11th Siberian Rifle Division

11th Siberian Rifle Division 1910–1918 Russian Empire 20px Russian Imperial Army Infantry World War I 11-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия The 11th Siberian Rifle Division (ru 11-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия; 11-ya Sibirskaya Strelkovaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. History The division was formed in 1910.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 2017-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20170303202746/http://guides.rusarchives.ru/browse/guidebook.html?bid=239 2017-03-03 dead127 On 11 June 1910, Lieutenant General Sergei Nekrasov took command of the division. Nekrasov was still the division commander on 1 June 1911. The division was headquartered at Omsk from at least February 1913. From at least 1 January 1913, its 1st Brigade was at Tomsk with the 41st Siberian Rifle Regiment. From at least February 1913, its 2nd Brigade was headquartered at Omsk.http://regiment.ru/upr/B/2/ssd/11.htm 11-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия Regiment.ru ru 11th Siberian Rifle Division 8 January 2017 10 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111210101333/http://regiment.ru/upr/B/2/ssd/11.htm dead In 1914, the division was part of the Omsk Military District. It consisted of the 1st Brigade at Omsk with the 41st (Novonikolayevsk) and 42nd (Tomsk) Siberian Rifle Regiments, and the 2nd Brigade at Nikolayevsk with the 43rd (Omsk) and 44th (Omsk) Siberian Rifle Regiments. The division also included the 11th Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade, a Siberian Separate Mountain Horse-Artillery Battery and a Siberian Separate Howitzer Battery.http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/RUSS1914.html#DIVISIONS THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914 Conrad Mark 2001 9 January 2017 World War I After the beginning of World War I, the division was moved to the front in mid-August 1914 and became part of the 1st Turkestan Army Corps. The corps, part of the 10th Army, advanced from the Osowiec Fortress against Lyck during late September. On 22 September the division and the rest of the corps reached the German border, and two days later captured Lyck. Advancing father to the north, they reached the Klein Oletzko lake, 30 kilometers north of the border. To the south, on 28 September, the 11th Division advanced through Pisanitsa while attacking towards Prostki. However, Northwestern Front commander Nikolai Ruzsky decided to withdraw the 10th Army back to Russian territory. On 29 September, the main forces of the corps withdrew to Shchuchyn and Grajewo in Russian territory. The corps was then moved to the area of Ruzhany and Pułtusk.http://histrf.ru/biblioteka/pamyatniki-geroyam-pervoy-mirovoy/100-let/sibirskiie-strielki-v-boiakh-za-vostochnuiu-prussiiu Сибирские стрелки в боях за Восточную Пруссию Novikov Pavel 21 August 2014 ru Siberian Riflemen in the battle for East Prussia 28 February 2017 The division was disbanded in 1918.127 References Category:Siberian rifle divisions of the Russian Empire