Krasnodar Historical Museum N.A. Korsakov, director of the Reittar publishing house A.I. Talanova, granddaughter of the officers of the Dolgov Convoy - O.G. Petrulevich (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), researchers A.V. Petrov (Samara) and A.V. Field (Moscow).
P.Strelyanov (Kalabukhov) -8-
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His Imperial Majesty's own convoy
Throughout the 19th century the backbone of the protection of Russian monarchs were the Cossacks. The beginning of the creation of the Own Convoy dates back to the time of Catherine II, who in 1775 ordered the formation of a military team for her personal protection. In 1796, this team was transformed into a hussar-Cossack regiment, consisting of three Don squadrons. But in fact, the history of the Own Convoy begins on May 18, 1811 245 , when the Life Guards Black Sea Cossack Hundred of Kuban Cossacks 246 was formed. This formation 247 was the personal guard of Emperor Alexander I during the foreign campaigns of the Russian army in 1813–1814. 248 Of fundamental importance is the fact that the Convoy was the first special military unit designed to protect the emperor and members of his family.
Under Nicholas I in 1828, the Life Guards of the Caucasus Mountains semi-squadron was formed as part of the Convoy. They were commanded by the captain Sultan-Azamat-Girey, a descendant of the Crimean khans. It is characteristic that the mountain cavalry was under the jurisdiction of the Chief of the Gendarmes and the Commander of the Main Imperial Apartment A.Kh. Benckendorff. For responsible service in the Convoy, the highlanders were previously trained in the Noble Regiment, since they all came from noble Caucasian families. Due to the fact that the highlanders were Muslims, the rules for their education were personally drawn up by A.Kh. Benkendorf. These rules took into account the peculiarities of the mentality and religion of the highlanders. For example, it was prescribed “not to give pork and ham. Strictly prohibit the ridicule of the nobles and try to make friends with the mountaineers. Do not teach guns and marching, trying to get the mountaineers to do this in their free time”; “Do not forbid washing, according to custom, several times a day. Allow Effendius to visit the Highlanders whenever he wishes, even in classes. Observe that during the prayer of the mountaineers the nobles do not interfere with them. Do not interfere with a meeting with fellow tribesmen”; “See that not only teachers, but also the nobles, do not say anything bad about the faith of the highlanders and do not advise changing it.”
Ceremonial uniform of the ranks of His Imperial Majesty's Own convoy. 1910
According to the states of 1830, a half-squadron was supposed to have 5 officers, 9 junkers and 40 squires. At the same time, mountain horsemen played a dual role. On the one hand, they were entrusted with an honorable service in the personal guard of the emperor. During visits to Russia by sovereigns from European countries, the highlanders with their medieval weapons were perceived as an element of “Russian exoticism”. On the other hand, they played the role of a kind of hostages in the ongoing war in the Caucasus. Therefore, they tried to keep the highlanders at some distance from the king. When recruiting highlanders in the Convoy, attention was paid to the degree of influence and wealth of the clan. Preference was given to the Kumyks, Kabardians, Ossetians, Nogais and Lezgins. They tried not to take Chechens into the Convoy.
In the 1830s The convoy was deployed to three hundred: linear Terek Cossacks (from October 12, 1832), Lezgins (from 1836) and Azerbaijanis (from 1839). In 1857 a team of Georgians appeared in the Convoy. It was the linear Terek Cossacks who were entrusted with the responsible task of the constant personal protection of Nicholas I. According to the staff of a hundred, it was supposed: two officers, four officers and 24 Cossacks, the uniform and weapons for the Cossacks were established the same as the Life Guards of the Caucasian-Gorsky half-squadron In March 1833 The composition of the team was doubled and divided into two shifts: one was in the service in St. Petersburg for 3 years, and the second was “on benefits”, that is, in its villages.
