@Sargejoe – apologies as bit loose with my language; it is just the Grand Duke's regiment that did not carry lances until later.
In 1801 Tatar-Lithuanian and Polish Horse Regiments did have lances. The former blue over raspberry & the latter raspberry over blue.
Extract from Mark Conrad's translation of Viskavatov:
In 1801, upon the ascension to the throne of EMPEROR ALEXANDER I, the Tatar-Lithuanian [Tatarskii-Litovskii] and Polish Horse Regiments receive new uniforms and weapons as follows:
a.) Tatar-Lithuanian Regiment: rankers [sherengi] orprivates — jacket [kurtka]; pants [pantalony]; girdle [kushak]; boots [sapogi]; neckcloth [galstuk]; headdress [shapka]; gloves [perchatki]; saber [sablya], with swordknot [temlyak]; swordbelt [portupeya]; cartridge pouch [lyadunka], with crossbelt [perevyaz], and, when in mounted order, a pair of pistols [pistolety].
The jacket is blue [sinii], of cloth, with short skirts and tails; with lapels, pointed or slanted cuffs, with lining on the skirts and trim or piping along the edges of the collar, along the seams on the back, along the turnbacks, and along the sleeve seams, all of raspberry cloth; with two epaulettes of white worsted, and with tinned brass buttons (Illus. 1530).
Pants — of blue, with trim or stripes, and piping on the side seams, of raspberry cloth. These are long, to the heels; trimmed with black leather along the inner seam and fastened at the bottom with a small button, covered in raspberry cloth, and cords, likewise raspberry (Illus. 1530).
The belt [poyas] [same item as the girdle [kushak] mentioned above — M.C.] is also of blue cloth, with two raspberry cloth stripes running down its length (Illus. 1530).
Boots are round-toed, with short tops and with iron spurs screwed in above the heels.
Neckcloth, with dicky, of black cloth.
Shapka headdress — of raspberry cloth, with a black turn-up, like a cap band, trimmed along the edges with white worsted lace, with tassels and cords of white and raspberry worsted, and with a plume of white cock feathers (Illus. 1530).
Chamois gloves, with short gauntlets.
Saber, swordknot, and swordbelt — identical with those prescribed for hussars by the equipment table of 30 April, 1802.
Cartridge pouch — also of hussar pattern, except not of red Russian leather, but of black leather, worn on a whitened deerskin crossbelt, to which also belongs an iron hook for carrying the pistol (Illus. 1530).
Pistol — of the same pattern as for hussars, except with a brass ring on the butt, for attaching to the above-mentioned hook (Illus. 1530).
The saddle and all its accessories are prescribed to be as for hussars, while the saddlecloth is of dragoon style, of blue cloth with raspberry trim, with white braid along the edges, and with two IMPERIAL monograms and crowns of the same kind of braid (Illus. 1530).
Valise, of raspberry cloth; forage sack, bag, and water flask are all of the same patterns as for hussars.
Comrades [tovarishchi] are distinguished from rankers only in that in addition to the latter's prescribed weapons, they also have a lance [pika], with a red shaft and a pennon [khoronzhevka or flyuger] whose upper half is raspberry and lower half is blue. This lance's lower end is put in a small leather bucket [bushmat] fixed to the right stirrup, and at about its midpoint it has a strap of red Russian leather, similar to a swordknot, through which the man sitting on his horse passes his arm (Illus. 1530).
Noncommissioned officers, first sergeants [vakhmistry], deputies [namestniki] [Cadets? — M.C.], and also trumpeters and staff-trumpeters are distinguished from rankers and comrades in a manner similar to the way noncommissioned officers, trumpeters, and staff-trumpeters are distinguished from privates in in other regular cavalry regiments at this time.
Officers— wearing the same pattern and colors of uniform as privates or rankers, have silver buttons, epaulettes, galloon on the headdress and cartridge pouches, and braid on the saddlecloth, with a mix of black and orange silk. Plumes have a mixture of black and orange feathers at the base; the belt for the saber is black; black swordknot with silver stitching and tassel. When in formation, and in general while carrying out duties, they wear sashes [sharfy] identical to those used at this time by officers in other branches of the Russian Army (Illus. 1531).
