RUSSIAN ARMY - 1805 MARIOULPOL HUSSAR REGIMENT

 Time has passed (just look at when I originally published this post), and techniques have improved considerably. So I decided to have another go at depicting a Russian hussar of the Mariupol Regiment in 1805. I was so pleased with the result that I am now seriously considering — unfortunately! — producing a few more paper soldiers, or perhaps even an entire unit in this style, such as a full squadron at a 1:1 scale.

The horse seemed a little too tall for a hussar's mount, so I adjusted the proportions and reduced its height.

1805 BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ - RUSSIAN ATTACK ON VILLAGE DEFENDED BY FRENCH

 It was time I switch to Napoleonic theme. I know it is one of the favourite by the most. Here I wanted to give an idea how it would appear an attack on a village, held by 4 (downgraded) Russian battalions. As usual, the ratio 1:1 provides a spectacular effect; I used around (just) 700/1000 papersoldiers.

Attacking musketeers

Musketeers with old mitre

Pavlograd Hussars

French defending the village

Officers

General view

RUSSIA 1805 - HUSSAR PAVLOGRAD REGIMENT OFFICER

 To complete the Regiment I also prepared an Offier. For him, I chose to keep the white trousers (they did like to flash even in battle) with all decors in gold)

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and with sword in a different position

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RUSSIA 1805 NCO HUSSAR PAVLOGRAD

I went on with my project. Now it is the time for a NCO of this regiment. In order to proceed I checked the pictures of NCO of Russian Hussars in 1805; what is sure is

a) the top of the plume was black (with an orange stripe inside)

b) the trim of pelisse was black

c) no changing in the saddle decorations

d) silver decoration over the sleeves

They are (left and right) NCO

This is NCO of the Hussars of the Garde. They have on the shako a golden band but also on sleeves, while normal Hussars seem not to have any particular decoration on the top of the shako.

I opted also to maintain for the NCO the brownish coevering of the trousers. The result of my researches and ideas is:

Russia 1805 - Hussar Regiment Pavlograd. NCO

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RUSSIA 1805. BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ - HUSSAR REGIMENT ELIZABETGRAD

Here we are, with the last Hussar Regiment (exept for the Hussars of the Guards) that partecipated to the Battle of Austerlitz, the Hussar Regiment Elizabetgrad. 

RUSSIA 1805 HUSSAR REGIMENT ELIZABETGRAD(Copyright Michele L. SAVASTA FIORE)

RUSSIA 1805 RUSSIAN HUSSAR REGIMENT MARIOUPOL

Having to make the correct colours of Hussars at the Battle of Austerlitz, I found this, that helps me.  

Russian Hussars 1805

Regiment	Dolman	Pelisse	Buttons Braid	Cuffs/ Collars	Sabre- tache	S’tach Orn.	Schab- raque	Shabr. teeth
Soum	Lt Yellow	Turqu-oise	White	Turqu-oise	Turquoise	White	White	White piped Turquoise
Pavlograd	Dk Green	Turqu-oise	Yellow	Turqu-oise	Dk Green	Yellow	Turquoise	Yellow piped Dk Green
Elizabeth-grad	Lt Yellow	Lt Yellow	White	White	Red	Yellow	Red	Yellow piped Yelllow
Marioupol	White	Dark Blue	Yellow	Yellow	White	Yellow	Dark Blue	Yellow piped Yellow
Alexandria #	Black	Black	White	Red	Black	White	Black	White piped White
Olivopol	Dk Green	Dk Green	White	Dk Green	Dk Green	White	Dk Green	White piped White
Isoum	Red	Dk Blue	White	Dk Blue	Yellow	Yellow	Dk Blue	Yellow piped Yellow
Akhtyrsk	Brown	Brown	Yellow	Yellow	Brown	Yellow	Brown	Yellow piped Yellow
White Russia	Dk Blue	Dk Blue	mixed Red & White	Red	Dk Blue	White	Dk Blue	Lt Blue piped White
Odessa*	Dk Blue	Dk Blue	Yellow	Red	Dk Blue	Yellow	Dk Blue	Lt Blue piped Yellow
Grodno**	Dk Blue	Dk Blue	mixed Red & White	Sky Blue	Dk Blue	White?	Dk Blue	Sky Blue piped White

For all regiments, pants were white for full dress, and grey otherwise.

I went on with my Russian Hussar Regiment Marioupol.

