GNW Russian Unit - Preobrazhensky Guards

The young Tsar Peter I of Russia (born 1672, r. 1682–1725) developed the regiment from 1683 onwards on the basis of his poteshnye voiska ("toy forces"), during the military games he conducted in the village of Preobrazhenskoye (now a district in Moscow). The Preobrazhensky Company of Peter's forces officially formed in 1687; it had expanded to become a regiment (Russian: полк, romanized: polk) by the 1690s.[1] The Preobrazhensky Regiment distinguished itself during the Great Northern War of 1700–1721, the Patriotic War of 1812, and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.

The regiment fought in every major battle the Russian army was involved in throughout the Great Northern War viz: Narva 1700, Nöteborg 1702, Nyenskans 1703, Narva 1704, Lithuania 1704-06, Malatitze 1708, Lesnaya 1708, Oposhnaya 1709, Poltava 1709, Riga 1710, Stettin and Wismar 1712, Tönningen 1713, Copenhagen 1716.

Here is my version of the oldest infantry regiment in the Russian army:

Note the absence of a flag - I may buy a "flash" one for them, seeing they are a special guard regiment!

The grenadiers of the guard regiments wore bearskin grenadier caps.

One more to do, the Semenovsky Guards!