Plate from the officers ' Assembly of the 76th infantry regiment of the Kuban

76 th Kuban infantry regiment counted its history from the 16th of December, 1845, when the battalions of several regiments were formed of the Kuban Jaeger regiment 5-battalion composition. By the time the term "Jaeger" preserved only as a reminder of the glorious past. The weapons and ways of fighting all regiments to 1840, was aligned only according to tradition, the first two of the regiment in each infantry division was called infantry, while the third and fourth Jaeger. In 1856, the regiment was called Kuban infantry. 29 March 1864 the regiment was given the number 76, and actara in the same year suffered the disbanding of the 5th battalion. The regiment took an active part in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877 – 1878 he particularly distinguished himself during the suppression of the Abkhaz insurgency unleashed by the Turks in the rear of the Russian troops in may 1877 Reminder of this event was granted to the regiment of St. George banner with the inscription "For the expulsion of the Turks from Abkhazia in 1877" and a special tune drum beat when passing the line – the so-called "March for military distinction." By the early twentieth century the regiment quartered in the town of Tulchin, Podolia. Despite the fact that in 1856 all Jaeger regiments in the Russian army was preimenovana in the infantry in each division fourth regiment, in memory of that once he was hunting, he retained the dark green, once assigned to the Rangers, the collars of the uniforms and valves at the collar of his overcoat. The same dark green color was present in the decoration of many objects of regimental life. Dark green was made and the labels on the dishes regimental officers ' meetings. In this regiment to the decoration of dishes approached very seriously: a sketch of the pattern and the label clearly did a professional artist, and claimed his meeting of the officers of the regiment. Judging by the font of the label, the sketch was developed around the early 1900s, the Dish is made at Dulevo porcelain factory of the Association of the heirs of M. S. Kuznetsov. This type of abbreviation (with the letters "O. S." is deciphered as "officers 'meeting") is unique and no one piece regimental tableware more not yet identified. Diameter 215 mm, Ideal collector's safety, a guarantee of authenticity.