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.[1]

2nd Guards Infantry Division
Active1855—1914
Country Russian Empire
Branch Imperial Russian Army
TypeInfantry Division
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQSaint Petersburg

Organisation

(Titles in English)

Organisation of the division just before mobilisation for World War I;[1]

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

Commanders of the 1st Brigade
  • 1913–1914: Kisielewski

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

Commanders of the Artillery Brigade

References
  1. Handbook of the Russian Army. Great Britain. War Office. General Staff., Imperial War Museum (Great Britain). Department of Printed Books. (6th ed.). London: Imperial War Museum, Dept. of Printed Books. 1996. p. 146. ISBN 1870423674. OCLC 35757835.CS1 maint: others (link)


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