1st Siberian Army Corps

1st Siberian Army Corps May 1900 – Aug 1918　 Russian Empire 21px Russian Imperial Army Infantry Corps Russo-Japanese War Battle of Telissu Battle of Tashihchiao Battle of Liaoyang Battle of Sandepu Battle of Mukden World War I Battle of Łódź (1914) Battle of Galați The 1st Siberian Army Corps was an elite unit of the Imperial Russian Army. It was raised in May 1900 and disbanded in August 1918. History The 1st Siberian Army Corps was raised in May 1900 under the command of Lieutenant General Nikolai Linevich and was one of the two most engaged Russian corps during the Russo-Japanese War.Kowner, p. 92 It took part in the battle of Telissu, the battle of Tashihchiao, the battle of Liaoyang, the battle of Sandepu and the battle of Mukden.Kowner, p. 93 It also took part in World War I. Its last major action was at the Battle of Galați. Organization 1904 1st Siberian Rifle Division (Lieutenant General Gerngross) 1st Brigade (Major General Rutowski) 1st Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 2nd Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 2nd Brigade (Major General Maximovich) 3rd Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 4th Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 1st East Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade (Major General Lutshkovski) 4 Field Artillery Batteries (6 guns each) 9th Siberian Rifle Division (Major General Kondratovich) 1st Brigade (Major General Krause) 33rd Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 34th Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 2nd Brigade (Major General Sykow) 35th Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 36th Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 9th East Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade (Major General Mrosovski) 4 Field Artillery Batteries (6 guns each) 1 Machinegun Company Ussuri Cavalry Brigade Frontier Guard Cavalry Regiment (4 Sotnias) Frontier Guard Battery (4 Chinese Mountain Guns) Primorsk Dragoon Regiment 2nd Transbaikal Cossack Battery 1st East Siberian Sapper Battalion 1914 1st Siberian Rifle Division 2nd Siberian Rifle Division Ussuri Cavalry Brigade 1st Siberian Artillery Battalion 2nd Siberian Heavy Artillery Battalion 1st Siberian Ponton Battalion 1st Siberian Radio Battalion List of Commanding officers Name From To1 Lieutenant General Nikolai LinevichMay 1900 July 19032 Lieutenant General Vladimir Viktorovich SakharovNovember 1903 April 19043 Lieutenant General Georgii StackelbergApril 1904 March 19054 Lieutenant General Aleksandr GerngrossMay 1905 June 19105 Lieutenant General Yakov SchkinskyJune 1910 April 19116 Lieutenant General Arkady Nikanorovich NishenkovApril 1911 May 19127 Lieutenant General Mikhail Mikhailovich PleshkovMay 1912 July 19168 Lieutenant General Eugene A. IskritskyJuly 1916 1918 Notes References Kowner Rotem Rotem Kowner The A to Z of the Russo-Japanese War Scarecrow Press Inc. 2009 978-0-8108-6841-0 External links http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/904RHAA.pdf Russian Manchurian Army 2014-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202613/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/904RHAA.pdf 2015-09-23 dead Category:Siberian Army Corps of the Imperial Russian Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1900 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1914