Order of battle of the Imperial Russian Army (1812) Last updated July 29, 2025 The Imperial Russian Army in June 1812 consisted of three main armies and other military formations. The Commander in Chief of the Army was Emperor Alexander I .
General of the Infantry Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly [ 1]
Division Brigade Regiment 5th Infantry Major General
Gregor von Berg
1st Sevsk Grenadier Kaluga Infantry 2nd Perm Infantry Mogilev Infantry 3rd 23rd Jäger 24th Jäger 14th Infantry Maj. Gen.
Ivan Sazonov
1st Tula Infantry Navaginsky Infantry 2nd Riga Infantry Tenginsky Infantry 3rd 25th Jäger 26th Jäger
Corps Artillery: Nine companies, two pontoon and one pioneer companies 1st Cavalry Division: Major General Pyotr Kahovskiy 1st and 5th Cavalry Brigades Riga and Yamburg Dragoon Regiments, Grodno Hussar Regiment and three Cossack Regiments Division Brigade Regiment 4th Infantry Major General Duke Eugene of Württemberg
1st Kremenchug Infantry Minsk Infantry 2nd Tobolsk Infantry Volhynia Infantry 3rd 4th Jäger 34th Jäger 17th Infantry Maj. Gen.
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev
1st Ryazan Infantry Belozersk Infantry 2nd Brest Infantry Villmanstrand Infantry 3rd 30th Jäger 48th Jäger
Corps Artillery: Seven companies Elizabethgrad Hussar Regiment Corps Artillery: Eight companies Life Guard Cossack Regiment and one Cossack regiment 4th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Count Pavel ShuvalovDivision Brigade Regiment 11th Infantry Major General
Nikolai Bakhmetiev
1st Kexholm Infantry Pernau Infantry 2nd Polotsk Infantry Yelets Infantry 3rd 1st Jäger 33rd Jäger 23rd Infantry Maj. Gen.
Alexey Bakhmetiev
1st 2nd 3rd
Corps Artillery: Six companies Corps Artillery: Four foot and two horse companies, one pioneer company Division Brigade Regiment 7th Infantry Major General
Peter Kaptzevich
1st Moscow Infantry Pskov Infantry 2nd Libau Infantry Sofia Infantry 3rd 11th Jäger 36th Jäger 24th Infantry Major General Pyotr Likhachyov
1st Ufa Infantry Shirvan Infantry 2nd Butyrsky Infantry Tomsk Infantry 3rd 19th Jäger 40th Jäger
Corps Artillery: Seven companies Sumy Hussar Regiment 1st Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Fyodor Uvarov 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade Brigade Kazan and Nezhin Dragoon Regiments Corps Artillery: One company 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Baron Fyodor Korf 6th Cavalry Brigade Pskov and Moscow Dragoon Regiments 7th Cavalry Brigade Kargopol [ 4] and Ingermanland Dragoon Regiments Brigade Izyum Hussar and Polish Uhlan Regiments Corps Artillery: One company 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Peter Petrovich Pahlen Brigade Courland and Orenburg Dragoon Regiments Brigade Siberia and Irkutsk Dragoon Regiments Brigade Corps Artillery: One company Artillery Reserve: Count Kutaisov 21 foot and five horse artillery companies Flying Cossack Corps: General of Cavalry Count Matvei Platov Source: Pivka, Otto von (1979). Armies of the Napoleonic Era . New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing. pp. 216– 217. ISBN 0-8008-5471-3 Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book . London: Greenhill. p. 391. ISBN 1-85367-276-9
General of the Infantry Prince Pyotr Bagration
7th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Nikolay Raevsky 12th Infantry Division: Major General Illarion Vasilievich Vasilchokov 1st Brigade Smolensk and Narva Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Aleksopol and New Ingermanland Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 6th and 41st Jäger Regiments 26th Infantry Division: Major General Ivan Paskevich 1st Brigade Ladoga and Poltava Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Nizhny Novgorod and Oryol Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 3rd, 5th and 42nd Jäger Regiments Corps Artillery: Unknown 8th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Mikhail Borozdin 2nd Grenadier Division: Major General Prince Karl von Mecklenburg 1st Grenadier Brigade Crimea and Moscow Grenadier Regiments 2nd Grenadier Brigade 3rd Grenadier Brigade Siberia and Little Russia Grenadier Regiments 27th Infantry Division: Major General Dmitry Petrovich Neverovsky 1st Brigade Odessa and Zhitomir (or Tarnopol) Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Vilna and Simbirsk Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 49th and 50th Jäger Regiments 3rd Grenadier Division 22 combined grenadier battalions Corps Artillery: Five companies 2nd Cuirassier Division: Major General Ilya Mikhailovich Duka 2nd Cavalry