Photo of the lower ranks of the St. Petersburg garrison, CA. 1909

A large part depicted are soldiers of one of the regiments of the 50th reserve infantry brigade, stationed in St. Petersburg province (presumably, 200-th infantry reserve regiment Izhora). The reserve regiments had reduced, dvuhmetrovy composition, and during the war was unfolding to four battalions. The exception is the private pontoon battalion (second from right in first row), which can be identified by the characteristic silhouette special sign (logo) on the pursuit and the edging at the bottom of the collar of the uniform. The room, unfortunately, remained unreadable, but the place kvartirovaniya it can only be the 1st pontoon battalion, quartered in the province of Novgorod and in 1909 – 1910 renamed the 7th marine battalion, leaving the same part of the 1st army corps. Panther, of course, assigned to the infantry for practical training in their field. In the framework of military reform, 1909 – 1910, all reserve infantry units were disbanded, and their personnel is paid to the formation of personnel infantry divisions with the number to 52, inclusive. So in the pictures ranks of reserve infantry regiments and battalions are extremely rare. Size 125*168 mm Guarantee of authenticity.