On April 8 the Kremlin Regiment marks 80th anniversary. The Kremlin Regiment, also called the Presidential Regiment is part of the Russian Federal Protective Service with the status of a special unit. The regiment ensures the security of the Kremlin, its treasures, and state officials.
Kremlin Regiment marks 80 years
The regiment ensures the security of the Kremlin, its treasures, and state officials
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Kremlin guard holding a falcon during a ceremony of the Changing of the Guard, with Archangel Michael Cathedral in the background, in the Kremlin in Moscow. Falcons guard the Kremlin area protecting old historic monuments from various birds
© AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev A ceremony titled Foot and Cavalry Guards Mount show is being performed by the Presidential regiment and the Cavalry Escort of Honour in the Kremlin's Sobornaya (Cathedral) Square
© Fyodor Savintsev/ITAR-TASS A change of the President's Regiment Ceremonial Honor Guard at Cathedral Square in Moscow's Kremlin
© Alexandra Mudrats/ITAR-TASS Kremlin guards leaving the Cathedral Square after a ceremony
© AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev Honor guards standing at the Grand Kremlin Palace in the Kremlin in Moscow
© AP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky, Pool The Presidential Regiment guards during a changing the guard cermony in Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin
© Mikhail Metzel/TASS The Presidential Regiment guards during a changing the guard cermony in Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin
© Mikhail Metzel/TASS The Presidential Kremlin Regiment at guard mounting outside the Assumption Cathedral, in Cathedral Square, Kremlin
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Guard of honour seen carrying official symbols of presidential power: The President's Badge of Office and the special copy of the Constitution of the Russian Federation prior to the inauguration ceremony in the Great Kremlin Palace
© Vladimir Rodionov/ITAR-TASS Russian Honor Guards change at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall in Moscow
© AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin watching mounted honour guards during a parade of the Kremlin Regiment in Cathedral Square
© Dmitry Astakhov/ITAR-TASS A member of the guard of honor of the presidential regiment holding a part of the national flag at the 7th International Military Music Festival Spasskaya Tower in Moscow
© Sergei Bobylev/ITAR-TASS Musicians of the Presidential Regiment
© Valery Sharifulin/ITAR-TASS A serviceman of the guard of honor of the Russian Presidential Regiment at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS Servicemen of the guard of honor of the Presidential Regiment
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS Servicemen of the Presidential Regiment attending a class at a training center
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS Servicemen of the Presidential Regiment cleaning their rifles
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