Stone-cut figurine of the chamber-Cossack Alexei Alekseevich Kudinov. The company "K. Faberge»
The Cossacks accompanied the king on trips, they were used for guard duty. One of the favorite residences of Nicholas I was Peterhof, in which a Cottage was built for the imperial family, and the park laid out around it was named after the wife of the tsar "Alexandria". In 1832, a team of line Cossacks of the Convoy patrolled the Peterhof parks, where the imperial summer residence was located. By 1833, a certain order of service had already developed, clearly fixed posts appeared. So, during the protection of Peterhof Park, one post was located “near the house” on the shore of the Gulf of Finland on the way to Alexandria, the other - at Monplaisir, the third - at the Marly pavilion, the fourth carried the daily outfit in Alexandria, “on the news”. During the emperor's walks, the Cossacks were placed along the route in advance in order to protect him.
In the mid 1830s. a new tradition was formed, which was preserved until 1917. From the composition of the Terek Cossack hundred of the Convoy, they began to recruit personal bodyguards of the tsar.
In 1836, the constable Podsvirov was taken for the first time to serve at the Court as a room "Cossack cell". It was he who laid the foundation for the tradition of the existence of "personalists" - bodyguards in the person of the king.
Nicholas I in the uniform of the team of guards line Cossacks of the Own E.I.V. convoy
In addition to the Cossacks, the residences of Nicholas I were guarded by guard posts. To protect the imperial residence in Peterhof, two guards regiments were permanently quartered. When the tsar rested outside Peterhof, the protection of Alexandria Park was provided by seven permanent posts, two privates for each post 249 . During the rest of the king in the Cottage, the army guard of the park was reinforced by the ranks of the gendarmerie. According to the memoirs of a contemporary, “not a single mortal was allowed to pass through the gates of the Alexandria Park unless this mortal was sitting in a court carriage” 250 .
By the mid 1840s. the first stage of the formation of the imperial guard ended. Until 1845, the order of service of the Convoy was determined by brief job descriptions. In May 1845, the tsar was presented with additions to the brief rules for military service for an irregular army in the part relating to His Majesty's Own Convoy. Nicholas I personally amended these documents. The rules determined the composition of the Convoy, the staff of each of its divisions, the procedure for organizing and serving during events with the participation of the king. In 1845 barracks were built for the Convoy in Tsarskoye Selo.
In the last years of the life of Nicholas I, the “highest command” established the medal “For Service in Own Convoy”. The order to establish it was issued in December 1850. However, only on January 19, 1855, a month before the death of Nicholas I, the Minister of War
V.A. Dolgoruky informed the Minister of the Imperial Court V.F. Adlerberg. This medal was supposed to be awarded to highlanders, Lezgins and Muslims who served in the Convoy, when they were promoted for long service to the first officer rank - to cornets. Samples of medals were approved by Alexander II a few days after the death of Nicholas I (02/18/1855) - February 24, 1855. 100 copies of gold and 100 silver medals were made at the St. Petersburg Mint. These medals were worn around the neck on the ribbon of the Order of St. Anne. However, very few such medals were issued - 3 gold and 45 silver 251 .
Convoy Service Medal. 1850s
The Cossacks of the Convoy served in a completely different way during the reign of Alexander II (February 19, 1855 - March 1, 1881). On February 19, 1861, Alexander II signed the Manifesto, fateful for Russia, on the emancipation of the serfs. At the same time, he well remembered the fate of Paul I, so it was in February 1861 that the first steps were taken to strengthen the immediate protection of Alexander II.
In early February 1861, the Life Guards Black Sea Cossack Division was merged with the Life Guards Cossack Line Squadron of the Own Convoy. As a result, the number of Own Convoy reached 500 people. They included Kuban (2/3) and Terek (1/3) Cossacks. Along with other military formations, the Cossacks were on guard duty in the Winter Palace. At this alarming time, the guard of the Cossacks of the Convoy, as part of one platoon, was in the Field Marshal's Hall, in addition, a post was posted at the tsar's office (an officer, a non-commissioned officer and two Cossacks) and two Cossacks occupied a post for the night at the tsar's bedroom. During court balls, seven Cossacks were assigned to the tsar's entrance "to take off his coat".
