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Post No. 1
The Honor Guard Post at the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Пост Почётного караула у Вечного огня на Могиле Неизвестного Солдата у стен Московского Кремля) also known as Post No. 1 Russian: Пост № 1) is the main guard post in Russia. It was established and installed near Lenin's Mausoleum in 1924 after the death of Vladimir Lenin. In 1993, by decree of the President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, Post No. 1 was abolished, and in 1997 it was restored in the Alexander Garden near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Guard duty is performed by servicemen of the Presidential Regiment.
A detailed ceremony for changing the guard of honour was developed during the reign of Paul I and was used until the beginning of the 20th century. Under Paul I, the troops were given Prussian-style uniforms, the army was retrained in new drill formations, and the usual ceremony of the guard parade (mounting the guard) turned into an important state matter with the obligatory participation of the emperor or his heir.
During the Imperial Russia period, the changing of the guard took place on the square in front of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg or in Peterhof, depending on where the emperor was.
After the death of Vladimir Lenin, the first to organize a guard at his body were volunteers: peasants living near Moscow, and later - workers of the capital and delegates of the XI All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
The honor guard was officially established by the order of the head of the Moscow garrison Nikolai Muralov on January 26, 1924. The guard was located at a temporary wooden mausoleum, built according to the design of the architect Alexey Shchusev a few days after Lenin's death. Since Lenin was an honorary red commander of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee Military School, the guard was carried out by cadets of this school.
On January 27, 1924 at 16:00, Grigory Koblov and Arsenty Kashkin were the first to take up their post. The guards with carbines were posted by the guard commander, cadet Janos Meysarosh, the head of the guard was the commander of the cavalry division Nikolai Dreyer. The honour guard consisted of representatives of different social strata. Koblov and Kashkin were children of farm laborers, Meysarosh was the son of a railroad worker, and the head of the guard Dreyer was a nobleman.
The guards walked on either side of the coffin, which was slowly carried. At the mausoleum, they turned to face each other and froze with rifles at the entrance. The cadets changed every hour at the sound of the Kremlin chimes, to the second ringing.
In 1925, on the first anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's death, the honour guard together with the Kremlin guards was made up of cadets, Red Army soldiers, and commanders of other military schools and regiments of the Moscow garrison. Workers and peasants stood guard at the sarcophagus with them. During this period, the ceremony of changing guards at the Mausoleum was born.
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Post No. 1
The Honor Guard Post at the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Пост Почётного караула у Вечного огня на Могиле Неизвестного Солдата у стен Московского Кремля) also known as Post No. 1 Russian: Пост № 1) is the main guard post in Russia. It was established and installed near Lenin's Mausoleum in 1924 after the death of Vladimir Lenin. In 1993, by decree of the President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, Post No. 1 was abolished, and in 1997 it was restored in the Alexander Garden near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Guard duty is performed by servicemen of the Presidential Regiment.
A detailed ceremony for changing the guard of honour was developed during the reign of Paul I and was used until the beginning of the 20th century. Under Paul I, the troops were given Prussian-style uniforms, the army was retrained in new drill formations, and the usual ceremony of the guard parade (mounting the guard) turned into an important state matter with the obligatory participation of the emperor or his heir.
During the Imperial Russia period, the changing of the guard took place on the square in front of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg or in Peterhof, depending on where the emperor was.
After the death of Vladimir Lenin, the first to organize a guard at his body were volunteers: peasants living near Moscow, and later - workers of the capital and delegates of the XI All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
The honor guard was officially established by the order of the head of the Moscow garrison Nikolai Muralov on January 26, 1924. The guard was located at a temporary wooden mausoleum, built according to the design of the architect Alexey Shchusev a few days after Lenin's death. Since Lenin was an honorary red commander of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee Military School, the guard was carried out by cadets of this school.
On January 27, 1924 at 16:00, Grigory Koblov and Arsenty Kashkin were the first to take up their post. The guards with carbines were posted by the guard commander, cadet Janos Meysarosh, the head of the guard was the commander of the cavalry division Nikolai Dreyer. The honour guard consisted of representatives of different social strata. Koblov and Kashkin were children of farm laborers, Meysarosh was the son of a railroad worker, and the head of the guard Dreyer was a nobleman.
The guards walked on either side of the coffin, which was slowly carried. At the mausoleum, they turned to face each other and froze with rifles at the entrance. The cadets changed every hour at the sound of the Kremlin chimes, to the second ringing.
In 1925, on the first anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's death, the honour guard together with the Kremlin guards was made up of cadets, Red Army soldiers, and commanders of other military schools and regiments of the Moscow garrison. Workers and peasants stood guard at the sarcophagus with them. During this period, the ceremony of changing guards at the Mausoleum was born.
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