25-540: (Redirected from Izmaylovskaya ) Izmaylovsky (masculine), Izmaylovskaya (feminine), or Izmaylovskoye (neuter) may refer to: Izmaylovsky Regiment , a subdivision of the 1st Guards Infantry Division of the Imperial Russian Guard Izmaylovskaya (Moscow Metro) , a station of the Moscow Metro, Russia Izmaylovskaya gang, a criminal organization in
50-469: A large metal gorget of a design dating from 1732. A peculiarity of the Russian Imperial Guard was that recruits for most regiments were required to meet certain criteria of physical appearance, in order to provide a standardised appearance on parade. This tradition was taken so seriously that during the 19th century the tsar himself might make the selection from a line of new recruits, chalking
75-426: A particular army, each with its own uniform and facings. As a general rule, cavalry uniforms tended to be more varied, and it was not uncommon for each mounted regiment to retain its own facing colours up to 1914. Artillery, engineers and support corps normally had a single branch colour, although exceptionally each regiment of Swedish artillery had its own facing colour until 1910. The United States regular army after
100-421: A special distinction. The standard red jacket (" redcoat ") worn by British infantry soldiers from the mid-17th century made it difficult to distinguish between units engaged in battle. The use of colour assisted soldiers in rallying on a common point, and each regiment had a flag, or colour, in a specific shade so as to be easily distinguished. The lining of uniform jackets came to be made from material of
125-610: The American Civil War adopted a universal dark and light blue uniform under which each regiment was distinguished only by numbers and other insignia, plus branch colors. The latter were yellow for Cavalry, red for Artillery and white (later light blue) for infantry. Combinations of colours such as scarlet piped with white for Engineers, orange piped with white for the Signal Corps and black piped with scarlet for Ordnance personnel gave wide scope for adding distinctive branch facings as
150-556: The Russian mafia Izmaylovskoye Municipal Okrug , a municipal okrug of Admiralteysky District of St. Petersburg, Russia Izmaylovsky (inhabited locality) ( Izmaylovskaya , Izmaylovskoye ), several rural localities in Russia See also [ edit ] Izmaylovsky Park Izmaylov Izmaylovo (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
175-475: The imperial family were appointed chiefs of the regiment. On 17 March 1800, the regiment was renamed to Lifeguards of His Imperial Highness Konstantin Pavlovich ( Лейб-гвардии Его Императорского Высочества Константина Павловича ), and then on 28 May of the same year to Lifeguard of His Imperial Highness Nikolai Pavlovich ( Лейб-гвардии Его Императорского Высочества Николая Павловича ). The original name
200-611: The 18th century when such decisions were largely left to commanding officers and uniforms were made by individual contractors rather than in centralised government clothing factories. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the Dutch, Spanish, Swiss, Belgian, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Chilean, Mexican, Greek and Turkish armies had come to follow French standardised arrangements, although in some cases variety might still be used to denote different types of infantry (grenadiers, fusiliers, rifles, light infantry etc.) within
225-556: The 20th century, even when the general use of red tunics ceased in favor of khaki . Facings remained a part of the ceremonial uniforms retained by Household troops, bandsmen, officers and other limited categories after World War I . The practice was also adopted by Commonwealth military units that adopted dress distinctions from affiliated units of the British Army . In 1881 an attempt was made, as an economy measure, to standardise facing colours for British infantry regiments (other than
250-635: The Army became more technical and diverse. This system continued in general use until blue uniforms ceased to be general issue in 1917, and survives in a limited form in modern blue mess and dress uniforms. Notable exceptions to such standardisation within branches were the British Army (as noted above) and the Austro-Hungarian one. As late as World War I the latter employed 28 different colours, including 10 different shades of red, for its infantry facings. In
275-536: The French infantry. In 1791 an attempt was made to rationalize facings by giving groupings of up to six regiments a single colour, relying on secondary features such as piping or button patterns to distinguish separate units. The rise of mass conscript armies during and following the Napoleonic Wars led to increasing standardisation of facing colours, for reasons both of economy and supply efficiency. Thus, for example,
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#1732870196874300-461: The French line fusiliers and grenadiers of the early 19th century had red facings, with only numbers to distinguish one regiment from another. The voltigeurs had yellow or/and green facings. From 1854 on red facings became universal for all of the line infantry who made up the bulk of the French metropolitan Army, although the Chasseurs , who constituted a separate branch, retained yellow facings as
325-467: The Régiment du Béarn etc. The initiative in fixing or changing facing colours was largely left to individual colonels, who in effect had ownership of their regiments. This tendency towards variegated facings reached its height in the "Dress Regulation Facings for the Army" of 31 May 1776 when unusual shades such as silver-grey, aurore , and "red speckled with white" were added to the by-then white uniforms of
