2nd Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 2nd Guards Infantry Division was a division of the Imperial Russian Army. Before mobilisation for World War I, the division was based in St-Petersburg under the Guards Corps, also headquartered in St-Petersburg.[1]
2nd Guards Infantry Division | |
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Active | 1855—1914 |
Country | |
Branch | |
Type | Infantry Division |
Size | Division |
Garrison/HQ | Saint Petersburg |
Organisation
(Titles in English)
Organisation of the division just before mobilisation for World War I;[1]
- Divisional Headquarters and Staff
- 1st Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters and Staff
- The Moscow Life Guards Regiment
- Life Grenadier Guards
- 2nd Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters and Staff
- Pavlovski Life Guard Grenadiers
- Finnish Life Guards Regiment
- 2nd Guards Artillery Brigade
- Regiment Headquarters and Staff
- 1st Division (battalion)
- 2nd Division (battalion)
Commanders
- 1855–1857: Alexander von Wrangel
- 1858–1860: KA Belgard
- 1878–1881: Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov
- 1881–1885: Timofeyev
- 1891–1895: Stepan Vasilyevich Rykachev
- 1897–1899: Richard Troyanovich Meves
- 1900–1904: Nikolay F Meshetich
- 1905–1906: Vladimir Danilov
- 1906–1907: Ivan Romanenko
- 1907–1908: Adlerberg
- 1908–1910: Mikhnevich
- 1910–1912: Leonid Lesh
- 1912–1913: Vasily Flug
- 1913–1914: Alexander Alexeyevich Resin
Chiefs of Staff
- 1863–1865: Victor Fedorovitch Winberg
- 1865–1866: Kozen
Commanders of the 1st Brigade
- 1913–1914: Kisielewski
Commanders of the 2nd Brigade
- 1893–1894: Richard Troyanovich Meves
Commanders of the Artillery Brigade
- 1901–1904: Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov
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References
- Handbook of the Russian Army. Great Britain. War Office. General Staff., Imperial War Museum (Great Britain). Department of Printed Books. (6th ed.). London: Imperial War Museum, Dept. of Printed Books. 1996. p. 146. ISBN 1870423674. OCLC 35757835.CS1 maint: others (link)
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