An important feature of the current situation was that Alexander II personally and very anxiously began to deal with issues of his own security. Yes, according to his
from December 20, 1861 “in the hall with a portrait of Prince. Volkonsky" housed 23 Cossacks of the Convoy for the period from 12 o'clock at night until 9 o'clock in the morning. In total, in the Winter Palace in the 1860s. the Cossacks, alternating with the guards, occupied five posts. The Cossacks began to periodically accompany the tsar during his trips to St. Petersburg and constantly accompanied the tsar during his walks in country residences and in the Crimea.
Alexander II in the form of the Life Guards of the Cossack squadrons of the Convoy. Early 1860s
In May 1863, after the abolition of the Crimean Tatar squadron, the command of the Life Guards of the Crimean Tatars 252 became part of the Convoy. It was in this team that Prince Nikolai Georgievich Tumanov served in officer positions. At the end of the reign of Alexander III, he was one of the persons who determined the order of protection of the emperor.
The practice of hostage-taking was partly preserved in the 1860s. Thus, the son of the captive Shamil served in the mountain division of the Convoy, who for decades fought against the Russian troops in the Caucasus. On August 21, 1860, Shamil wrote to the Minister of the Imperial Court from Kaluga: “When the news reached us that the Great Sovereign Emperor ordered to accept our son Mohammed-Shefi into military service in His Majesty’s Own convoy and even showed him mercy by awarding an officer rank, we are unspeakably rejoiced at this ... I bring you sincere and great gratitude for this, for you were the cause of this and helped the end of this matter, and we know this for sure, because you are in honor and respect with the Sovereign, he accepts your words and approves your actions. May God restore your health, this is our constant prayer for you. The mortal servant of God Shamil.
Since October 1867, the Cossack squadrons of the Convoy began to be completed independently. Gradually, a tradition of selecting replenishment of the Own convoy developed, which persisted until 1914.
Grand Dukes Sergei and Pavel Alexandrovichi (the younger sons of Alexander II) in the form of junker belts and private squadrons of the Own E.I.V. convoy. Late 1860s Photo by S.L. Levitsky
Getting into Convoy was not easy. To select candidates for their own convoy, seconded officers traveled around the Cossack Terek and Kuban villages. Previously, the officers asked the Cossacks of the Convoy whether they knew worthy candidates from their village. The Cossacks-escorts in letters asked the old guardsmen and fathers about this. The ataman and the old men represented the young Cossacks, ready for active service. The station passed judgment. So, on February 19, 1899, the elected representatives of the Shchedrin village assembly of the Kizlyar department of the Terek region, out of 54 who had the right to vote at a public meeting, approved with 39 votes that the clerk Andrei Taran, who had expressed a desire to enter the service in the Convoy, took the 1889 oath of “behavior, moral qualities does not belong to good or harmful sects.” Then the lists of those selected from all the villages were sent to the Military Headquarters. For "guards growth" it took 2 arshins 8 inches (180 cm). This height was not required for excellent horsemen, dancers and songwriters. The Cossacks passed the combat and medical commissions. The veterinarian examined the horses. For service in the Convoy, the horses had to be tall, serviceable and bay. Commanders and trumpeters sat on light gray horses in the Convoy. The trumpeters followed directly behind the sovereign on fine Arabian horses, which were bought from the horse breeder Kotsev in Kabarda. When changing the Convoy after 4 years, the tsar gave signs "For service in my Convoy."
Since there were many Old Believers among the Cossacks of the Convoy, two priests, an Old Believer and an Orthodox, were present at the oath to Alexander II.
The ranks of the Own E.I.V. convoy and the imperial family. 1915
After the sacred prayer, the adjutant of the Convoy announced to the Cossacks about those exploits for which the St. George Cross complained, but he also reported on the punishments imposed on military ranks for misconduct. Then the priests loudly and slowly read the text of the military oath, established by Peter I. Following the priest, the young Cossacks raised their right hand for the sign of the cross, repeating the text.