1805 Russia - Hussar Regiment Marioupol

RUSSIA 1805 BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ HUSSAR REGIMENT PAVLOGRAD REVISITED

 I checked the uniform of this Regiment. I have to admit that the book "Austerlitz Le Soleil de l'Aigle - Histore et Collections" makes some mistekes in the uniforms (this is the second one I found); the pelisse of this regiment was azure and not white.

So I modify accordingly:

Russia 1805 - Hussar Regiment "Pavlograd"

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RUSSIA 1805 - BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ - HUSSAR REGIMENT PAVLOGRAD

 I am back with my researches on uniforms for the Battle of Austerlitz. This time, I would like to present here the Russian Hussar Regiments that partecipated to that battle.

As first, let me introduce a Hussar of the Pavlograd Regiment that fought in the Avant-Garde of the Russian Army under the command of Prince Bagration.

The unifor is in campaing battle i.e. with trousers covering and protecting the parade trousers. I did one with long trousers and another (he liked indeed the Hussar boots!) with short.

Russia 1805

Hussar Regiment "Pavlograd" - Long trousers

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Russia 1805

Hussar Regiment "Pavlograd" - Long trousers

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RUSSIA 1805 - DRAGOONS REGIMENT PARTECIPATING TO THE BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ

 In my previous post I posted the first templates about the Russian Cavalry in 1805. To strong was the temptation to use those to prepare the uniforms of the Russian Dragoons that partecipated at the Battle of Austerlitz. I did some improvements to the uniforms and now they are good.

At the Battle of Austerlitz partecipated the following 4 Dragoons' units:

1) Regiment "Twer" in the Avant-Garde inder the General Lieutenant Prince Bagration

2) Regiment "Sankt Petersburg" in the Second Coloumn under Lieutenant Generarl del Langeron

3) Regiment "Kharkov" in the Fifth Coloumn under Princes Jan von Lichtenstein and Prince Von Hoheblohe

4) Regiment "Chernigov" in the Fifth Coloumn under Princes Jan von Lichtenstein and Prince Von Hoheblohe

Here the templates of these units:

1805 - 1812 THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIFORMS OF RUSSIAN CUIRASSIER

 I don't know why, I came up with the idea of trasforming a 1848 Austrian Radetzky Hussar into a Russian Curarassier of the Napoleonic Period. I went on to point out the differences in uniforms between 1805 (Battle of Austerlitz) and 1812 (Battle of Borodino.

Russia 1805 - Cuirassier of the Empress

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Russia 1812 - Curassier

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This 2 pictures are from this one, just transformed:

Austria 1848 - Radetzky Regiment 

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AUSTERLITZ 1805 THE MALAROSSIJA REGIMENT - 2nd FUSILIER BATTALION

One of the manin problem with Russian uniforms of the battle of Austerlitz is to understand if the Grenadiers Regiment wore the miter or not; I discussed this topic in the Miniature Page a lot of times; now I am facing another big issue: did the Fusilier Battalions of the Grenadiers Regiment wear the "Hessian" mitre (i.e. shorter) or not?

I was painting the Malarossija Regiment papersoldiers; at the very beginning I was quite distracted and I considered it a normal infantry unit, instead of a Grenadier Regiment. Therefore I started to paint and trim papersoldiers with normal shako.

When I realised it was a Grenadier Regiment I decided to remake the papersoldier with the "Hssian" mitre; I will consider that one (out of 2) Fusilier Battalions of this Regiment alreadt started to switch their cap from Hessian mitre to shako, so making a mixture of both headwears in the same unit (I could not thorw away all the work I already did.

In the above picture you can see the mixing of the 2 headwears.

The Malarossija unit is entering the village of Pratze in the morning of the battle

Here picture above the vision with the light

Here above you can distinguish them quite clearly.

AUSTERLITZ 1805: THE NOVGOROD REGIMENT 1st & 2nd Battalions

Hi everyone,

holydays are gone and we are all back to work. During this summer spent in Sardinia I had the occasion to finish the 1st (Grenadier) and 2nd (Musketeers) of the Novogorod Regiment at the Battle of Austerlitz on 2nd December 1805

Here a coloumn of the first Battalion marching. In front the Battallion Commander. Just after him with his sword one captain.

Here bottom: presenting the forces to the Commander

Top: in the foreground the Leibfahne and on the background the Ordinar colour. 8 drummers beat the rythm of the marching troops!