Marš Preobraženskago Polka (Preobrazhensky march; original version) • Russian Empire (1721–1917)

Join our Discord for to learn and talk about History! Info: This version, a little slow, is the original, how it was played in imperial times, of the Maršʺ Lejbʺ-gvardіi Preobraženskago polka (Маршъ Лейбъ-гвардіи Преображенскаго полка) or in english March of the Preobrazhensky Life-Guard Regiment, is one of the most famous Russian military marches. The Preobrazhensky Life-Guard Regiment was one of the oldest and most elite guard regiments of the Imperial Russian Army. Neither composer nor date of its writing are known. Judging from an old title of the march, “March of the Peter the Great“, some conjecture that it was written in the time of Peter the Great. Some European scholars suggested Swedish authorship, but there is no evidence to that.