Lubensky 8th Hussar Regiment

In 1820 - Dorogobuzh of the Smolensk province ^[1] . The regiment as part of the 1st Hussar Division (commander - Major General Major Bezobrazov 1st).

Formed on March 14, 1807 as part of two five-squadron battalions and a reserve squadron, called the Luben Hussar Regiment . Major General A.P. Melissino appointed his regiment.

Greeks, Serbs, Moldavians, Germans, French, Poles, Gypsies, baptized Jews and even a few blacks; retired officials, seminarians, merchants, petty bourgeois, noblemen, peasants, clergy - all this interfered together and came to the regiment, which was not prepared at all for the labors and deprivations of military service.

- Bursky I.D. History of the 8th Hussar Lubensky Regiment

During the Patriotic War of 1812, the bells were part of the 3rd Reserve Army and were in the detachment of General Melissino , operating from July 1 to September 21 against the French VII Corps of General Rainier , and recaptured one gun - the first trophy of the war of 1812. From October 3 to 12, the regiment was in the Duchy of Warsaw and, being at the forefront of Baron Saken , participated in the battles of the Gornostaevichi and Volkovysk . On January 3, 1813, the regiment was reorganized into 6 active and 1 reserve squadrons.

After the Battle of Luzen, the Lubens were appointed to the rearguard and, covering the retreat of our army from Dresden from April 21 to 27, valiantly participated in the battles of Walheim, Versdorf, Nossen and Bischofswerde. In the battle of Bautzen, the regiment, on the left flank, brilliantly attacked the French and secured a retreat for Miloradovich . On August 14, 1813, near Dresden , the Lubensky Regiment heroically attacked the Guards infantry and, having lost its brave Chef Melissino, killed, crushed the enemy square . For a brilliant participation in the 1813 war, the regiment was awarded with signs for a shako with the inscription “For Distinction”. Crossing the Rhine , the Lubens participated in the battles of Bar-sur-Ob , at Lobresel, at Fer-Champenoise and Paris .

The regimental hussar uniform in 1812 had the following colors: Doloman blue, blue mentic , collar and cuffs doloman yellow. The fur of the mentics of officers is gray merlushkovy, non-commissioned officers are black, and soldiers are white. The sash belt is blue. Chakchirs are blue. Blue car with white trim. Valtrap blue with white trim. Instrument metal - silver.

In 1831, the Lubensky regiment took part in the suppression of the Polish rebellion and was in business with. Białolenka, Grochow and the storming of Warsaw. March 21, 1833 Lubensky regiment was made up of 8 operating and 1 reserve squadron. On May 28, 1838, Ernst August I, King of Hanover was appointed chief, and the regiment was named after him the Hussars of His Majesty the King of Hanover Regiment (Vys. Pr.).

In 1849, the Lubensky regiment took part in the suppression of the Hungarian rebellion and was in the battle of Tours and in the battle of Debrecen . For the Hungarian campaign, Emperor Nicholas I granted all ranks of the regiment silver medals on the St. Andrew’s ribbon, and the Austrian emperor - 40 Austrian medals so that they always remained in the regiment and were worn by the most worthy lower ranks. On November 11, 1856, on the occasion of the death of the chief, the regiment was named Lubensky Hussars. On September 15, 1853, the Archduke of Austria, Karl-Ludwig, was appointed chief, and the regiment was named after him. On September 18, 1856, the regiment was ordered to have 4 active and 2 reserve squadrons. March 25, 1864 attached to the name of the regiment number 8.

During the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878, the Lubensky regiment was part of the Tsesarevich Rushchuk detachment and valiantly participated in affairs at Mairkiya, Khaidarkiya, Karakhasankiya and Katselyovo. January 4, 1878, after the disbandment of the Ruschuk detachment, the Lubensky regiment was seconded to its corps and crossed the Balkans . For valiant service in the Ruschuk detachment, the regiment was granted July 21, 1878, the St. George Standards with the inscription: "For distinction in the Turkish War in 1877 and 1878."

On August 18, 1882, with the general reformation of the cavalry, the Lubensky regiment was renamed Dragoon and was named the 24th Dragoon Lubensky of His Imperial Highness Archduke Karl-Ludwig ; On August 11, 1883, the regiment was made up of 6 squadrons. May 21, 1896, on the occasion of the death of the chief, the regiment was named as the 24th Dragoon Lubensky regiment ; On September 16, 1896, a squadron was allocated from the regiment to form the 52nd Dragoon Nezhinsky regiment .

On April 15, 1897, the Archduke of Austria, Otton, was appointed chief, and his regiment was given his name. On October 30, 1906, on the occasion of the death of the chief, the regiment was again named the 24th Dragoon Lubensky regiment. March 14, 1907, the day of the centenary, the regiment was granted a new standard with the additional inscription “1807-1907” and the Alexander ribbon. On December 6, 1907, when the hussar and ulan regiments were established, the Lubensky regiment was called the hussar regiment with a change of number 8.

In 1917, it was Ukrainized and on December 21, 1917, by order of the Ukrainian General Staff, it was renamed the 2nd Luben Cossack Horse Cossack Regiment of the Central Rada troops . On June 3, 1918, after withdrawing from the Romanian front to Kiev , it was renamed the Lubensky Serdyutsk Cossack Horse Regiment of the Serdyutsk Hetman Division Pavel Skoropadsky . In September - October 1919, the regiment went over to the whites and came under the command of the commander of the 3rd Army Corps, General Slashchov , who immediately threw them against Makhno .

