1st Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

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1st Infantry Division
1-я пехотная дивизия
Active1811 – 1918
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire
Branch Flag of Russia.svg Russian Imperial Army
Role Infantry
Sizeapprox. 20,000 [1]
Garrison/HQ Smolensk
Engagements

The 1st Infantry Division (Russian : 1-я пехотная дивизия, 1-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1811 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. From at least 1903 to the end of its existence the division was based in Smolensk. [2]

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History

It was initially formed in 1811 as the 25th Infantry Division, and renumbered as the 1st in 1820. [3] : 118  The division took part in the Russo-Japanese War and was located in Manchuria during that time. In August 1914 it was part of the 2nd Army of the Northwestern Front. It was completely destroyed during the Russian invasion of East Prussia by September of that year and was reformed in December 1914. In 1915–17 it was assigned to the 12th Army, 5th Army, and later the 1st Army. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest. [2] [4] [5]

Organization

Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade. [1] It was part of the 13th Army Corps as of 1914. [2] [6]

Known commanders

NameFromTo
1Lieutenant General Nikolai Bardovsky 18831887
2Lieutenant General Mikhail Shulgin 24.08.18929.01.1900
3Lieutenant General Vladimir Pensky 19001904
4Lieutenant General Alexander Brilevich 6.12.190426.10.1905
5General of Infantry Dmitry Zuyev 21.06.190716.06.1910
6Lieutenant General Andrei Ugryumov 2.07.1910after 1.03.1916
7Major General Luka Kondratovich 5.03.1916after 3.01.1917
8Major General Silvestras Žukauskas 18.05.1917 ?

Known chiefs of staff

NameFromTo
1Colonel Mikhail Markov 17.01.187827.05.1879
2Colonel Mikhail Ivanov 10.05.18924.02.1898
3Colonel Baron Alexander von Taube 25.10.19014.10.1904
4Colonel Alexander Davydov 2.08.191019.06.1912
5Colonel Ivan Kashcheyev 19131.07.1914

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References

  1. 1 2 Handbook of the Russian Army, 1914. London: Imperial War Museum (originally British General Staff). 1996. p. 263. ISBN   978-1870423670.
  2. 1 2 3 "1-я пехотная дивизия". Regiment.ru (in Russian). 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Garkusha, Irina, ed. (2006). Российский государственный военно-исторический архив. Путеводитель [Russian State Military Archive Guidebook] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: ROSSPEN. ISBN   978-5-8243-0895-2. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. ↑ Russian State Military History Archive. Tome 2 Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine . 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Russian Army, 4 June 1916
  6. ↑ Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914" . Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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