3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire)

3rd Army Corps
Active	1877–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Size	~20,000
HQ	Vilnius
Engagements	Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) First World War Eastern Front Battle of Tannenberg

The 3rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army formed on 19 February 1877. ^{[1] [2]}

Its headquarters were in Vilnius. ^[2]

Composition

The Army Corps composition as of 18 July 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, was: ^[2]

• 25th Infantry Division headquartered at Dvinsk
  • 1st Brigade
    • 97th Livonia Infantry Regiment  [ ru ] (headquarters Dvinsk)
    • 98th Yuriev Infantry Regiment  [ ru ] (headquarters Dvinsk)
  • 2nd Brigade (headquarters Dvinsk)
    • 99th Ivangorod Infantry Regiment  [ ru ] (headquarters Dvinsk)
    • 100th Ostrovsky Infantry Regiment  [ ru ] (headquarters Dvinsk)
  • 25th Artillery Brigade
• 27th Infantry Division (headquarters Vilnius)
  • 1st Brigade
    • 105th Orenburg Infantry Regiment  [ ru ]
    • 106th Ufa Infantry Regiment  [ ru ]
  • 2nd Brigade
    • 107th Troitsky Infantry Regiment  [ ru ]
    • 108th Saratov Infantry Regiment  [ ru ]
  • 27th Artillery Brigade
• 5th Rifle Brigade
  • 17th Rifle Regiment
  • 18th Rifle Regiment
  • 19th Rifle Regiment
  • 20th Rifle Regiment
  • 5th Rifle Artillery Division
• 3rd Cavalry Division (headquarters Kaunas)
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade
    • 3rd Novorossiysk Dragoon Regiment  [ ru ]
    • 3rd Smolensk Uhlan Regiment  [ ru ]
  • 2nd Cavalry Brigade
    • 3rd Elisavetgradsky Hussar Regiment  [ ru ]
    • 3rd Don Cossack Regiment  [ ru ]
  • 3rd Horse Artillery Battalion
    • 5th Horse Artillery Battery
    • 6th Horse Artillery Battery
• 3rd Mortar-Artillery Division
• 3rd Sapper Battalion
• 4th Pontoon Battalion
• 2nd Telegraph Company
• 9th Aeronautical Company
• 3rd Howitzer Artillery Battalion

Part of

• 1st Army: 2 August – 10 October 1914 ^[1]
• 10th Army: 22 October 1914 – 4 May 1915 ^[1]
• 5th Army: 8 June 1915 – 21 May 1916 ^[1]
• 4th Army: 1 June 1916 – 20 June 1916 ^[1]
• 3rd Army: 1 July 1916 – 1 April 1917 ^[1]
• 10th Army: 1 May 1917 – December 1917 ^[1]

Personnel^{[ citation needed ]}

Commanders^{[ citation needed ]}

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Den, Karl-Andrey EfimovichLieutenant-General Karl-Andrey Efimovich Den  [ ru ]	19 February 1877	23 April 1878	1 year, 63 days
2		von Möller, Karl EduardLieutenant-General Karl Eduard von Möller  [ ru ]	4 May 1878	5 August 1878	93 days
3		von Dellingshausen, Karl Eduard Ludwig FreiherrLieutenant-General Eduard Karlovich Dellingshausen	15 August 1878	1885	6 years, 139 days
4		Alkhazov, Yakov KaihosrovichLieutenant-General Yakov Kaihosrovich Alkhazov  [ ru ]	6 July 1885	19 October 1894	9 years, 105 days
5		Dmitrovsky, Viktor IvanovichLieutenant-General Viktor Ivanovich Dmitrovsky  [ ru ]	28 October 1894	1 January 1898	3 years, 65 days
6		Maksimovich, Vasily NikolaevichLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 6 December 1898 Vasily Nikolaevich Maksimovich  [ ru ]	1 January 1898	29 May 1899	1 year, 148 days
7		Tchaikovsky, Mitrofan PetrovichLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 1 January 1901 Mitrofan Tchaikovsky	6 November 1899	25 March 1903	3 years, 139 days
8		Razgonov, Konstantin IosifovichLieutenant-General Konstantin Iosifovich Razgonov	16 April 1903	22 June 1904	1 year, 67 days
9		Prescott, Alexander EduardovichLieutenant-General Aleksandr Eduardovich Prescott  [ ru ]	22 June 1904	16 December 1904	177 days
10		Volkenau, Ivan VasilievichLieutenant-General Ivan Vasilievich Volkenau	12 January 1905	5 December 1906	1 year, 327 days
11		von Rennenkampf, PaulLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 6 December 1910 Paul von Rennenkampf	27 December 1906	20 January 1913	6 years, 24 days
12		Epanchin, NikolaiLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 4 April 1913 Nikolai Epanchin	29 January 1913	6 February 1915	2 years, 8 days
13		Zegelov, AleksandrLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 22 March 1915 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zegelov  [ ru ]	14 February 1915	22 August 1915	189 days
14		Alftan, VladimirLieutenant-General Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan	22 August 1915	16 April 1916	238 days
15		Oganovsky, Pyotr General of the Infantry Pyotr Oganovsky	16 April 1916	11 September 1916	148 days
16		Yanushevsky, GrigoryLieutenant-General Grigory Yanushevsky  [ ru ]	11 September 1916	3 April 1917	204 days
17		Nadyozhny, DmitryMajor-General Lieutenant-General after 29 April 1917 Dmitry Nadyozhny	7 April 1917	12 October 1917	188 days
18		Dzichkanets, BorisLieutenant-General Boris Dzichkanets  [ ru ]	22 October 1917