Circassian front of Own E.I.V. convoy of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich. 1914
When selecting for the Convoy, not only external data were taken into account, but also such qualities as quick wits, literacy, and the ability to get along with others. For the slightest fault, an inevitable punishment followed. The worst of them is expulsion from the Convoy. In addition to the shame (a telegram was immediately sent to the headquarters of the army, and not only the native village, but the whole district knew about what had happened), the Cossack was deprived of tangible benefits provided after the end of the service. Therefore, there were very rare cases of dismissal without promotion to the officers and with the deprivation of the guards uniform. The offender could not appear with such disgrace in the village, from which then for several years the Cossacks were not accepted into the Convoy.
In the second half of the 1870s. the Cossacks of the Own Convoy began to constantly accompany Emperor Alexander II. First, in country residences during walks. Since 1879 and during trips around St. Petersburg. The grand dukes in this period still led their usual way of life, and they perceived the thickening ring of protection around the king as the destruction in the eyes of the people of the usual image of the king. Here is one of the characteristic diary entries of the summer of 1877, made by the young Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich: “After breakfast, I went to Tsarskoye. Met the Sovereign and Empress in a carriage; a Cossack on the goats, in front, from the sides and behind the Cossacks on horseback, at some distance ... in a droshky. I confess it is painful to watch how the Tsar must travel as a prisoner - and where is it? In Russia itself" 253 .
In conclusion, we note that until March 1881, it was the Own Escort that carried the main burden not only of protecting the tsar in the imperial residences, but also outside them.
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Battle path. LoyaltyOn the fourth of March, terrible news for many came to Tsarskoye Selo - about the abdication of the Tsar. None of the convoys wanted to believe it.
.In the afternoon, the Empress invited the centurion Zborovsky to her place. She reported that there was a connection with the Sovereign. He asked to convey gratitude to the convoys for their loyalty to his family. Before the centurion left, Alexandra Fedorovna told him:
- Viktor Erastovich, let all officers and Cossacks remove the monogram of His Majesty from shoulder straps. News has reached me that officers are being killed in Petrograd because of them. Please do this for me and my children. We don't want anyone to get hurt because of us.
When this request of the Empress was brought to the attention of the Cossacks, the majority, especially the long-term conscripts, refused to do so. 
On the last day of his stay in Mogilev, the Tsar said goodbye in the control room of the general on duty with all the ranks of the headquarters. The officers of the Convoy lined up on the left flank, and the sergeants and officers, along with representatives of the Combined Infantry Regiment, were on the stairs leading to the headquarters. At exactly the appointed time, the Emperor entered. He was dressed in a gray Kuban Circassian coat, with a sword over his shoulder. On the chest hung only one St. George's cross, brightly white against the dark background of the Circassian coat. General Alekseev gave the command:
- Gentlemen officers!
Nicholas II cast a sad glance at those present. He held checkers on the hilt with his left hand with a hat clamped in it. The right one was lowered and trembled violently. The face was even more haggard and yellowed.
- Lord! Today I see you for the last time,” the King’s voice trembled, and he fell silent.
There was an oppressive silence in the room where several hundred people were gathered. No one even coughed, everyone looked at the Tsar. Excited, he began to bypass the line of officers. However, after saying goodbye to the first three, the Sovereign could not stand it and headed for the exit. At the last moment I saw the guards standing in scarlet ceremonial Circassians. Went up to them. I hugged Colonel Kireev and kissed him. At that moment, the cornet Lavrov, a giant of two meters in height, could not withstand the stress, fell right at the feet of the Tsar ... Going down the stairs, Nicholas II saw sergeants, officers and trumpeters. They were on their knees, most of them had stingy male tears in their eyes. The king became very pale. He went up to them, hugged each of them and, according to Russian custom, kissed each of them three times.
On May 29, in the evening, officers of the 2nd Life Guards of the Kuban, 3rd Life Guards of the Terek and the team of the 5th Life Guards of the Consolidated Hundreds met for the last time in their Assembly. Before each stood a small silver goblet engraved with the autographs of Convoy officers. These glasses were made according to the general desire especially for this day. No speeches were made. Fyodor Mikhailovich Kireev, who had arrived from Mogilev, stood up and silently raised his glass. It was the first and last toast...
