- Source: 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.
Organisation
(Titles in English)
Organisation of the division just before mobilisation for World War I;
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