Chiefs of Staff^{[ citation needed ]}

• 24 February 1877 – 15 May 1885 — Colonel (Major-General after 1 January 1878) Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kozen  [ ru ]
• 15 May 1885 – 9 December 1892 — Major-General Ivan Ivanovich Tyvalovich
• 11 January 1893 – 5 January 1898 — Major-General Stanislav Stanislavovich Novogrebelsky
• 5 January 1898 – 20 October 1899 — Major-General Nikolai Nilovich Lavrov
• 2 November 1899 – 17 February 1904 — Major-General Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov
• 24 March 1904 – 12 October 1904 — Major-General Nikolai Sergeyevich Berdyaev
• 22 October 1904 – 16 June 1906 — Major-General Alexander Frantsevich Ragoza
• 23 July 1906 – July 1908 — Major-General Baron Aleksandr Georgyevich Ikskul-von-Gildebant
• 9 July 1908 – 19 October 1914 — Major-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Chagin
• 14 December 1914 – 17 July 1915 — Major-General Viktor Viktorovich Eggert
• 18 July 1915 – 7 February 1917 — Major-General Nikolai Dimitryevich Chausov
• 8 February 1917 – 4 May 1917 — Major-General Vladimir Nikolayevich Yegoryev
• 12 May 1917 – 7 August 1917 — Major-General Mikhail Vasilyevich Lebedev
• 12 August 1917 – 1918 — Major-General Andrey Nikolayevich Suvorov

Chiefs of Artillery^{[ citation needed ]}

• 19 March 1877 – 5 December 1889 — Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 30 August 1881) Yakov Mikhailovich Kostogorov
• 9 January 1890 – 4 February 1893 — Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 30 August 1892) Aleksandr Nikitich Fedortsov-Malysh
• 4 February 1893 – 19 January 1898 — Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Nikolayevich Skvortso  [ ru ]
• 19 January 1898 – 10 April 1901 — Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 5 April 1898) Dmitry Andreyevich Topornin  [ ru ]
• 30 May 1901 – 9 July 1906 — Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 12 June 1903) Aleksey Stepanovich Shepilov
• 25 July 1906 – 26 October 1913 — Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 22 April 1907) Dmitry Ivanovich Nevadovsky
• 18 December 1913 – 16 April 1916 — Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 12 June 1914) Count Viktor Viktorovich Dolivo-Dobrovolsky-Yevdokimov  [ ru ]
• 13 May 1916 – 18 February 1917 — Major-General Konstantin Konstantinovich Pilkin
• From 18 February 1917 — Major-General Ivan Nikanorovich Andreyev  [ ru ]

Corps quartermasters^{[ citation needed ]}

• 17 February 1898 – 19 July 1900 — Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Lang
• 23 July 1900 – 1905 — State Councillor Mikhail Ivanovich Levandovsky
• 13 November 1905 – 8 August 1910 — Lieutenant-Colonel (Colonel from 12 June 1906) Zenon Avgustinovich Vorotnitsky
• 16 August 1910 – after 1 March 1914 — Lieutenant-Colonel (Colonel from 14 April 1913) Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vishnyakov

See also

• List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units

Citations

1. Conrad 2001a.
2. Conrad 2001b.

References

• Conrad, Mark (2001a). "The Russian Army 1914-1917: Distribution of Corps to Armies". Mark's Russian Military History. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
• Conrad, Mark (2001b). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Mark's Russian Military History. Retrieved 3 November 2025.