1st Caucasus Rifle Regiment

1st Caucasus Rifle Regiment Кавказский 1-й стрелковый полк July 10th 1837 – March 16th 1918 March 16th 1918 Russian Empire 20px Imperial Russian Army20px Russian Army (1917) Army Tbilisi * Caucasian War [{Siege of Kars]] Crimean War World War I The 1st Caucasian Rifle Regiment (Russian: Кавказский 1-й стрелковый полк) was a regiment in the Imperial Russian Army.Bolek Spis Pułków http://www.armiacarska.com/spis_pulkow.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20071109011810/http://www.armiacarska.com/spis_pulkow.htm 2007-11-09 2026-07-13 www.armiacarska.com History Formed in Helsinki on 10 July 1837, it was first known as the 1st Rifle Battalion.1-й Кавказский стрелковый полк — Офицеры русской императорской армии https://ria1914.info/index.php?title=1-%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA 2026-07-13 ria1914.info The battalion was then sent to the Caucasus and was renamed into the Caucasian Rifle Battalion. The battalion was sent to fight in the Caucasian War in 1845, where they fought in the Siege of Kars. On 6 December 1856 it was renamed into the Caucasian Grenadier Rifle Battalion. World War I The regiment was then deployed on the Caucuses frontier of World War I.Russian Army, Caucasus Front, 1 September 1915 https://www.314th.org/Nafziger-Collection-of-Orders-of-Battle/915RIAB.pdf live The regiment was disbanded on March 16, 1918, along with other units of the 1st Caucasian Rifle Division.ИнфоРост Н. П. ГПИБ ... 1918 : №№ 1-499. - [1918]. http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/53666-1918-1-499-1918#mode/inspect/page/45/zoom/4 2026-07-13 elib.shpl.ru Organization The 1st Caucasian Rifle Regiment is a part of the 1st Caucasian Rifle Brigade in the 1st Caucasus Army Corps.1-я Кавказская стрелковая бригада — Офицеры русской императорской армии https://www.ria1914.info/index.php?title=1-%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0 2026-07-13 www.ria1914.info Commanders 25 July 1837 – 25 May 1843 — Major (from 21 May 1840, Lieutenant Colonel) Yustiny Ivanovich Tüneberg 10 June 1843 – 1 November 1843 — Acting Commander, Major Timofey Filippovich Erenkreits 4 August 1843 – 13 January 1846 — Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Petrovich KinovichНЭБ - Национальная электронная библиотека https://rusneb.ru/ 2026-07-13 rusneb.ru - Национальная электронная библиотека ru 13 January 1846 – 8 May 1848 — Lieutenant Colonel Anton Fyodorovich Krivonosov 8 May 1848 – 30 August 1848 — Acting Commander, Major Arapratsky 24 June 1848 – 2 April 1853 — Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Fyodor Grigoryevich Prezhevsky 2 April 1853 – 17 September 1855 — Major (from 19 November 1853, Lieutenant Colonel; from 3 March 1854, Colonel) Konstantin Kharitonovich Luzanov 15 October 1855 – 22 July 1861 — Colonel Alexander Vasilyevich Freigang 29 July 1861 – 12 December 1863 — Colonel Alexander Karlovich Viberg 21 December 1863 – 6 March 1868 — Lieutenant Colonel (from 1 September 1865, Colonel) Konstantin Vissarionovich Komarov 27 March 1868 – 3 December 1876 — Major (from 28 November 1870, Lieutenant Colonel; from 14 July 1874, Colonel) Alexander Nikolayevich Tolstoy 8 December 1876 – 29 January 1879 — Lieutenant Colonel Prince Alexander Anatolyevich Baryatinsky 4 February 1879 – 19 July 1889 — Lieutenant Colonel (from 15 December 1881, Colonel) Anton Yegorovich von Saltza 31 July 1889 – 7 April 1897 — Lieutenant Colonel (from 17 July 1890, Colonel) Mikhail Yulyevich Levestam 25 April 1897 – 28 November 1899 — Colonel Rostom Ivanovich Saginov 29 November 1899 – 5 May 1901 — Colonel Alexander Lukich Kaizerov 5 May 1901 – 26 March 1904 — Colonel Vasily Davidovich GabayevСписок полковникам по старшинству. Составлен по 1-е января 1905 г. — СПб., 1905. — С. 542 2 May 1904 – 21 August 1906 — Colonel Mikhail Matveyevich Garanin 11 September 1906 – 4 April 1908 — Colonel Vladimir Nikitich Kolye 4 April 1908 – 26 April 1915 — Colonel (from 31 December 1914, Major General) Viktor Viktorovich Chaplin 20 May 1915 – 8 July 1916 — Colonel Konstantin Leonidovich Yevreinov 8 July 1916 – 20 September 1917 — Colonel Nikolai Apollonovich MorozovРусская армия в Великой войне: Картотека проекта. Морозов Николай Аполлонович http://www.grwar.ru/persons/person/621 2026-07-13 www.grwar.ru 9 October 1917 – unknown — Colonel Vladimir Mikhailovich Levestam References Category:Military units and formations established in 1837 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1918