1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

1st Guards Infantry Division
1-я гвардейская пехотная дивизия
1-ya gvardeyskaya pekhotnaya diviziya
Active1807 – 1918
Country Russian Empire
BranchRussian Imperial Army
TypeInfantry
Garrison/HQSt Petersburg

The 1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian: 1-я гварде́йская пехо́тная диви́зия) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army which was part of the Imperial Guard. It was headquartered in Saint Petersburg and was part of the Guards Corps. It took part in fighting against Napoleonic invasion of Russia in 1811 shortly after its formation. It was expanded in July 1914 upon the mobilization of the Russian Imperial Army, and took part in fighting on the Eastern Front of World War I. The division was demobilized in 1918 after the Russian Revolution.

History

The unit was initially formed on 15 June 1807 as the 1st Infantry Division. It was renamed "Guards" Infantry Division on 11 November 1811. For most of its history it was stationed in St Petersburg and was part of the Petersburg Military District upon its creation.[1][2]

Order of battle upon formation

When it was founded in 1807 the unit consisted of the following:[1]

In 1811 it was expanded and grew to include:[1]

  • 1st Brigade
    • Preobrazhensky Leib Guard Regiment
    • Semyonovsky Leib Guard Regiment
  • 2nd Brigade
    • Izmaylovsky Leib Guard Regiment
    • Lithuanian Leib Guard Regiment
  • 3rd Brigade
    • Egersky Leib Guard Regiment
    • Finnish Leib Guard Regiment

Order of battle in 1914

From the early 1900s to 1917 the division consisted of the following:[1][3]

  • 1st Brigade
    • Preobrazhensky Leib Guard Regiment
    • Semyonovsky Leib Guard Regiment
  • 2nd Brigade
    • Izmaylovsky Leib Guard Regiment
    • Egersky Leib Guard Regiment
  • 1st Life Guards Artillery Brigade

Known officer staff

Commanders

The list is incomplete.[1]

Name From To
1 Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich 3 March 1825 ?
2 Adjutant General Nikolai Islenev 22 July 1837 22 September 1841
3 Lieutenant General Alexei Arbuzov 1841 or 1842 ?
4 Lieutenant General Alexander von Moller January 1846 May 1855
5 Adjutant General Alexander Gildenshtubbe 30 August 1855 1862
6 Lieutenant General Alexander Drenteln 1862 1 March 1871
7 Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich 23 February 1870 30 August 1874
8 Adjutant General Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich 30 August 1874 17 August 1880
9 Adjutant General Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg 17 September 1880 5 June 1884
10 Lieutenant General Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov 5 January 1884 19 January 1889
11 Lieutenant General Duke Nikolai Obolensky 20 January 1890 After 1 September 1890
12 Lieutenant General Oskar Grippenberg 7 April 1897 12 May 1898
13 Lieutenant General Georgy Vasmund 1898 1898
14 Lieutenant General Georgy Bobrikov 24 August 1898 15 November 1901
15 Lieutenant General Alexander Evreinov 15 November 1901 11 December 1902
16 Lieutenant General Count German Stenbok 1903 1904
17 Lieutenant General Baron Anton Zaltsa 14 April 1904 1 August 1905
18 Major General Platon Lechitsky 21 July 1906 26 August 1908
19 Lieutenant General Iosif Mrozovsky 26 August 1908 21 May 1912
20 Lieutenant General Vladimir Olokhov 30 May 1912 28 December 1914
21 Major General Alexander Gertsyk 16 January 1915 3 July 1915
22 Lieutenant General Vladimir von Notbek 3 July 1915 25 April 1917
23 Major General Count Nikolai Ignatev 29 April 1917 31 July 1917

Chiefs of staff

This list is incomplete.[1]

Name From To
1 Colonel Mikhail Shidlovsky 1857 March 1858
2 Colonel Christopher Roop 6 April 1858 18 November 1860
3 Colonel Arkady Skugarevsky 2 November 1881 17 July 1888
4 Colonel Nikolai Epanchin 16 June 1895 11 September 1900
5 Colonel Vsily Butovich 25 April 1903 13 February 1908
6 Colonel Alexander Khristiani 26 February 1908 31 July 1913
7 Colonel Oleksander Hrekov 14 July 1915 August 1917

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "1-я гвардейская пехотная дивизия". Regiment.ru. 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ^ Bezugolny (2012)
  3. ^ "1-я гвардейская пехотная дивизия". ria1914.info. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

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