1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian: 1-я гвардейская пехотная дивизия) 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.

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

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 Lieb Guard Regiment
    • Semyonovsky Lieb Guard Regiment
  • 2nd Brigade
    • Izmaylovsky Lieb Guard Regiment
    • Lithuanian Lieb Guard Regiment
  • 3rd Brigade
    • Egersky Lieb Guard Regiment
    • Finnish Lieb Guard Regiment

Order of battle in 1914

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

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

Known officer staff

Commanders

The list is incomplete.[1]

NameFromTo
1Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich3 March 1825?
2Adjutant General Nikolai Islenev22 July 183722 September 1841
3Lieutenant General Alexei Arbuzov1841 or 1842?
4Lieutenant General Alexander von MollerJanuary 1846May 1855
5Adjutant General Alexander Gildenshtubbe30 August 18551862
6Lieutenant General Alexander Drenteln18621 March 1871
7Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich23 February 187030 August 1874
8Adjutant General Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich30 August 187417 August 1880
9Adjutant General Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg17 September 18805 June 1884
10Lieutenant General Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov5 January 188419 January 1889
11Lieutenant General Duke Nikolai Obolensky20 January 1890After 1 September 1890
12Lieutenant General Oskar Grippenberg7 April 189712 May 1898
13Lieutenant General Georgy Vasmund18981898
14Lieutenant General Georgy Bobrikov24 August 189815 November 1901
15Lieutenant General Alexander Evreinov15 November 190111 December 1902
16Lieutenant General Count German Stenbok19031904
17Lieutenant General Baron Anton Zaltsa14 April 19041 August 1905
18Major General Platon Lechitsky21 July 190626 August 1908
19Lieutenant General Iosif Mrozovsky26 August 190821 May 1912
20Lieutenant General Vladimir Olokhov30 May 191228 December 1914
21Major General Alexander Gertsyk16 January 19153 July 1915
22Lieutenant General Vladimir von Notbek3 July 191525 April 1917
23Major General Count Nikolai Ignatev29 April 191731 July 1917

Chiefs of staff

This list is incomplete.[1]

NameFromTo
1Colonel Mikhail Shidlovsky1857March 1858
2Colonel Christopher Roop6 April 185818 November 1860
3Colonel Arkady Skugarevsky2 November 188117 July 1888
4Colonel Nikolai Epanchin16 June 189511 September 1900
5Colonel Vsily Butovich25 April 190313 February 1908
6Colonel Alexander Khristiani26 February 190831 July 1913
7Colonel Oleksander Hrekov14 July 1915August 1917

References
  1. "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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