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palace, the 4th Regiment became one of his favourite military units and its soldiers enjoyed the status of his personal guard. This meant that the Grand Duke, very fond of his military units, while also cruel and brutal in their treatment, would march the regiment's soldiers days and nights, in every
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with their regimental flags, swore an oath to the Russian Tsar and became the cadre of a newly-formed infantry regiment with the same number. Their old regimental flag was retired and is preserved in the Warsaw-based
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weather. The maltreated regiment's morale was low, yet any sign of discontent was brutally repressed: among those punished was the regiment's Major, a freemason,
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and remains one of the best-known units of the Polish Army of the era. The soldiers of the regiment are known in Polish historical works as the
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crosses: five 3rd class, 55 fourth class and 154 fifth class. This made it one of the most highly decorated Polish units of the epoch.
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Soldiers of the 4th Regiment wore navy blue uniforms with characteristic yellow facings inherited from the Napoleonic-era
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Like its predecessor, the new regiment was based in Warsaw and its main barracks were in the
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Peasant-Czwartacy: the history of the 4th Regiment of Line Infantry, 1815-1831
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A German contemporary poem glorifying the actions of the 4th Regiment in the
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The lineage of Polish regiments and regiment-sized units from 1717 til 1831
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Regiment", the soldiers of the new unit continued to use the nickname of
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Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831
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Chłopi-czwartacy: z dziejów pułku 4 piechoty liniowej 1815-1831
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The matter is discussed in: Kostołowski, pp. 12-25 and onwards
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During the uprising the unit also was often referred to as "
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from a broad cross-section of society including noblemen (
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Lt.Col. Wit Czajkowski, (1818, again from 18 March 1831)
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During the November Uprising, the regiment received 214
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The regiment was directly descended from the Napoleonic
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November Uprising
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Second Battle of Wawer
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