154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment

154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment
Sleeve insignia of the 154th ICR
Active	December 1979 – present
Country	Soviet Union (1979-91)  Russia (1991-)
Allegiance	President of Russia
Branch	Ground Forces
Type	Infantry Regiment
Role	Memorial Affairs, Ceremonies and Special Events (one battalion) Military security (two battalions) Special Forces (one independent company)
Size	One regiment of three battalions and two independent companies
Garrison/HQ	Moscow
Motto(s)	Положение обязывает (Polozhenie obyazyvaet) (Noble Obligation)
Colors	Blue and Red
March	Quick = Ballad of a Soldier
Anniversaries	12 April (raising of the Honor Guard Company)
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel O.V. Gorchesnin

For the original Russian Imperial Army unit see: Preobrazhensky Regiment

154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment serves as the official honor guard regiment of the Russian Armed Forces and serves as the main honor guard unit of the armed forces, stationed in Moscow. Aside from being the honor guard unit it is also charged with duties assisting the Commander, Moscow Garrison, and to serve garrison and protection duties in the protection of the capital city and its military infrastructure. Its barracks is at Lefortovo District, Moscow, part of the South-Eastern Administrative Okrug.

As the Second World War was beginning to end in Europe in 1944 the Soviet NKVD in Moscow was charged with raising a full-time honor guard company as part of the 1st Regiment, OMSDON (then the NKVD 1st Special Duties Division), in the style and manner of the British Household Division's Foot Guards, the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and the French Republican Guard's First Infantry Regiment. It later joined the 73rd Special Duties Battalion (later the 465th Special Duties Company, later itself renamed the 465th Special Commandant's Company) in 1948, now part of the regular armed forces. This was the precursor of the Honor Guard Company that would later form the 154th ICR of today, the very company in which the Victory Banner was welcomed with full honors in June 1945 into Moscow.

On 10 April 1949, the 465th SCC, by order of the Soviet Armed Forces General Staff, became the 99th Independent Commandant's Battalion.

On 29 November 1956, by order of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, the 1st Independent Honor Guard Company and the Military Band of the Honor Guard were raised, both under the supervision of the Office of the Moscow Military Garrison Commandant.

The company adopted full parade dress in 1960 in the uniforms of the 3 service arms of the Soviet Armed Forces: the Soviet Army, Soviet Air Forces and the Soviet Navy in its three platoons. The regulations for such use were amended via a 1971 General Orders of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union, to be used only in state occasions, ceremonies and national holidays when permitted.