In 1820, the Rylsky infantry regiment from Babruysk was transferred to the settlement of Klimov, Novozybkovsky district.

In 1824, the Rylsky Infantry Regiment was granted a simple (without inscriptions) banner of the 1816 model.

In 1849, the Chernihiv regiment was in the Hungarian campaign, and during the Crimean War was part of the troops besieging Silistria.

On November 29, 1896, on the centennial day, the regiment was granted the new St. George banner with the Alexander ribbon.

During World War I, the regiment fought in East Prussia and in February 1915 was surrounded and was almost completely destroyed along with the 20th Army Corps (Russian Empire).