• Source: 1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

    • 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.


    Order of battle upon formation


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

    Preobrazhensky Regiment
    Semyonovsky Regiment
    Izmaylovsky Regiment
    Egersky Regiment
    In 1811 it was expanded and grew to include:

    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:

    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

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    The list is incomplete.


    = Chiefs of staff

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    This list is incomplete.


    References




    Books


    Bezugolny, Alexei (2012). История военно-окружной системы в России 1862–1918 (History of the Military District System in Russia 1862–1918) (in Russian). ISBN 978-5-227-03506-6.

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