3 March 1765
Akhtyrka Hussar regiment formed from the Akhtyrka Settled Cossack regiment.
Saddle cloth (чепракъ/cheprak or вальтрапъ/valtrap) black with green-colored trim and yellow monograms (for officers – gold)
26 February 1784
Akhtyrka Hussar regiment re-named Akhtyrka Light-Horse regiment.
10 April 1786
Saddle cloth green with white trim and monograms (for officers – silver)
29 November 1796
Akhtyrka Light-Horse regiment re-named Akhtyrka Hussar regiment.
Saddle cloth brown with pale straw colored trim and yellow monograms, for officers – gold cord and eagles
For color samples from the era : prlib.ru/item/713781
Go to the last page, number 288. The colors are the first, second and fourth looking from the top downward in the right hand column of color samples.
In 1812, the regiment initially rejected an allotment of brown cloth (for other ranks) as too light, but then used it anyway given the impending conflict.
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30 April 1802
For lower ranks – brown saddlecloths with yellow trim and braid
11 November 1809
Blue saddlecloth with yellow trim and monograms
28 February 1819
Blue saddlecloth with yellow trim, monograms and braid
1812
1814 (contemporary image)
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1815 (contemporary image)
