What was the name of the elite bodyguard regiment, formed by Peter the Great from his childhood play soldiers, that became a decisive power-broker in 18th-century palace coups?

• A The Semyonovsky Regiment
• B The Izmailovsky Regiment
• C The Pavlovsky Regiment
• D The Preobrazhensky Regiment ✓

The Preobrazhensky and Semyonovsky regiments, named after villages where Peter drilled them as a boy, were the first units of the Imperial Guard and installed several monarchs on the throne.