350-858: The artillery. Today, the Royal Bermuda Regiment , a 1965 amalgam of the Bermuda Militia Artillery (part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery) and the Bermuda Rifles wears dark blue No. 1 Dress with red facings, recalling its Royal Artillery heritage, while the drummers of its band wear red tunics with black facings (recalling the black facings, buttons and equipment worn by rifle units, which had mostly worn rifle green tunics). The practice of using different facing colours to distinguish individual regiments had been widespread in European armies in
375-530: The four rifle regiments who wore dark green uniforms) according to the following system: While this standardisation made the manufacturing and replacement of uniforms simpler, it proved unpopular amongst the army at large. Some regiments (such as the Buffs and Green Howards ) derived their names or nicknames from the colour of their facings and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (who had red facings) lost their claim to be
400-491: The only truly red-coated regiment in the British Army. So widespread was opposition to the order, and so frequent the requests for special exceptions to be made, that the scheme in its original form was finally dropped and the historic colours were re-instated in a number of regiments, until full dress for the Army as a whole finally vanished with the coming of war in 1914. While many regiments did continue with their new 1881 facings, instances where reversion to traditional colours
425-429: The red facings ( plastron , cuffs and shoulder straps) edged in white piping . Collars were of the same dark green as the tunic; piped in red and worn with distinctive regimental patterns of braid ( litzen ). In addition, the tsar's monogram appeared on the soldiers' shoulder straps and officers' epaulettes . In 1912, in recognition of its long and distinguished record, officers of the regiment were authorised to wear
450-525: The regimental initial on the coat of each recruit. For the Izmaylovsky Regiment conscripts were selected on the basis of their hair colour (brown), and beards (the latter being required for the first company of each battalion only). Mobilized in July 1914 or later: Facing colour A facing colour , also known as facings , is a common tailoring technique for European military uniforms where
475-510: The same regimental colours, and turning back the material at the cuffs, lapels and tails of the jacket exposed the lining, or "facing". Most European armies adopted facings during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. By the 19th century, for reasons of economy, coat linings had become a universal white or black and distinctive regimental facings were reduced to collars and cuffs sewn on to the basic garment. The tradition of associating particular colours with specific regiments continued into
500-615: The title Izmaylovsky . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Izmaylovsky&oldid=718265824 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Izmaylovsky Regiment The Izmaylovsky Regiment ( Russian : Изма́йловский лейб-гва́рдии полк , romanized : Izmáylovskiy leyb-gvárdii polk ), also Izmailovsky ,
525-590: The visible inside lining of a standard military jacket , coat or tunic is of a different colour to that of the garment itself. The jacket lining evolved to be of different coloured material, then of specific hues . Accordingly, when the material was turned back on itself: the cuffs , lapels and tails of the jacket exposed the contrasting colours of the lining or facings , enabling ready visual distinction of different units: regiments , divisions or battalions each with their own specific and prominent colours. The use of distinctive facings for individual regiments
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#1732870196874550-757: Was approved included: Even after World War I this tendency to revert to historic facings continued, although by that time the scarlet uniforms were normally worn only by regimental bands and by officers in mess and levee dress. As examples, the Norfolk Regiment regained its former yellow facings in 1925 and the North Staffordshire Regiment its pre-1881 black facings in 1937. In the Royal Artillery and various supporting corps, full dress tunics that were worn up until 1914 were actually dark blue, sometimes with facings in other colours, including red for
575-473: Was at its most popular in 18th century armies, but standardisation within infantry branches became more common during and after the Napoleonic Wars . During the Ancien Régime , there were many different facing colours (notably various shades of blue, red, yellow, green and black) on the standard grey-white uniforms of the French line infantry. Examples included blue for the Régiment du Languedoc , red for
600-678: Was one of the oldest regiments of the Imperial Russian Army , a subdivision of the 1st Guards Infantry Division of the Imperial Russian Guard . It was formed in Moscow on 22 September 1730 as Empress Anna 's personal life guards (leib guard), named after the Romanov ancestral estate of Izmaylovo . The first colonel of the regiment that was appointed was Adjutant general Count Karl Gustav von Löwenwolde . After him, only members of
625-569: Was restored in 1801. The regimental church was Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg , where its military ensigns were kept. Throughout its history under the Russian Empire, the regiment wore the standard uniform of the Infantry of the Imperial Guard, which from 1683 to 1914 was predominantly of a dark green (eventually verging on black) colour. The main distinctions of the Izmaylovsky Regiment were
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