With the exception of a few Cossacks of a non-combat team, the entire personnel did not violate the military oath. The convoys did not accept either the February coup or the October coup.
In the civil war, many fought in the Volunteer Army. 24 officers, more than 200 officers and Cossacks were killed. According to archival documents, among those who died or died from wounds and diseases during the Civil War, it was possible to find the names of Colonel Kireev, all four commanders of the hundreds: the 1st Life Guards Kuban - Yesaul Georgy Raspil, the 2nd Life Guards Kuban - Yesaul Mikhail Svidin , 3rd Life Guards Terek - Yesaul Mikhail Pankratov, 4th Life Guards Terek - Grigory Tatonov. The centurion Shvedov and Yesaul Lavrov died in the prisons of the Cheka. In 1920, the survivors, together with their families, left their homeland as part of the army of General Wrangel.
In exile, His Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy existed as a combat unit until 1941.
In 1941, the remnants of S.E.I.V. The convoy arrived from Bulgaria to form the Russian Security Corps in Belgrade. (
The first information about the convoy in the Russian military chronicle is found in 1775. On the occasion of the end of the war with Turkey and the celebration of peace at Kuchuk-Kaynardzhi, at the suggestion of Prince Potemkin, who at that time commanded all the irregular troops, the military ataman of the Don army, Alexei Ivanovich Ilovaisky, formed the Don and Chuguev court teams of Cossacks. Together with a life squadron chosen from the hussar regiments, they formed their own convoy of Catherine II, designed to protect the empress.
Life Guards Black Sea Cossack Division. Artist A.I. Goebens, 1858. Canvas, oil.
In November 1796, Paul I ordered the Don and Chuguev teams to be included in the life hussar-Cossack regiment, which continued to serve in the protection of the tsar and his family, although he no longer formed his own convoy.
Functions of the convoy of Alexander I during the foreign campaigns of 1813-1814. performed the Life Guards Cossack Regiment, consisting of three Don squadrons and the Life Guards of the Black Sea Hundred, formed May 18, 1811. This number became the official date of the convoy. The Chernomorians took an active part in the Patriotic War of 1812.
The holiday of the convoy was established on October 4 (in honor of the distinction of the Black Sea Hundred in the Battle of Leipzig in 1813) - the day of St. Hierotheus.
As a full-time unit, intended to carry out escort service at the highest court, in 1828 the Life Guards of the Caucasian Mountaineer half-squadron were formed from the Caucasian highlanders. It included princes and bridles of Kabarda, representatives of noble families of Chechens, Kumyks, Lezgins, Nogais and other Caucasian peoples. They were commanded by the captain Sultan-Azamat-Girey, a descendant of the Crimean khans. The half-squadron was subordinate to the commander of the imperial main apartment, Adjutant General Benckendorff.
According to the states of 1830, a half-squadron was supposed to have five officers, nine junkers and 40 squires. Highlanders, with rare exceptions, did not know the Russian language at all. Many of them were practically illiterate. In August 1829, 17 people expressed a desire to enroll in the Noble Regiment. Benckendorff drew up the rules that were to be followed by the command when dealing with new pupils. The rules took into account national traditions and customs, contributed to the rapprochement of people of different faiths:
“... Do not give pork and ham ... Strictly prohibit the ridicule of the nobles and try to make the highlanders friends with them ... Do not teach guns and marching, trying to get the highlanders to hunt in this free time ... Do not subject to corporal punishment: in general to punish only through ensign Tuganov, who knows better what kind of people how to deal with ... Allow Effendius to visit the highlanders when he wants, even in classes ... So that during the prayer of the mountaineers the nobles do not interfere with them ... only the teachers, and the nobles, did not say anything bad about the faith of the highlanders and did not advise changing it ... ”( Petin S. His Imperial Majesty's own convoy. 1811-1911 Historical essay. - St. Petersburg .. 1911.).
The stay of the Highlanders in the Noble Regiment played a positive role. Despite the fact that some of them left it, most wished to send their children or relatives to educational institutions. In June 1830, 40 young men arrived in St. Petersburg from the Caucasus. Subsequently, an average of 30 people were admitted to the military educational institutions of the capital annually.
