Don Cossack Dyachkin Regiment

Formed in 1806 in the Don Army and on November 30 of the same year he was sent to the external service of the Don Cossack Major General P.D. Ilovaysky 2nd Regiment. On October 9, 1811, the regiment was renamed the Don Cossack Colonel G. A. Dyachkin . On November 1, 1814, the regiment returned to the Army and was disbanded.

Regimental Commanders

• Pavel Dmitrievich Ilovaisky 2nd - Major General , regiment commander from November 30, 1806 to August 25, 1810 .
• Osip Vasilievich Pozdeev - Yesaul (from April 20, 1811, a military foreman , from May 20, 1813 lieutenant colonel ), commander of the regiment from August 26, 1810 to October 9, 1811 and January 1813 to November 1, 1814 .
• Grigory Andreyevich Dyachkin - colonel (from June 16, 1813 major general ), regiment commander from October 9, 1811 to January 1813 .

Regimental Regalia

September 8, 1813 (for the difference in the case under Slonim on October 8, 1812) - the regiment was granted the St. George flag with the inscription: "To the brave Don Cossack Dyachkin regiment." This banner was later lost. Restored in 2013 . ^[one]

Participation in military affairs

• The Russo-Prussian-French War of 1806-1807 and the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812 .

1807 year. In early February, the regiment arrived from Don to the Reserve Corps of the General from Infantry A.M. Rimsky-Korsakov , and then in mid-February he was seconded to the corps of Lieutenant General Count P.A. Tolstoy (from May 19, Lieutenant General Prince A.I. Gorchakova 1st ) and was appointed to block the road from Heilsberg to Gutstadt. Participated in the battles: March 1 - at the village. Karlovka March 4 - at the city of Wartenburg; March 8 - at metro Allenstein; May 1 - at metro Allenstein; May 24 - at the city of Gutstadt; May 27 - at the village. Kleinsfelde, on the river Pasargue; May 28 - at the village. Wolfsdorf; May 30 - at the city of Heilsberg; June 2 - at the city of Friedland. On July 6, he fled from the city of Tilsit to the Moldavian Army .

1809 year. As part of the Cossack detachment, Lieutenant General M.I. Platov, the regiment participated in battles: July 20 - at the Brailov fortress; July 29–31 - at the Machinsky fortification; August 22 - during the occupation of Girsovo, then in the corps of Lieutenant General M. A. Miloradovich fought: August 30 - during the defeat of the 2 thousandth Turkish detachment near the villages. Disseminated; September 1 - during the defeat of the 4 thousandth Turkish detachment near the villages. Disseminated; September 4 - during the capture of the Turkish camp near the villages. Sow. In September - October, he was at the blockade of the Silistra fortress, participated in numerous matters in repelling the attacks of the enemy garrison. On October 10, as part of the corps of Lieutenant General Count A.F. Langeron, he participated in the battle at the village. Tataritsa.

1810 year. The regiment was in the corps of the general from the infantry of Count A.F. Langeron and participated in the battles: June 11 and 12 - at the fortress of Shumla; July 8 - at the village. Derikoy, near the fortress of Shumla; July 11 - in repelling the attacks of the Turkish garrison from the Shumla fortress; July 25 - at metro Dzhuma; then, on August 16, in the corps of the general from the infantry, Count S.M. Kamensky participated in the reconnaissance of the Turkish camp at Batin, and on August 26 in the assault on the Batin fortifications. In this battle, the commander of the regiment, Major General P.D. Ilovaysky 2nd was killed. Esaul O. V. Pozdeev was appointed commander of the regiment. In September, the regiment participated in the fighting near the Ruschuk fortress before its surrender on September 15, and in October the regiment, as part of the detachment of Major General Count M. S. Vorontsov, participated in the battles: October 16 — during the capture of the city of Plevna; October 18 - during the capture of Lovchi; October 19 - during the capture of the city of Selvi.

1811-1812 years. The regiment was in the detachment of Major General Count E.F. Saint-Prix and participated in the battles: January 31 - during the secondary assault of Lovchi. In March 1811, the regiment was transferred from the Moldavian Army to the Podolsk Army (2nd Western Army from March 1812) of the Infantry General of Prince P.I. Bagration and located in the city of Mogilev-on-Dniester, carried out cordon service in the area from m. Zhvanets down the Dniester before the river flows into it. Jagorlyk on the border with Turkey and Austria. In May 1812 he was included in the 3rd Reserve Observational Army of the cavalry general A.P. Tormasov .

• The Patriotic War of 1812 and the Foreign Campaign of 1813-1814 .

1812 year. Until July 10, the regiment was in the Podolsk province , where it performed cordon service on the border with Turkey and Austria, and then left Mogilev-on-Dniester to join the 3rd Reserve Observation Army. On August 14, he fought at metro Lyuboml. From August 15 to 18, he participated in rear-guard battles during the army’s retreat to the city of Lutsk, on August 26 - at the city of Lutsk, then contained outposts on the river. Styr. From September 12 to October 7 he participated in the pursuit of the enemy to the city of Slonim. The regiment was especially distinguished during the raid of the detachment of Major General E.I. Chaplits to Slonim, where the 3rd (Lithuanian) regiment of the Chevoleier Ulan of the Napoleon Guard was defeated on October 7, and the Polish brigade general J. Konopka who commanded this regiment was captured . Participated in battles: November 11 - on the outskirts of Borisov; November 14 and 16 - at the village of Brily on the river. Berezine; from November 17 to 29 in the pursuit of the enemy to the city of Vilno, December 2. - at the town of Kovno.

1813 year. In January 1813, Colonel G. A. Dyachkin was dismissed due to illness to the Don. Commander O. V. Pozdeev was appointed commander of the regiment. The regiment was at the forefront of a major general. E.I. Chaplitsa of the 3rd Western Army; participated in the blockade of the fortress of Thorn; in March he was transferred to the detachment of Lieutenant General Count M. S. Vorontsov, who first blocked the Küstrin fortress, and in April overlaid Magdeburg ; May 26 participated in the raid to the city of Leipzig . At the end of the Plazvitsky truce as part of the flying detachment of Lieutenant General Count. M. S. Vorontsov regiment included in the Northern Army and fought: August 16 and 17 - at the city of Uterbock; October 6 - at the city of Leipzig.

1814 year. The regiment, consisting of the detachment of Adjutant General A.I. Chernyshev , transferred with the corps of the general from the cavalry of Baron F.F. Wincingerode to the Silesian Army; participated in the battles: February 1 and 2 - at the city of Soissons; February 24 - at Etuvel; March 7 - during the capture of Mr. Reims; March 23 - at the city of Petivier.

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