51st Infantry Regiment (Russian Empire)

51st Lithuanian Infantry Regiment
Badge of the 51st Lithuanian Infantry Regiment,
instituted on 26 September 1908[1]
Active1809 – 1918
CountryRussian Empire
BranchImperial Russian Army
TypeInfantry
Garrison/HQSveaborg (1809-?)
Simferopol, Taurida Governorate (1903 – 1913)
AnniversariesDecember 6 (Regiment holiday)

The 51st Lithuanian Infantry Regiment (Lithuanian: 51-ojo Lietuvos pėstininkų pulko;[2] Russian: Литовский 51-й пехотный полк), known as the 51st Lithuanian Infantry Regiment of His Imperial Highness Heir to the Tsarevich (Russian: 51-й пехотный Литовский Его Императорского Высочества Наследника Цесаревича полк, romanized51-y pekhotnyy Litovskiy Yego Imperatorskogo Vysochestva Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk) from 1904, was an infantry regiment that served in the Imperial Russian Army.

  1. ^ Sanko, V. (2021). Нагрудные полковые знаки России [Regimental badges of Russia]. p. 189. ISBN 978-5-04-309444-5.
  2. ^ Ruzas, Vincas (13 July 2010). "VILNIAUS KARO MOKYKLOS (1864-1917) ŽENKLAI". www.museums.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 2005-05-15. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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