Brigade Yekaterinoslav and Military Order Cuirassier Regiments 3rd Cavalry Brigade Glukhov, Little Russia and Novgorod Cuirassier Regiments 4th Reserve Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Karl Sivers 12th Cavalry Brigade Kharkov and Chernigov Dragoon Regiments 13th Cavalry Brigade Kiev and New Russian Dragoon Regiments Cavalry Brigade Akhtyrka Hussar and Lithuanian Uhlan Regiments Corps Artillery: One company Cossack detachment: Major General Ivan K. KrasnovSource: Pivka, Otto von (1979). Armies of the Napoleonic Era . New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing. pp. 216– 217. ISBN 0-8008-5471-3 Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book . London: Greenhill. pp. 391– 392. ISBN 1-85367-276-9
General of cavalry Alexander Tormasov
Infantry Corps: General of Infantry Sergei Kamensky 18th Infantry Division 1st Brigade Vladimir and Tambov Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Kostroma and Dnieper Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 28th and 32nd Jäger Regiments Combined Grenadier Division 18 combined grenadier battalions Corps Artillery: Four companies Pavlograd Hussar Regiment Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov 9th Infantry Division 1st Brigade Nasheburg and Yakutsk Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Apsheron and Ryazhsk Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 10th and 38th Jäger Regiments 15th Infantry Division 1st Brigade Kozlov and Vitebsk Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Kura and Kolyvan Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 13th and 14th Jäger Regiments Corps Artillery: Seven companies Alexandria Hussar Regiment Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Baron Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken 36th Infantry Division 11th Cavalry Division Lubny Hussar Regiment, other units unknown Corps Artillery: Two companies Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Charles de Lambert 5th Cavalry Division 15th Cavalry Brigade Starodub and Tver Dragoon Regiments 16th Cavalry Brigade Arzamas and Zhitomir Dragoon Regiments 17th Cavalry Brigade Vladimir, Taganrog and Serpukhov Dragoon Regiments and Tartar Uhlan Regiment Nine Cossack regiments Source: Pivka, Otto von (1979). Armies of the Napoleonic Era . New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing. ISBN 0-8008-5471-3
Danube Army The Danube Army , commanded by Admiral Pavel Chichagov , included the:
1st Corps (General of cavalry Count Andrault de Langeron ); made up of the: 2nd Corps (Lieutenant General Count Pyotr Essen ); 3rd Corps (Lieutenant General Alexander Voinov); 4th Corps (Lieutenant General Andreas Burchard Friedrich von Saß (Andrey Pavlovich Zass)); made up of the: 8th Infantry Division 7th Cavalry Division Reserve of the Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Sabaneev) Separate Corps and detachments Finland Corps The Finland Corps consisted of the following units, under the command of Lieutenant General (Faddey) Fabian Steinheil : [ 5]
6th Infantry Division 1st Brigade Bryansk and Nizov Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade Azov Infantry and 3rd Jager Regiments 6th Field Artillery Brigade 6th Heavy and 11th Light Batteries 21st Infantry Division 1st Brigade Petrovsk and Podolia Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade 3rd Brigade 2nd and 44th Jager Regiments 21st Field Artillery Brigade 21st Heavy and 40th Light Batteries 25th Infantry Division 1st Brigade 1st and 2nd Marine Regiments 2nd Brigade 3rd Marine and Voronezh Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 31st and 47th Jager Regiments 25th Field Artillery Brigade 27th Cavalry Brigade Finland and Mitava Dragoon Regiments Isaev II, Loshchilin, and Kiselev II Don Cossack Regiments References ↑ Michael de Tolly was appointed the commander-in-chief of the 1st Army on 19 March 1812. However, after arrival of Emperor Alexander I in Vilnius , the latter became de jure and de facto a commander-in-chief. ↑ In June 1812 the 1st Infantry Corps was excluded from the 1st Army and left by the Northern Dvina for protection of Saint Petersburg ↑ Riehn, Richard (1991). 1812: Napoleon's Russian Campaign . United States: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 444– 464. ISBN 0-471-54302-0 ↑ the correct name for both the town and the regiment is "Kargopol" ↑ Podmazo, Alexander (22 April 2003). Русская армия в июне 1812 г. [ Russian Army in June 1812] (in Russian). Retrieved 27 June 2018 . This page is based on this
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