3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire)

The 3rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army formed on 19 February 1877.

3rd Army Corps
Active	1877-1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Size	~20,000
HQ	Vilnius
Engagements	Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) World War I Battle of Tannenberg

Its headquarters was located in Vilnius.

Composition

• 25th Infantry Division headquartered at Dvinsk

• 1st Brigade

97th Infantry Regiment Livonia (headquarters Dvinsk)

98th Infantry Regiment Yuriev, (headquarters Dvinsk)

• 2nd Brigade, (headquarters Dvinsk)

99th Infantry Regiment of Ivangorod , (headquarters Dvinsk)

100th Infantry Regiment Ostrovsky , (headquarters Dvinsk)

• 27th Infantry Division (headquarters Vilnius)
• 3rd Cavalry Division (headquarters Kaunas)

Commanders

• 02/19/1877 - 04/23/1878 - Lieutenant General Den, Karl-Andrey Efimovich
• 05/04/1878 - 08/05/1878 - Lieutenant General Moller, Eduard Antonovich
• 08/15/1878 - xx.xx.1885 - Lieutenant General Baron Eduard Karlovich Dellingshausen
• 06.07.1885 - 19.10.1894 - Lieutenant General Alkhazov, Yakov Kaihosrovich
• 10/28/1894 - 01/01/1898 - Lieutenant General Dmitrovsky, Viktor Ivanovich
• 01.01.1898 - 05.29.1899 - Lieutenant General (from 06.12.1898 General of Infantry) Maksimovich, Vasily Nikolaevich
• 06/11/1899 - 03/25/1903 - Lieutenant General (from 01/01/1901 General of Infantry) Tchaikovsky, Mitrofan Petrovich
• 04.16.1903 - 06.22.1904 - Lieutenant General Razgonov, Konstantin Iosifovich
• 06/22/1904 - 12/16/1904 - Lieutenant General Prescott, Alexander Eduardovich
• 01/12/1905 - 12/05/1906 - Lieutenant General Volkenau, Ivan Vasilievich
• 1906-1913: Paul von Rennenkampf
• 1913-1915: Nikolai Epanchin

Chief of Staff

• 1904-1906: Alexander Ragoza
• February 8 - May 4, 1917: Vladimir Yegoryev

Chief of Artillery

• 1898-1901: D. A. Topornin

See also

• List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units

References