In 1832, a new unit appeared as part of the convoy, designed exclusively to protect the tsar, the Command of the Caucasian Line Cossacks. According to the staff, it was supposed to be: two officers, four officers and 24 Cossacks, the uniform and weapons for the Cossacks were set the same as the Life Guards of the Caucasian-Gorsky half-squadron.
The form of the convoy of Emperor Alexander II
Later, in 1836 and 1839, the Lezgin Team and the Muslim Team were formed. They were subordinate to the commander of the Life Guards of the Caucasian-Gorsky semi-squadron. The term of service in teams was set to four years.
With the accession to the throne of Alexander II, major changes took place in the organization of the convoy. It began to consist of two squadrons: the Life Guards of the Caucasian four-platoon composition (1st platoon - Team of Georgians, 2nd platoon - Team of Highlanders, 3rd platoon - Team of Lezgins, 4th platoon - Team of Muslims) and the Life Guards Caucasian Cossack squadron, divided into two parts (one in the service and the second on benefits). The Cossacks served in St. Petersburg for 3 years, after which they were seconded to their units in the Caucasus, and the highlanders - 4 years. At the end of their stay in the convoy, all the cadets and squires of the Life Guards of the Caucasian squadron were promoted to officers. The first commander of the convoy was appointed - the adjutant wing, Colonel Pyotr Romanovich Bagration, a descendant of the oldest family of Georgian princes. The entire staff of the convoy was subordinate to him.
In 1860, in connection with the reorganization of the Cossack troops in the North Caucasus and the formation of two new ones - the Kuban and Terek - there were changes in the composition of the convoy. From October 1867, the Life Guards Caucasian Cossack squadrons began to form two from the Kuban and one from the Terek army.
In May 1863, the Life Guards Crimean Tatar squadron was abolished. Three officers and 21 lower ranks were enlisted in His Majesty's own convoy, forming from them the Command of the Life Guards of the Crimean Tatars of the convoy.
Officer of the mountain platoon of the Convoy
The Cossacks-escorts, unlike the highlanders, had to carry out a more intense guard and internal service: to protect the tsar and his family members when traveling, on walks, while relaxing in country palaces and in the Crimea.
The convoys, both the Cossacks and the highlanders, were characterized by the high art of trick riding and shooting from a horse. Even the youngest could shoot accurately at the target when jumping on a full career or bending down from the saddle to the ground and draw on it with their hands. The more experienced galloped sitting backwards, lying with their backs across the horse, standing on the saddle with their feet or on their heads. Standing races on two horses or when another comrade stood on the back of one convoy were considered special chic.
A special page in the history of the convoy is occupied by the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. In October 1876, Alexander II decided that in the event of war, the 2nd Kuban and Terek Cossack squadrons, which were on benefits, would become part of the army as an escort of its commander-in-chief. The Cossacks gathered in the villages of the Caucasian and Prokhladnaya. They arrived in Chisinau on December 11, 1876. The Kuban were commanded by Colonel Zhukov, the Terts by Staff Captain Kulebyakin. In addition to the protection of the commander-in-chief, the field commandant of the army, Major General Stein, who was in charge of the convoy, ordered that teams be appointed from the Cossacks to carry out police service on Torgovaya Square. This use as a police force deeply angered the convoys.
L.Gv. Caucasian squadron of the Own E.I.V. Convoy
The commander of the Tertsevs, Parfeniy Terentyevich Kulebyakin, distinguished by his directness and determination, who, by the way, was not only a dashing grunt, but also a talented self-taught poet, turned for help to Lieutenant General Dmitry Ivanovich Skobelev (in 1858-1864, the commander of the convoy), who was at that time under the commander-in-chief. Only after the intervention of the general, the commandant's order, as inconsistent with the meaning and duties of the convoy service, was canceled. Subsequently, until the start of the campaign, the Cossacks were intensively engaged in exercises, shooting, carried out escort, intelligence service, and participated in field trips of the command.
