"Pavlov's Grenadiers" Topic

Here are a few shots of my Pavlov's Grenadiers. These are mostly Foundry with a few Victrix figures. The mounted officer is a Perry figure.

Enjoy,

B

Pavlovski. As in from the town of Pavlov. There is no guy named Pavlov in command of them. Sometimes Pavlovski is shortened to just Pavlov. Which may or may not annoy our Russian-speaking members.

You are maybe confusing them with Pavlov's dogs?
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Not that it matters, that's a cracking looking unit!

That's it, I meant to post pics of dogs. ;)

That's it, I meant to post pics of dogs. ;)

Those would be completely acceptable to me!

Who made the arty?

Sweet, nice flags as well.

The guns in these shots are Perry Six Pounders.

Pavlovski. As in from the town of Pavlov.

Which actually makes "Pavlov's Grenadiers" a better translation into the modern American idiom than the more common "Pavlov Grenadiers". We do not, after all, refer to the NYPD or FDNY as "the New York Finest", but as "New York's Finest."

Nice looking troops by the way, Bill. I hope we'll see them some day at a future Recon or Hurricon.

Rick

So you shall Rick. My friend Rob and I will eventually run a 28mm Napoleonics game. Still some painting to do before that happens though.

Tory, both seem equivalent to me. The more accurate transliteration/translation of the Russian(to my mind anyway) would be: The Pavlovskii (or Pavlovsk) grenadier regiment.

I've no doubt Alexandre will drop by and educate us. :)

jeff

The figures are nicely painted. I've always loved the Pavlov Grenadiers and they are my favorite Russian unit.

And until they were incorporated into the Imperial Guard in 1813, they were just the Pavlov Grenadiers. Once in the Guard they became the Pavlovski Grenadiers. It is a minor but important change.

Jim (who's had a battalion of the Pavlovs since the mid 1970s)

Good information from all. Always enlightening these discussions on Russian Napoleonic nomenclature.

Interesting ColCampbell--I'd not heard that before.

Here are some interesting posts and discussion threads about the Pavlovsk Grenadier Regiment and the subsequesnt Pavlovskii Guard Grenadier Regiment [I think that's how they should be called, but its been over 40 years since my college Russian language courses.]

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link (scroll down to the segment of the Pavlovs)

TMP link

This is also the first time I have read about or seen illustrations of the two different miter helmets worn by the Pavlovs. I don't think anyone makes the shorter fusilier miter helmet clad Russian figure.

Jim

We do not, after all, refer to the NYPD or FDNY as "the New York Finest", but as "New York's Finest."

But the official title of New York's Finest is "New York Police Department," not "New York's Police Department," right? The name of the town is used as an adjective (describing where) instead of a noun.

Wow.

Lovely work!

Very nice work!