au service des tsars.la garde imperiale russe de pierre le grand a la revolution (COEDITION ET MUSEE SOMOGY)

Profused illustrated history of the Russian Imperial Guard from Peter the Great, its founder, to the 1917 Revolution. Color illustrations include battle scenes, portraits of Russian Imperial Guard officers and color photographs of uniforms and accoutrements from existing examples in museum collections at the Hermitage, the Arsenal, the Musee d'Armee and the Association of the Guard Cossack Regiment. French language edition.