The Honor Guard of the 154 Preobrazhensky Regiment

The Honor Guard of the 154 Preobrazhensky Regiment

Commander of the Regiment — Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Streha.

Commander of the Battalion (Honor Guard) — Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Kurov.

Commander of the Honor Guard Squadron — Captain Nikolai Zhukov.

The Honor Guard Battalion of the 154 Preobrazhensky Regiment was formed on the basis of the 1st Independent Squadron of the Honor Guard following the executive order of the USSR Council of Ministers N. 6886-РС and the directive of the General Staff N. ОРГ/8/4Ю23 of the 29th of November 1956. The battalion consists of the first and second Honor Guard Squadrons.

Over the years of its existence the staff of the Honored Guard finalized more than 46 000 special tasks featuring meeting and seeing away of the heads of foreign states and members of governmental and military delegations during their official visits to Russia, wreath laying ceremonies to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, special performances and opening ceremonies of monuments and memorials. The Honor Guard has participated in every military parade held on Red Square. Not a single big social and political event is being carried out without the participation of the Honor Guard including military patriotic upbringing of the youth and solemn events dedicated to Russia and Moscow memorable dates as well as to the days of the Russian military glory.