In early August 1877, the Terek squadron received permission from the tsar for military operations as part of the detachment of Major General Prince Imeretinsky. In the twentieth of August, the convoys took an active part in the famous case near Lovcha. Together with the Vladikavkaz Cossack Regiment and the Ossetian Division of the Caucasian Cossack Brigade, on August 22, in the cavalry, they attacked the selected Turkish infantry, which was several times superior in number, and chopped up to 4,000 enemy soldiers and officers.
On August 26, the Life Guards Terek squadron returned to the Main Apartment. The tsar, having learned from the report of the captain Kulebyakin that the convoys attacked the Turkish infantry, was very surprised, because history did not know very many examples when the Cossack cavalry successfully acted against the enemy infantry in the cavalry.
At the end of September 1877, both Kuban squadrons of the convoy were sent to participate in hostilities as part of the detachment of Major General Ellis. They distinguished themselves in the battles near Gorny Dubnyak and Telish.
For courage and courage shown in battles, the Kuban were awarded insignia on headdresses with the inscription "For distinction in the Turkish war of 1877 and 1878", and the Tertsy - "For Lovcha on August 22, 1877."
On March 1, 1881, an attempt was made on the life of Alexander II. At that moment, 6 lower ranks of the Life Guards of the Terek squadron, led by captain Kulebyakin, were with the tsar's crew. All of them received injuries of varying severity. One of them, the Cossack of the village of Chervlennaya Alexander Maleichev, died in the hospital. By order of Alexander III, the Maleichev family, his wife and four young children, were given an annual pension of 100 rubles. Appointed pensions and other Cossacks who suffered on the day of the assassination.
In December 1881, changes took place in the convoy.
"ORDER ON THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT
St. Petersburg. December 2nd day 1881
Sovereign Emperor deigned to order the highest:
1) As part of ... the convoy, form another Terek Cossack squadron according to the existing staff, assuming in all squadrons ... 6 officers each: 1 captain, 1 staff captain, 1 lieutenant and 3 cornets.
2) Kuban Cossack squadrons retain the existing numbers, and assign the Tersky squadrons Nos. 1 and 2.
3) One Kuban and one Terek squadrons should be permanently in service and one squadron each on benefits ...
6) In the order of recruitment and service of the Cossack squadrons, be guided by the existing regulations on them, allowing for changes in them: a) replace the serving squadrons with preferential ones after .. 3 years, b) send the next squadrons in such a way that they arrive in St. - Petersburg by October 15...
8) L[eyb]-guards[ardi] Caucasian squadron... disband the convoy... Head of the Military Ministry, Adjutant General Vannovsky.
After the events of 1905, the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye became the main residence of Emperor Nicholas II. In 1895, a convoy was transferred here from St. Petersburg, from the barracks on Shpalernaya Street, d No. 28. Hundreds were partly stationed in the L-Guards. Hussar Regiment and L-Guards. Cuirassier. The officers lived in the building of the former Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, occupied the lower floor, and later in the house of the Palace Administration at the corner of Leontievskaya and Srednaya streets. Then temporary wooden barracks were built for the convoys on the outskirts of the Alexander Park, next to the barracks of the 1st railway. battalion.
In 1908, it was decided to build a church for the Convoy and the Consolidated Regiment, according to the project of arch. A.N. Pomerantseva. On August 20, 1909, the laying took place, but according to the project of arch. V.A. Pokrovsky. The construction was carried out in 1910-1912, then the construction of a group of buildings in the nature of Russian civil architecture of the 17th century began. Project author arch. S.S. Krichinsky, the complex was named "Fyodorovsky town". The officer's assembly of the Convoy also became part of the complex.
By 1916, the construction of the arch. VN Maksimov barracks of His Majesty's Own convoy. Each hundred was located independently, having, to top it off, electric lighting from the palace power station, as well as water supply and sewerage everywhere.
Cossack Convoy E.I.V., early 20th century
On May 17, 1911, as part of the celebrations dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Convoy, a new jubilee St. George standard was nailed to the pole. Standard of red damask, in the middle is the face of Christ. A lanyard and St. Andrew's ribbon were attached to the standard.
