13th Army Corps (Russian Empire)

13th Army Corps 18771918 Russian Empire Imperial Russian Army Moscow Military District (peacetime) Smolensk (peacetime) Russo-Turkish War World War I Battle of Tannenberg Pavel Plehve Alexei Evert Mikhail Alekseyev The 13th Army Corps was a corps of the Imperial Russian Army, formed in the 1870s. The corps fought in the Russo-Turkish War and World War I, and was disbanded with the collapse of the Imperial Russian Army after the Russian Revolution. During peacetime, it was stationed in the Moscow Military District. History The corps was formed on 19 February 1877 in the Moscow Military District. Its headquarters was located at Smolensk before World War I. The corps fought in World War I. It was destroyed in East Prussia in late 1917 or early 1918. Organization On 18 July 1914, the corps included the following units.http://www.grwar.ru/regiments/regiments.html?form_type_id=31&id=18&limit_form_id=18 Московский военный округ состав Likhotvorik Alexey 4 April 2015 grwar.ru ru Structure of the Moscow Military District 1 March 2017 1st Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 1st Brigade 1st Neva Infantry Regiment 2nd Sofia Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade 3rd Narva Infantry Regiment 4th Kopore Infantry Regiment 1st Artillery Brigade 36th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 1st Brigade 141st Mozhaysk Infantry Regiment 142nd Zvenigorod Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade 143rd Dorogobuzh Infantry Regiment 144th Kashira Infantry Regiment 2nd Cavalry Brigade 17th Separate Chernigov Hussars Regiment 18th Separate Nizhyn Hussars Regiment 13th Mortar Artillery Division 5th Heavy Artillery Battalion 13th Sapper Battalion Subordination 2nd Army (from 2 August 1914) 12th Army (15 January – 1 May 1916) 1st Army (21 June – 17 July 1916) 12th Army (1 August – 11 November 1916) 5th Army (15 September – 16 July 1917) 12th Army (to December 1917) Commanders Pavel Plehve: 1905-1906 Alexei Evert: 1908-1912 Mikhail Alekseyev: 1912-1914 Lieutenant General Nikolai Klyuev (July – August 1914) Lieutenant General Polikarp Kuznetsov (January 1916 – September 1917) Major General Pavel Adzhiyev (September–October 1917) Lieutenant General Anton Symon (October 1917) References Citations Bibliography Первая мировая война. Правители и военачальники. Биографический энциклопедический словарь. Zaleski Konstantin Veche 2000 5-7838-0627-7 Moscow ru World War I: Rulers and Generals: Biographical Encyclopedic Dictionary Category:Corps of the Russian Empire