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
Active1855—1914
Country Russian Empire
Branch Imperial Russian Army
TypeInfantry Division
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQSaint Petersburg

Organisation

(Titles in English)

Organisation of the division just before mobilisation for World War I;[1]

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

Commanders of the 1st Brigade
  • 1913–1914: Kisielewski

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

Commanders of the Artillery Brigade
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References
  1. 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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