1st Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

1st Infantry Division 1-я пехотная дивизия 1811 – 1918 Russian Empire Russian Empire 1914 Russian Imperial Army Infantry approx. 20,000 1996 Handbook of the Russian Army, 1914 Imperial War Museum (originally British General Staff) London 978-1870423670 263 Smolensk *Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian invasion of East Prussia The 1st Infantry Division (ru 1-я пехотная дивизия, 1-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1811 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. From at least 1903 to the end of its existence the division was based in Smolensk.http://regiment.ru/upr/B/2/pd/1.htm 1-я пехотная дивизия ru Regiment.ru 2016 8 January 2017 History It was initially formed in 1811 as the 25th Infantry Division, and renumbered as the 1st in 1820.http://guides.rusarchives.ru/browse/guidebook.html?bid=239 Российский государственный военно-исторический архив. Путеводитель. ROSSPEN 2006 978-5-8243-0895-2 Garkusha Irina 2 Moscow ru Russian State Military Archive Guidebook 2017-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20170303202746/http://guides.rusarchives.ru/browse/guidebook.html?bid=239 2017-03-03 dead118 The division took part in the Russo-Japanese War and was located in Manchuria during that time. In August 1914 it was part of the 2nd Army of the Northwestern Front. It was completely destroyed during the Russian invasion of East Prussia by September of that year and was reformed in December 1914. In 1915–17 it was assigned to the 12th Army, 5th Army, and later the 1st Army. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.Russian State Military History Archive. Tome 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20140716050625/http://guides.rusarchives.ru/browse/guidebook.html?bid=239&sid=829131#refid829126 2014-07-16 . 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2017.Russian Army, 4 June 1916 Organization Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade. It was part of the 13th Army Corps as of 1914.http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/RUSS1914.html THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914 Conrad Mark 2001 8 January 2017 1st Brigade 20px 1st Neva Infantry Regiment 20px 2nd Sofia Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade 20px 3rd Narva Infantry Regiment 20px 4th Koporye Infantry Regiment 1st Artillery Brigade Known commanders Name From To1 Lieutenant General Nikolai Bardovsky 1883 18872 Lieutenant General Mikhail Shulgin 24.08.1892 9.01.1900 3 Lieutenant General Vladimir Pensky 1900 1904 4 Lieutenant General Alexander Brilevich 6.12.1904 26.10.1905 5 General of Infantry Dmitry Zuyev 21.06.1907 16.06.1910 6 Lieutenant General Andrei Ugryumov 2.07.1910 after 1.03.19167 Major General Luka Kondratovich 5.03.1916 after 3.01.1917 8 Major General Silvestras Žukauskas 18.05.1917 ? Known chiefs of staff Name From To1 Colonel Mikhail Markov 17.01.1878 27.05.18792 Colonel Mikhail Ivanov 10.05.1892 4.02.18983 Colonel Baron Alexander von Taube 25.10.1901 4.10.1904 4 Colonel Alexander Davydov 2.08.1910 19.06.1912 5 Colonel Ivan Kashcheyev 1913 1.07.1914 References Category:Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Category:Military units and formations established in 1811 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Category:Smolensk Governorate