On October 10, 1919, by order of the troops of the Novorossiysk region No. 96, the HSSR regiment "formed from the personnel of the former 8th Gusar Lubensky Regiment", named the Lubensky Hussar Regiment, consisting of four combat and reserve squadrons and teams machine gun, communication and pipe, numbering 500 people. Colonel A. A. Hieropes was appointed commander of the regiment. On November 11, 1919, the regiment was included in the Separate Cavalry Brigade. In the future, the regiment probably participated in the Breda campaign . At the beginning of 1920, a reserve squadron of the regiment joined the brigade of General Yu. K. Sakhno-Ustimovich , who defended Perekopsky shaft .

1. St. George standard with the inscription: "For the difference in the Turkish war in 1877 and 1878." and "1807-1907", with the anniversary ribbon of Alexander.
2. Signs on hats with the inscription "For Distinction" in memory of the differences in the campaign of 1812, 1813 and 1814, especially in the battle of Leipzig on October 2, 1813.
3. St. Andrew’s ribbon, granted to the regiment by Heir Tsesarevich Alexander Nikolayevich from his shoulder in Darmstadt in 1843 and stored in the regimental church.
4. Austrian medals commemorating the pacification of Hungary and Transylvania in 1848-1849, to be worn by the regimental commander and non-commissioned officer.

• 09/07/808 - 02/19/1810 - Colonel Maksimovich-Vasilkovsky, Joseph Akimovich
• 12/21/1814 - 01/05/1817 - Colonel Shibaev, Sergey Semenovich
• 01/05/1817 - 05/04/1822 - Colonel Count Grabbe, Pavel Khristoforovich 1st
• 05/11/1822 - 12/06/1826 - Colonel Rodzianko, Mikhail Petrovich
• 12/06/1826 - 04/01/1834 - Colonel Klot, Andrei Romanovich
• 04/01/1834 - 04/21/1840 - Colonel Antonov, Illarion Andreevich
• 04/21/1840 - 05/23/1845 - Colonel Melnikov, Alexei Petrovich
• 07/09/1845 - 07/01/1851 - Colonel Voinilovich, Kazimir Frantsevich
• 07/01/1851 - 04/01/1859 - Colonel Tipoldt, Alexander Karlovich
• 04/01/1859 - 01/08/1865 - Colonel Baron Medem, Roman Petrovich
• 08/01/1865 - 06/23/1866 - the adjutant wing Colonel Essen, Alexander Sergeevich
• 06/23/1866 - 10/15/1870 - the adjutant wing Colonel Ambrazantsev-Nechaev, Alexey Sergeevich
• 10.15.1870 - 09.17.1877 - Colonel Borozdin, Yuri Alexandrovich
• 09/17/1877 - 07/14/1883 - the adjutant wing Colonel Count Pashchenko-Razvadovsky, Vladimir Lvovich
• 07/14/1883 - 07/16/1891 - Colonel Gresser, Evgeny Petrovich
• 07.24.1891 - 10.29.1892 - Colonel Yannau, Alexander Martynovich
• 11/21/1892 - 05/06/1894 - Colonel Chichagov, Nikolai Mikhailovich
• 05/13/1894 - 05/26/1897 - the adjutant wing Colonel Kryzhanovsky, Nikolai Nikolaevich
• 06.21.1897 - 07.20.1901 - Colonel Vladislavlevich, Leonid Nikolaevich
• 07/20/1901 - 05/25/1903 - Colonel Rauch, Georgy Ottonovich
• 07/02/1903 - 07/31/1909 - Colonel of Savoy, Nikolai Vasilievich
• 08/07/1909 - 12/31/1913 - Colonel Kayander, Evgeny Fedorovich
• 01/23/1914 - 05/18/1915 - Colonel (from 24/01/1915 Major General) Ustimovich, Yuri Konstantinovich
• 11/10/1915 - 01/17/1916 - Colonel Romanov, Fedor Nikolaevich
• 01/27/1916 - 04/14/1917 - Colonel Pulevich, Veniamin Mikhailovich
• 06/07/1917 - 1917 - Colonel Moritz, Pavel Fedorovich
• 09.1917 - 08.10.1918 - Colonel Omelyanovich-Pavlenko, Ivan Vladimirovich

• 03/14/807 - 08/15/1813 - Major General Melissino, Alexei Petrovich
• 08/18/1813 - 01/07/1814 - Major General Davydov, Evgraf Vladimirovich
• 01/07/1814 - 09/01/1814 - Major General Troshchinsky, Ivan Efimovich
• 05/28/1838 - 11/11/1851 - Ernst August I, King of Hanover
• 09/15/1853 - 05/21/1896 - Karl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria
• 04/15/1897 - 10/30/1906 - Otton, Archduke of Austria

• Weinerh-Vainyarch, Dmitry Ananievich , ensign (1917)
• Zadonsky, Georgy Alekseevich
• Keller, Alexander Andreevich
• Keller, Fedor Arturovich , Count
• Samsonov, Alexander Vasilievich
• Chernetsky, Isaac Isaevich , bandmaster
• Chernetsky, Semyon Aleksandrovich , bandmaster

• Military Encyclopedia / Ed. V.F. Novitsky and others - St. Petersburg. : t. in I.V. Sytin, 1911-1915.
• Bursky I.D. History of the 8th Hussar Lubensky Regiment. Odessa, 1912
• Chartoryzhsky G. A. Lubensky hussars. T. 1. Elisavetgrad, 1872