since the formation of the old Rylsky Regiment. On November 29, 1896, on the centennial day, the regiment was granted the new St. George banner with the Alexander ribbon. On November 29, 1896, a banner was presented to a regiment in the Lithuanian city of Šauliai. During World War I, the regiment fought in East Prussia and in February 1915 was surrounded and was almost completely destroyed along with the 20th Army Corps (Russian Empire). Regiment insignia The regimental St. George flag with the inscriptions "For Sevastopol in 1854 and 1855" and "1796-1896" with the Alexander anniversary ribbon. Complained on November 29, 1896. Signs on hats for the lower ranks with the inscription "For Distinction" granted in 1833 to the battalions of the old Rylsky regiment for the equation with the battalions of the Chernigov regiment. Chefs of the regiment September 9, 1797 – May 30, 1798 – Infantry General Baron Iosif Igelström May 30, 1798 – July 14, 1803 – Major General Bakhmetiev, Nikolai Nikolayevich July 16, 1803 – July 13, 1812 – Major General Modest Matveyevich Okulov Regiment commanders Old Rylsky Infantry Regiment 01/02, 1797 – December 29, 1797 – Colonel Vasily Nikolayevich Panov December 29, 1797 – May 31, 1798 – Colonel Barykov, Pyotr Alexandrovich September 13, 1798 – December 21, 1800 – lieutenant colonel (colonel from October 17, 1799) Semichev, Boris Prokofievich 02/08, 1801 – September 24, 1801 – Colonel Freiman, Ivan Karlovich 02/04, 1802 – February 24, 1803 – Major Vainyukov, Pavel Semenovich April 14, 1803 – May 24, 1804 – Colonel Kalemin, Luka Fomich October 4, 1804 – June 19, 1806 – Colonel Prince Urakov, Alexei Vasilyevich October 10, 1806 – October 18, 1811 – lieutenant colonel (Colonel from August 30, 1811) Samoilov, Ilya Ivanovich 07.1812 – 12.1812 – Colonel Pavel Nikolayevich Ushakov 02.1813 – August 22, 1826 – major (from December 16, 1813 lieutenant colonel, from September 15, 1817 colonel) Nekrasov, Nikolai Mikhailovich September 16, 1826 – September 29, 1828 – Colonel Fedor Sergeyevich Panyutin November 25, 1828 – January 22, 1833 – lieutenant colonel (colonel from 04/09, 1831) Bessonov, Ivan Ivanovich (from January 22, 1833 to 2.04, 1833 he commanded the Chernihiv regiment) For a list of commanders of the Chernihiv Infantry Regiment, see the related article. Old Russian Infantry Regiment 04/06, 1863 – April 17, 1870 – Colonel Witte, August Karlovich (from 9.06, 1857 he commanded the Chernihiv regiment) April 17,