III Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War.
The Russian Imperial Guard, officially known as the Leib Guard were military units serving as personal guards of the Emperor of Russia. Peter the Great founded the first such units in 1683, to replace the politically motivated Streltsy. The Imperial Guard subsequently increased in size and diversity to become an elite corps of all branches within the Imperial Army rather than Household troops in direct attendance on the Tsar. Numerous links were however maintained with the Imperial family and the bulk of the regiments of the Imperial Guard were stationed in and around Saint Petersburg in peacetime. The Imperial Guard was disbanded in 1917 following the Russian Revolution.
The Preobrazhensky Life-Guards Regiment was a regiment of the Imperial Guard of the Imperial Russian Army from 1683 to 1917.
Yakov Grigoryevich Zhilinsky was a Russian cavalry general, chief of staff of the Imperial Russian Army from 2 February 1911 to 4 March 1914. He was considered to be one of the main culprits of the failure of the East Prussian Campaign in the early stages of the First World War.
The 3rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army formed on 19 February 1877.
The Grenadier Guards is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence. It can trace its lineage back to 1656 when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised in Bruges to protect the exiled Charles II. In 1665, this regiment was combined with John Russell's Regiment of Guards to form the current regiment, known as the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards. Since then, the regiment has filled both a ceremonial and protective role as well as an operational one. In 1900, the regiment provided a cadre of personnel to form the Irish Guards; while later, in 1915 it also provided the basis of the Welsh Guards upon their formation.
Pavlovsky Guard Regiment was a Russian Imperial Guard infantry regiment. It was formed out of 2 battalions of the Moscow Grenadiers in November 19, 1796. They were given the title of Pavlovsky Life-Guard on April 13, 1813 for their deeds during the 1812 Patriotic war.
The 5th Siberian Rifle Division was an infantry unit of the Imperial Russian Army. The division was formed in 1904 from a brigade, fighting in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I.
The 2nd Grenadier Division was an infantry unit in the Imperial Russian Army as part of the Grenadier Corps. Its headquarters was located at Moscow. Notable engagements of the division include the French invasion of Russia.
The 1st Caucasus Army Corps was a military formation of the Russian Empire which existed between 1847 and 1918, including the period during World War I.
The 1st Guards Corps was a corps-level command in the Russian Imperial Army that existed in the decades leading up to and during World War I. Stationed in St Petersburg, it included some of the oldest and best known regiments of the Emperor of All Russia's Imperial Guard.
Mikhail Alekseyevich Belyaev was a Russian general of the Infantry, statesman, Chief of Staff of the Imperial Russian Army from August 1, 1914, to August 10, 1916, and was the last Minister of War of the Russian Empire from January 3, 1917, to February 28, 1917.
Alexander G Khristiani was an officer of the Imperial Russian Army in World War I.
Leonid Matveyevich Dembowsky - Russian infantry general (12/06/1906), director of the Pavlovsky military school, participant in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
Adolph Ferdinandovich Pfingsten was an Imperial Russian Army officer.
Anatoly Nikolaevich Rosenshield von Paulin was a Russian military leader and Lieutenant General of the General Staff.
Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan was a Russian military leader, lieutenant general of the Russian Imperial Army. Military orientalist, researcher of Korea.
Milutin Marinović was a Serbian and Yugoslav army general.
The 9th Siberian Rifle Division was a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army which participated all major wars of the army in the early 19th century.
Ernst von Below was a German general who served in the Imperial German Army and participated World War I. He also commanded several Sea Battalions and briefly headed the Schutztruppe.
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