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The sovereign went up to the standard, took the hammer, brought to him by the commander of the convoy, and in solemn silence drove the first nail with three blows. The second was driven in by the Heir Tsesarevich, then - His Majesty's Viceroy in the Caucasus, Adjutant General Vorontsov-Dashkov, Minister of the Court, commander and officers of the Convoy, atamans of the Caucasian Cossack troops and the lower ranks of the Convoy. After nailing the standard, Sergeant-Major Nikon Popov took it to the Grand Palace for storage. On May 18, the consecration of the standard and the parade took place on the square of the Grand Tsarskoye Selo Palace.
Emperor in the form of Colonel Proper E.I.V. Convoy
In the evening, a reception of deputations and a celebratory dinner were held in the new Convoy meeting. From the Kuban army, the Convoy was presented with a silver brother-timpani, a copy of the timpani granted to the Black Sea residents by Catherine II. It was accompanied by timpani cups and a ladle in the form of a hat, dressed on a saber.
The Tertsy presented a silver brother, the Life Guards Cossack regiment - a bronze group (the Life Cossack and the Chernomorets hit the French armored men), the old-timers - two bronze groups of Cossacks, His Majesty's Own consolidated infantry regiment - a silver "Old Russian" jug with a ladle, 1st railway regiment and cuirassiers of His Majesty's regiment - a crystal brother in silver.
With the outbreak of the First World War, the convoys continued to serve in the capital and Tsarskoye Selo. With the departure of Nicholas II to Headquarters, hundreds, periodically replacing each other, were with him. At the end of 1915, the tsar decided to temporarily second the Cossacks of the convoy to the combat units. The first to go to the front in December 1915 was the 1st Life Guards Kuban Cossack Hundred Yesaul Zhukov. On June 15, 1916, its commander reported to Headquarters: “... a hundred took part on May 28 and 29 when crossing the river. The Prut at Vama... On June 5, while capturing a convoy of 1,008 wagons with two heavy guns... On the 6th, a hundred took Hill 451 near Kamenka... On the 7th, the crossing over the Suceava was taken... and in horseback attack on the city of Radautse ... on the 8th - they participated in the occupation of Gura Gumar and on the 10th they took Kampalung ... on the 10th, a machine gun was taken by a hundred, more than 300 prisoners ... Received 147 St. George's crosses and 19 of the same medals .. .".
On June 9, 1916, a tragic event occurred - Colonel Zhukov shot himself. He had long suffered from a hernia, which did not respond to surgical treatment and did not allow him to be on a horse for a long time. Having taken command of the 2nd Kizlyar-Grebensky regiment and participating with him in continuous battles, Zhukov was forced to make large transitions on horseback. The disease worsened, began to cause excruciating suffering. The corps commander ordered him to leave for the rear. An impeccable courage and an extremely proud Kuban citizen, fearing that his departure in the midst of hostilities could be regarded by his subordinates as a manifestation of cowardice, committed suicide. In order No. 193 dated July 11, 1916, the convoy commander wrote: “... I regret with all my heart the untimely death of Colonel Zhukov, a wonderful, valiant officer and an excellent person. The kingdom of heaven to him!
On March 4, 1917, the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Adjutant General Alekseev, issued Order No. 344, the first paragraph of which read: “... the convoy under the jurisdiction of the Commander of the Imperial Headquarters, His Imperial Majesty’s Own, should be included in the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and renamed the convoy of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief ...".
Nevertheless, the units of the Convoy survived and continued their history after 1917, in Serbia, then in the USA, until the 70s of the last century. But I'm not going to judge this story...
Letter from Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna to the Assistant Commander of the Division in 1957: “On the day of the dear Own. E.V. The convoy will be mentally with you "California" Cossacks. May the Lord grant you the patience to endure your fate outside your home and homeland. I wish you all good health for many years to come! Loving you Olga.
Tsarskoye Selo. Anniversary of the Own E.I.V. Convoy
Used: article by Lieutenant Colonel N. D. Plotnikov, materials from regiment.ru, geglov2.narod.ru.