The manner of wearing the hair and queue is the same as for other branches, except hussars, who wear side curls, as related above (204).
b.) Polish Horse Regiment — all combatant ranks differ from the same ranks of the preceding Tatar-Lithuanian Regiment only in that they have: blue [sinii] shapka headdresses; raspberry collars, with blue piping, and raspberry saddlecloths with blue trim. Also, the top halves of pennons in this regiment are blue, and the bottom halves are raspberry (Illus. 1532) (205).
For both regiments, there were no special instructions laid down regarding noncombatants.
29 March 1803— With the division of the Tatar-Lithuanian Regiment into two: the Tatar Horse Regiment and Lithuanian Horse Regiment, the first is ordered to keep the previous uniform colors described above, while the second is to have white shapka headdresses with raspberry worsted tape (206).
30 March 1803— New tables are confirmed for uniforms and other items for the above mentioned two regiments, based on which they are given new-pattern shapka headdresses: higher than before, 9 1/2 inches; with a black leather band; with two peaks, of which the front one is put down while the back one is raised up, and with two chin straps fastening with a small leather button. The top and side edges, or curves, of the headdress are trimmed with white worsted tape, later changed to braid. On the left side of the headdress, above the socket in which is placed the plume, is sewn a white (the same color as the tape) worsted tassel, or pompon, and behind the small button fixed to the top of the crown, on the right side, is a doubled-over cord of white and blue worsted, with two tassels meeting this same description, and which is passed under the right epaulette and around the neck, and is fastened to the top botton of the left lapel, so that the tassels lie right against the left epaulette (Illus. 1533). This cord is called a kitish-vitish, which in time became vitishkety. noncommissioned officers have the headdress with the cord and pompon in three colors: white, black, and orange (Illus. 1533), while officers' cords are silver with black and orange silk. The pompon itself is silver with a monogram, as for officers of other branches. In the Tatar Regiment the headdress and covered button—at the right corner and serving to attach the cord—are raspberry, but white in the Lithuanian Regiment (Illus. 1533) (207). Along with this change in headdress, all ranks in both regiments are given: the same riding trousers used in other cavalry, of grey cloth, and also grey cloth greatcoats; blue belts, with a raspberry stripe down the middle; cartridge pouches and their crossbelts, completely identical to those for hussars, i.e. of red Russian leather, while saddlecloths do not have white braid along the edges of the trimming or lining (Illus. 1534). Noncombatant ranks are prescribed the exact same uniforms and weapons as authorized in other regiments of regular cavalry (208).
26 September 1803— THE TSAREVICH CONTANTINE PAVLOVICH'S Lancer Regiment, renamed from the Odessa Hussar Regiment, is prescribed the following items of uniform, accouterments, and weaponry:
Lancer privates— blue jacket, of the pattern in use by the Tatar and Lithuanian Horse Regiments, but with the same skirts as on cuirassier kolet coats; with scarlet [alyi] collar, lapels, cuffs, piping, and lining on the skirts; with shoulder straps or epaulettes of yellow and red worsted; with yellow buttons, and also sewn-on bars on the collar and cuffs, of yellow tape [bason] with red tracery. Pants are blue with scarlet trim and piping and with black leather at the bottom. Boots have screwed-on iron spurs. The belt is blue with scarlet stripes and piping at the edges. Theheaddress when in formation [stroevaya shapka] is blue with worsted yellow and red braid, pompon, and cord. The forage cap, of the pattern used throughout the Army, is blue with a scarlet band, or without any band at all. Riding trousers, for campaign, are the same as in the rest of the cavalry. The cloak is as for hussars, of grey cloth, with a scarlet collar. Gloves (only for winter) are cloth, sewn from old uniforms. The warm coat is sheepskin. The saber, swordknot, swordbelt, and carbine are of the patterns for hussars. The shoulder belt, of leather from a dry cow [yalovochnaya kozha], is whitened; with a brass buckle, cross piece, and end piece, and an iron hook. The cartridge pouch is of black, lacquered leather, with the same plate as for cuirassiers and dragoons; with a small whitened strap for the pistol ramrod and with a crossbelt of similar material. Pistols are of the hussar pattern. The saddlecloth and all horse furniture is the same as in the Tatar, Lithuanian, and Polish Horse Regiments, except that the first item is blue with scarlet trim and likewise scarlet monograms and crowns, and edged with black braid, while the valise is grey (Illus. 1535).
