D.S. Arsenyev graduated from the Naval Corps. He participated in the Crimean War of 1853-1856 and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1978.
He was awarded the Diamond St. Alexander Nevsky Order, the White Eagle Order, the I Class Order of St. Ann, the I Class Order of St. Vladimir, the I Class Order of St. Stanislav with swords, the Prussian Order of Red Eagle, the Bavarian Order of St. Michael, and the National Order of the Legion of Honor. He was buried in the Kazanskoye Cemetery in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin Town).

A.Y. Letuchy was awarded the Title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on May 19, 1940. A.Y. Letuchy landed his aircraft in the enemy territory and rescued the crew of the disabled aircraft.
A.Y. Letuchy participated in the Soviet-Finnish War in 1939-1940 and the Great Patriotic War.
He had lived in Pushkin since 1957.
A.Y. Letuchy was awarded the Red Banner Order, the Alexander Nevsky Order, the I Class Patriotic War Order, two Red Star Orders, and medals.
Colonel.
A.Y. Letuchy was buried at the Kazanskoye Cemetery.

E.V. Brimmer was the Artillery Officer of the Caucasian Military District between 1848 and 1856. He led the artillery during the campaign against the Turks in the Asia Minor in 1853.
He was awarded the IV Class Order of St. George and the III Class Order of St. George.
He was the Corps Commander at the border with Turkey and the Governor of Novogeorgiyevskaya Fortress after the Eastern War. He was made the Commandant Assistant of the Odessa Military District in 1862.
He was buried in the Kazanskoye Cemetery in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin Town).

V.F. Bely participated in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. He is a hero of defense of Port Arthur.
He was awarded the IV Class Order of St. Ann, the III Class Order of St. Stanislav with swords, the IV Class Order of St. George, and the II Class Order of St. Vladimir. He was made a Lieutenant General in 1908.
He died on January 7, 1913 and was buried in the Kazanskoye Cemetery in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin Town).

The highest honorary title bestowed for personal or joint services to the State attributed to heroic exploits – the Hero of the Soviet Union – was established by the Resolution of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR dated April 16, 1934. Originally special certificates were given to the Heroes of the Soviet Union. Since 1936 the Heroes of the Soviet Union were awarded the Order of Lenin (the highest award of the USSR) along with the certificate.
A gold medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union was established by a Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on August 01, 1939.
The first titles of the Heroes of the Soviet Union were bestowed on pilots M.V. Vodopyanov, I.V. Doronin, N.P. Kamanin, S.A. Levanevsky, A.V. Lyapidevsky, V.S. Molokov and M.T. Slepnev for saving the crew of icebreaker Cheluskin by Resolution of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR dated April 20, 1934.

His Imperial Majesty Personal Life-Guards Mixed Infantry Regiment was established on August 17, 1907 to serve as personal guards of the Emperor. It consisted of the headquarters and two battalions.
The main premises of His Imperial Majesty Personal Life-Guards Mixed Infantry Regiment were situated in Tsarskoye Selo opposite the front facade of the Alexander Palace between Fedorrovsky Town and the garage of the Emperor next to the barracks of His Imperial Majesty Personal Escort. It was renamed to the Mixed Infantry Regiment in March of 1917 and was discontinued in the same year.

One of the oldest regiments of the Russian Army – His Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment – arrived to Tsarskoye Selo for permanent disposition on February 27, 1832. The regiment was established in 1702. In 1813, the Regiment gained the rights and privileges of a young guard for courage and bravery demonstrated by its personnel during the Patriotic War of 1812 and came to be called the Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment. The garrison of the Regiment was in Sophia behind the Alexander Cadet Corps. The barracks of the squadrons of the Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment were facing Kirasirskaya (Cuirassier) Street beside St. Sophia Cathedral. The personnel of the Regiment honorably discharged their military duty in the battles of the First World War.
The regiment was discontinued as a military unit of the Russian Army in 1917.

Light infantry along with heavy infantry emerged in European armies in the 18th century. The light infantry consisted of units called rifle units.
The Imperial Rifle Regiment was established in 1854. The Life-Guards 1st Rifle Battalion was established on the basis of the Imperial Rifle Regiment and was reformed into His Majesty's Life-Guards 1st Rifle Regiment in 1910.
The Battalion was headquartered in St. Petersburg until 1863. After 1863 the Battalion moved to the outskirts of Sophia, Tsarskoye Selo. Regiment’s participation in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 and the First World War was an important stage of its history.
The Life-Guards 1st Rifle Regiment was discontinued as a unit of the old army in 1918.

