the lion of the russian army - Florida State University

the regiment, who was responsible for the regiment and handled issues related to its
maintenance and service. In late 18 th – early 19 th Centuries, the regimental chefs and
commanders were appointed and dismissed only by the Imperial order. During the
absence of the chef, commander assumed his responsibilities. However, if chef was
absent and there was no commander, the regiment was commanded by senior staffofficer,
or officer from another regiment (usually from life guard units) who was
appointed by the commander-in-chief of the army. In both cases, these commanding
officers commanded the regiment temporarily. Also, there were often several officers
with same last names serving in the army, i.e. twelve Ilovaiskys, eighteen Grekovs
and four Tuchkovs. Therefore, the military regulations required numbers be attached
to their last names to distinguish them – Tuchkov IV, Grekov XVIII, Ilovaisky IX.
I had to gather numerous maps for a better understanding of the military
operations. While there are excellent maps on Napoleon’s major campaigns (1805-
1812), there are virtually no atlases on the Russo-Swedish and Russo-Turkish Wars.
Therefore, I had to create new maps based on 19 th century drawings. Finally, dates in
original Russian documents were given under the Julian calendar, which was
effective in Russia at the time. To convert a date into modern calendar, I had to add
11 days to dates prior 1800, and 12 days to dates after 1800.
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