Led by reform minded young officers the regiment paraded for most of a day in the Senate Square of Saint Petersburg, in protest against the accession of Tsar Nicholas I.

[2] The officers involved were executed or exiled, and the ordinary soldiers transferred to line infantry units.

[4] Throughout its history under the Russian Empire, the regiment wore the standard uniform of the Infantry of the Imperial Guard, which from 1683 to 1914 was predominantly of a dark green (eventually verging on black) colour.

The main distinctions of the Moscow Guards Regiment were the all-red facings (plastron, collar, cuffs and shoulder straps).

[5] In 1912, in recognition of its service during the Russo-Turkish War, officers of the regiment were authorised to wear a large metal gorget of a design dating from 1808.