Komarov Mikhail Ivanovich was awarded the rank of the Hero of the USSR and Order of Lenin and the medal “Gold Star” for the retaining of the bridgehead at the right bank of the River Narev. M.I. Komarov, instead of the dead commander of the artillery battery of the regiment, organized the circular defense during the battle near the settlement of Dzabinitse (10 km to the North from the town of Serotsk, Polish People’s Republic). He called the regiment artillery fire on his position three times when the enemy had the attempt to storm the battery position.
Participant of the Great Patriotic War.
From 1911 to 1984 he lived and worked in the town of Pushkin.
He was awarded two Orders of the Patriotic War of 1st degree, the Order of the Red Banner and medals.
Colonel.
He was buried in the Kazan cemetery.

A memorial complex with a monumental stele resembling a spread banner at the center, was constructed at the place where a command post of one of the сompanies of the 189th rifle division was located. The dynamics of the structure is strengthened by a bas-relief of Leningrad defenders. “1941 – 1945” is written below the bas-relief. The inscription at the backside of the monument reads “The enemy didn’t cross this line in September of Nineteen Forty One. Leningrad soldiers held this soaked in heroes’ blood line firm. The enemy was defeated in severe battles. The siege was lifted by a powerful attack.”
From here the 110th infantry corps started the attack to lift the siege of Leningrad in January of 1944.
The complex was designed by architects V.A. Neverov, V.A. Sidorov, V.P. Boytsov, F.A. Yenikeev and sculptors I.A. Syroyezhkin and E.V. Cherkasov.
Two 57 mm guns stand on two differentsized pedestals on the north bank of the Kuzminki River not far from the memorial.

N.G. Shcherbina was awarded the Title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on August 22, 1944. He made 424 assault flights (including 120 night flights) and crashed 11 aircrafts in 51 air fights and destroyed 12 aircrafts on airfields.
N.G. Shcherbina participated in the Great Patriotic War. He died in a fatal flight accident on November 21, 1952.
N.G. Shcherbina was awarded the Red Banner Order, the I and the II Class Patriotic War Orders, the Red Star Order, and medals.
Lieutenant Colonel.
N.G. Shcherbina was buried at the Kazanskoye Cemetery.

On January 01, 1780, Catherine II issued an Order to establish St. Petersburg Governorate composed of seven uyezds. Sophia Uyezd was one of the seven uyezds of St. Petersburg Governorate. The plan and the emblem of Sophia were approved in 1780. The town was built in the territory of Tsarskoye Selo south-west of the Big Catherine Palace. This area is still called Sophia by residents of Pushkin. Architect C. Cameron took part in the construction of the town. Under Alexander the First a district of Tsarkoye Selo where military units of the Tsarskoselsky permanent post were located, came to be called Sophia. The Tsarskoselsky permanent post mainly consisted of guards; the Officer Corps was its core. The Russian guard regiments revered their traditions and always remembered the history of their regiment.

A group of brick buildings under common name the Admiralty was built by architect V.I. Neelov on the bank of the Big Pond in 1773 – 1783.
All buildings were constructed in commemoration of integration of Russia and the Tauric Khanate.
A collection of sail-boats and rowboats of the “Tsarskoye Selo Fleet” including an Indian pirogue, a Chinese sampan, a Venetian gondola, an Aleutian kayak, and a gold-plated boat of Catherine II, was kept in the main building.
Banners were kept in the Holland Hall and 168 English etchings after watercolours of Tsarskoye Selo were placed on the walls. The Globe of Gottorf gifted to Peter I and brought in Russia in 1713 was put in the Holland Hall in 1901.
Currently the main building is used for holding temporary exhibitions. One of the Bird Lodges houses the Admiralty Restaurant.

The Armory is a high red brick gothic style building situated in the Alexander Park. The Armory is a free copy of a pavilion in the Shrubs Hill, England. Architect A.A. Menelas started the construction of the Armory in 1819 and architect A.A. Ton finished the construction in 1834.
A museum of arms holding a collection of more than 5000 items was situated in the Armory in the time of Nikolay I (since 1834). The collection items occupied two floors and stairway of the building.
A several cannonries of early 15th century that had been gifted to Nikolay I by the King of Denmark, were located at the entrance to the Armory. Seven papier-mache horses of a Russian regiment of horse were standing at high pedestals in the round hall.
Some of the items were subsequently passed to the Hermitage, some to the Anichkov Palace, and some to the Tsarskoselsky Palace.

The decisive naval battle took place in the Chesme Bay (Aegean Sea) in June 1770. “All honor to the Russian fleet! On the 25th-26th we attacked, defeated, crashed, burnt, sank and turned to ashes the enemy’s fleet and became the rulers of the archipelago” (an extract from the report of Admiral G. Spiridonov).
The Chesme Column is the most magnificent monument of Russian military glory expressing the sea power of Russia. It was designed by architect Antonio Rinaldi. The pedestal is decorated with bas-reliefs illustrating the three decisive naval battles of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774: the Battle of Chesme, the Battle of Chios and occupation of the Mytilini Island by marine corps.
It was constructed on the Large Pond of the Catherine Park.