47th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

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47th Infantry Division
47-я пехотная дивизия
Active 1914–1918
CountryFlag of Russia (1696-1917).svg  Russian Empire
Branch Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire.svg Russian Imperial Army
Role Infantry

The 47th Infantry Division (Russian : 47-я пехотная дивизия, 47-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. [1]

Russian language East Slavic language

Russian is an East Slavic language, which is official in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 25 December 1991. Although, nowadays, nearly three decades after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian is used in official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states, as well as in Israel and Mongolia, the rise of state-specific varieties of this language tends to be strongly denied in Russia, in line with the Russian World ideology.

Infantry military service branch that specializes in combat by individuals on foot

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Organization

It was part of the 16th Army Corps.

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References

  1. Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914" . Retrieved 8 January 2017.