1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

1st Guards Infantry Division 1-я гвардейская пехотная дивизия 1-ya gvardeyskaya pekhotnaya diviziya 1807 – 1918 Russian Empire Russian Imperial Army Infantry St Petersburg The 1st Guards Infantry Division (ru 1-я гварде́йская пехо́тная диви́зия) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army which was part of the Imperial Guard. It was headquartered in Saint Petersburg and was part of the Guards Corps. It took part in fighting against Napoleonic invasion of Russia in 1811 shortly after its formation. It was expanded in July 1914 upon the mobilization of the Russian Imperial Army, and took part in fighting on the Eastern Front of World War I. The division was demobilized in 1918 after the Russian Revolution. History The unit was initially formed on 15 June 1807 as the 1st Infantry Division. It was renamed "Guards" Infantry Division on 11 November 1811. For most of its history it was stationed in St Petersburg and was part of the Petersburg Military District upon its creation.Bezugolny (2012) Order of battle upon formation When it was founded in 1807 the unit consisted of the following:http://regiment.ru/upr/B/1/gvpd-1.htm 1-я гвардейская пехотная дивизия Regiment.ru 2016 8 January 2017 Preobrazhensky Regiment Semyonovsky Regiment Izmaylovsky Regiment Egersky Regiment In 1811 it was expanded and grew to include: 1st Brigade Preobrazhensky Leib Guard Regiment Semyonovsky Leib Guard Regiment 2nd Brigade Izmaylovsky Leib Guard Regiment Lithuanian Life Guards Regiment 3rd Brigade Egersky Leib Guard Regiment Finnish Leib Guard Regiment Order of battle in 1914 From the early 1900s to 1917 the division consisted of the following:https://www.ria1914.info/index.php/1-%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F 1-я гвардейская пехотная дивизия ria1914.info. 23 December 2019 1st Brigade Preobrazhensky Leib Guard Regiment Semyonovsky Leib Guard Regiment 2nd Brigade Izmaylovsky Leib Guard Regiment Egersky Leib Guard Regiment 1st Life Guards Artillery Brigade Known officer staff Commanders The list is incomplete. Name From To1 Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich 3 March 1825 ?2 Adjutant General Nikolai Islenev 22 July 1837 22 September 18413 Lieutenant General Alexei Arbuzov 1841 or 1842 ?4 Lieutenant General Alexander von Moller January 1846 May 18555 Adjutant General Alexander Gildenshtubbe 30 August 1855 18626 Lieutenant General Alexander Drenteln 1862 1 March 18717 Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich 23 February 1870 30 August 18748 Adjutant General Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich 30 August 1874 17 August 18809 Adjutant General Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg 17 September 1880 5 June 188410 Lieutenant General Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov 5 January 1884 19 January 188911 Lieutenant General Duke Nikolai Obolensky 20 January 1890 After 1 September 189012 Lieutenant General Oskar Grippenberg 7 April 1897 12 May 189813 Lieutenant General Georgy Vasmund 1898 189814 Lieutenant General Georgy Bobrikov 24 August 1898 15 November 190115 Lieutenant General Alexander Evreinov 15 November 1901 11 December 190216 Lieutenant General Count German Stenbok 1903 190417 Lieutenant General Baron Anton Zaltsa 14 April 1904 1 August 190518 Major General Platon Lechitsky 21 July 1906 26 August 190819 Lieutenant General Iosif Mrozovsky 26 August 1908 21 May 191220 Lieutenant General Vladimir Olokhov 30 May 1912 28 December 191421 Major General Alexander Gertsyk 16 January 1915 3 July 191522 Lieutenant General Vladimir von Notbek 3 July 1915 25 April 1917 23 Major General Count Nikolai Ignatev 29 April 1917 31 July 1917 Chiefs of staff This list is incomplete. Name From To1 Colonel Mikhail Shidlovsky 1857 March 18582 Colonel Christopher Roop 6 April 1858 18 November 18603 Colonel Arkady Skugarevsky 2 November 1881 17 July 18884 Colonel Nikolai Epanchin 16 June 1895 11 September 19005 Colonel Vsily Butovich 25 April 1903 13 February 19086 Colonel Alexander Khristiani 26 February 1908 31 July 19137 Colonel Oleksander Hrekov 14 July 1915 August 1917 References Books Bezugolny Alexei 2012 История военно-окружной системы в России 1862–1918 (History of the Military District System in Russia 1862–1918) Russian https://books.google.com/books?id=jiLm--Y8u8AC&q=1-%D1%8F+%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F&pg=PT135 978-5-227-03506-6 Bezugolny2012 Category:Guards infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Category:Military units and formations established in 1807 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Category:Divisions of World War I Category:Military units and formations of Russia in World War I Category:Saint Petersburg Governorate