William Heath (London 1795-1840) Hussars of the Russian Imperial Guard signed with initials 'WH pinxit' (lower centre) oil on canva...

  Completed in 1848, the painting depicts Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich  Life - Guard Lancer Regiment  in Poland during the campaign of 1831....

 

  Thanks to Scott for finding this. See more at  Military of the Russian Empire by Adolf Jebens

 Epic Russian film. Thanks to David W for finding this, Wiki After the complete defeat of Napoleon's army, the Russian Empire became the...

 Today's anniversary is the battle of Inkerman so to ring the changes here is an illuminating feature on the Russian soldier's kit....

Fantastic figures. I must get some - available from the same place as the post below.

Production of "Engineer Bacevich", St. Petersburg, Russia. Set No 13. 12 pieces. Beautiful stylized box. Available in the U...

Here at the Vivandiere shop.

Our Russian Jager reenactor friends made a peepshow - a traditional popular entertainment in the 1850s in Russia for the event at the Alm...

Check out the English language version of this great enterprise.

More from Liudmyla of the event at the Crimea. Also go the Vivandiere shop for reenactment goods especially for the Russian army of the ...

See them here and here . Thanks to Boris for the tip off.

While on the subject of political murder it is today in 1881 that Tsar Alexander II was killed by a bomb thrown from the roadside. He was t...

Something from 150 years ago was the abolishing of serfdom in Russia today in 1861.

Not sure about this picture - I think it's a Crimean war camp scene but I am not sure.

This event took place today in 1825 in Russia. I have never heard of it before but these two images are well worth a look so what better da...

Had this comment - so I thought I'd highlight it so we might get an answer Where do you guys get your uniforms and such? I am looking in...

Found this image on wikimedia. From the Crimean period.