1st Army Corps (Russian Empire)

The 1st Army Corps (Russian: 1-й армейский корпус) was a formation in the Imperial Russian Army, formed in the 1870s. It took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877—78, and later, in August 1914, the 1st Army Corps fought as part of the Second Army in the Battle of Tannenberg. There, it was defeated by the Germans along with the rest of the Second Army. During the rest of World War I, it took part in other operations, up until around 1918.[1]

1st Army Corps
Active1877—1918
Country Russian Empire
Russian Republic
Branch Imperial Russian Army
Size~20,000
HQSaint Petersburg
EngagementsRusso-Turkish War (1877–78)
World War I
Commanders
Notable
commanders		See "Commanders" section

Composition

The following is a list of units that made up the 1st Army Corps at different points during its existence:[1]

1874:

  • 1st Cavalry Division

1903:

  • 22nd Infantry Division
  • 37th Infantry Division
  • 50th Reserve Infantry Brigade

1913:

  • 22nd Infantry Division
  • 37th Infantry Division
  • 1st Mortar Artillery Division
  • 1st Saper Battalion
  • 7th Pontoon Battalion

1914:

  • 22nd Infantry Division
1st Brigade
85th "Vyborksky" Infantry Regiment
86th "Vilmanstranski" Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade
87th "Neishlotski" Infantry Regiment
88th "Petrovski" Infantry Regiment
22nd Artillery Brigade
  • 24th Infantry Division
1st Brigade
93rd "Irkutski" Infantry Regiment
94th 'Eniceiski" Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade
95th "Krasnoyarski" Infantry Regiment
96th "Omski" Infantry Regiment
24th Artillery Brigade

Commanders

Officers that commanded the corps during its existence:[1]

1st Army Corps commanders
AppointedCommanderDismissed
1 November 1876Infantry General Alexander Petrovich Barklai de-Tolli-Veimarn19 January 1888
19 January 1888Infantry General Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov26 May 1896
14 June 1896General Adjutant Feofil Egorovich Meindorf19 December 1905
19 December 1905Lieutenant General Nikolay Iudovich Ivanov11 June 1906
9 November 1906Infantry General Anton von Saltza8 June 1908
8 June 1908Artillery General Vladimir Nikolayevich Nikitin11 March 1911
17 March 1911Infantry General Leonid Artamonov18 August 1914
August 1914Infantry General Leonid-Otto Ottovich Sirilius?
6 October 1914Lieutenant General Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich13 April 1916
18 April 1916Major General Vasily Timofeyvich GavrilovAfter 1 December 1916
December 1916Lieutenant General Nikolai Ilyich BulatovApril 1917
2 April 1917Lieutenant General Alexander Sergeyvich Lukomsky2 June 1917
June 1917Lieutenant General Leonid Mitrofanovich Bolhovitinov?

See also

Sources

Notes
  1. 1-й армейский корпус | 1st Army Corps regiment.ru (In Russian)

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