Formation and marching of the 2nd regiment of the Nizhny Novgorod militia in 1812 (September 1812-April 1813)

Nikolaev Dmitry, Dorofeev Fedor

in this article, on the basis of archival materials of the Central archive of Nizhny Novgorod region (TSANO) discusses issues about the peculiarities of formation of one of the divisions of the Nizhny Novgorod militia in the era of 1812 – 2-d regiment, and, on the basis of the regimental reports, provides information about Hiking the March, coupled with data about numbers, logistics and other information that characterize the "private" episode of fighting for the nomination militia units of the Russian army to the borders of the Russian Empire to further сommission of a foreign campaign.

Keywords:Patriotic War of 1812, Nizhny Novgorod militia in 1812, marching march, weapon, equipment