Apart from these items, every Lancer squadron is issued with 20 brass kettles and 16 sickles for gathering hay.
Lancer horse — no taller than 5 feet, and not shorter than 4 feet 8 inches. There is no prescribed color, but the cost, less delivery fee, is authorized to be 40 roubles.
Carabinier-lancers [karabinery-ulany](16 in each squadron) have uniforms, accouterments, weapons, and all horse furniture as other lancers, except that the carbine is exchanged for the rifle [shtutser], described above for the preceding regiments of Army cavalry. [Yes, this does say that carabinier-lancers differ from other lancers in that they do not have carbines – M.C.]
Noncommissioned officers and first sergeants of the Lancer regiment have the same uniform as lancer privates, but with gold galloon along the bottom and side edges of the collar and on the edges of the cuffs; they have the headdress's braid, pompon, and cords in white, orange, and black, and the top of the plume is black and orange feathers (Illus. 1536). Following the example of noncommissioned officers in the rest of the cavalry, they are authorized stick canes, and of the weapons carried by lancer privates, they do not have the carbine, and the cartridge pouch is not worn over the right shoulder, as privates do, but over the left.
Distinguished officer candidates [portupei-yunkera], having the same uniform, weapons, and horse furniture as the other noncommissioned officers described above, also have officers' swordknots.
Trumpeters, also uniformed as lancer privates, with a red plume instead of white, are further distinguished from them by sewn-on trim, of yellow woollen lace: on the back's side seams, down and across the sleeves, along the skirts and tails, collar, and shoulder wings. Of lancer weapons, they do not have the carbine and cartridge pouch, in place of which each of their holsters has six places or sockets for cartridges, while their trumpets are the same as for hussars, with cords and tassels of yellow and red worsted (Illus. 1537).
A staff-trumpeter is distinguished from the preceding squadron trumpeters in that, similar to noncommissioned officers, he has his jacket's collar and cuffs with gold galloon;, a plume with a top of black and orange feathers; white, mixed with black and orange, cords and tassels for the trumpet, and a stick cane (Illus. 1537) (209).
Officers of the Lancer regiment, wearing uniforms of the same colors and pattern as for lancer privates, have (on the collar and cuffs) lace-bars embroidered in gold; gold epaulettes; silver braid and headdress cords, with black and orange silk; silver pompon; white plume with black and orange feathers at the base; gold galloon along the bottom edge of the headdress, along the straps of the swordbelt, and on the cartridge pouch's crossbelt, in the last case with two silver plates and two prickers of the same material, on small chains; swordknots and sashes are the same as in the rest of the cavalry, while saddlecloths have gold galloon along the edges of the red trim and likewise gold embroidered monograms (Illus. 1538) (210).
Noncombatants, both lower ranks and officers, are prescribed the same uniform and weapons as noncombatants in the rest of the cavalry (211).
20 March 1805— The Polish Horse Regiment is given new uniforms, following the pattern used in the Tatar and Lithuanian regiments, except with a blue headdress, with its braid and cords of white and blue worsted (Illus. 1539) (212).
Coloured illustrations:
1530. Comrade and Ranker. Tatar-Lithuanian Regiment. 1801-1803. link
1531. Officer. Tatar-Lithuanian Regiment. 1801-1803. link
1532. Officer and Comrade. Polish Horse Regiment. 1801-1803. link
1533. Shapka Headdresses. 1803-1808. link
1534. Comrades. Tatar and Lithuanian Horse Regiments. 1803-1806. link
1535. Privates. HIS HIGHNESS THE TSESAREVICH CONSTANTINE PAVLOVICH'S Lancer Regiment. 1803-1806. link
1536. Noncommissioned Officer. HIS HIGHNESS THE TSESAREVICH CONSTANTINE PAVLOVICH'S Lancer Regiment. 1803-1806. link
1537. Trumpeter and Staff-Trumpeter. HIS HIGHNESS THE TSESAREVICH CONSTANTINE PAVLOVICH'S Lancer Regiment. 1803-1806. link
1538. Officer. HIS HIGHNESS THE TSESAREVICH CONSTANTINE PAVLOVICH'S Lancer Regiment. 1803-1806. link
1539. Noncommissioned Officer. Polish Horse Regiment. 1805-1806. link
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