| alexkalinin | 19 Oct 2018 12:04 a.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 19 Oct 2018 1:25 a.m. PST |
I knew you would do raspberry facing's, making the Russian uhlans the coolest looking uniform |
 deadhead  | 19 Oct 2018 1:38 a.m. PST |
Sword knots, every button on the kurtka, lace on the Czapka…..amazing. The harness on the grey horse (not easy that) so neatly done Idle curiosity. Lance pennons, The plain white ones. Some distinguishing mark for a sub-unit or just work in progress? |
| alexkalinin | 19 Oct 2018 3:22 a.m. PST |
Thank you very much!
Yes, as I understand it, the first battalion had white flags. |
| Markconz | 19 Oct 2018 3:33 a.m. PST |
Excellent looking Uhlans! |
| Frederick | 19 Oct 2018 4:15 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 19 Oct 2018 6:50 a.m. PST |
I knew you would get it right. If they were not at Waterloo, then I am profoundly ignorant… |
| alexkalinin | 19 Oct 2018 7:40 a.m. PST |
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| Jcfrog | 19 Oct 2018 10:43 a.m. PST |
Half should already have deserted. |
| alexkalinin | 19 Oct 2018 11:22 a.m. PST |
No, I'm sorry, this is a Russian Lithuanian regiment. He could not be at Waterloo. And there were no deserters in it! |
| Jcfrog | 19 Oct 2018 11:46 p.m. PST |
Lot of " Poles" went to N side. |
| alexkalinin | 20 Oct 2018 2:12 a.m. PST |
Yes, that's right, thanks for the clarification. In the summer of 1812 almost half of the regiment deserted. |
| 14Bore | 20 Oct 2018 6:48 a.m. PST |
I am told Russian named units did not come from named provence. If so would guess maybe command/ officers might be a reason. Possible still could have by chance manned by lots of Polish residents. |
| alexkalinin | 20 Oct 2018 7:01 a.m. PST |
Usually yes. Smolensk regiment was not formed in Smolensk.
But it was the Lithuanian regiment that was replenished by the natives of Lithuania and Belarus, on a voluntary basis. Therefore, there were many Poles or Lithuanians. Of course, they deserted or transferred to the Lithuanian army. |
| Jcfrog | 20 Oct 2018 1:30 p.m. PST |
That's why my Polish Russian lancer is half sized. |
| alexkalinin | 20 Oct 2018 6:39 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 21 Oct 2018 8:52 a.m. PST |
That was a fine distinction back then…Polish or Lithuanian…tended to be much the same thing two hundred years ago |
| alexkalinin | 21 Oct 2018 9:49 a.m. PST |
Yes! I meant the name of the regiment. |
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