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16th Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The 16th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 41st Infantry Division * 45th Infantry Division * 47th Infantry Division * 5th Cavalry Division Part of * 4th Army: 1914 - 1915 * 2nd Army: 1915 *4th Army: 1915 * 7th Army: 1915 - 1917 * 8th Army: 1917 Commanders * 12.01.1897 — 01.01.1903 : Mikhail Batyanov * 05.03.1911 — 17.03.1911 : Leonid Artamonov * 31.03.1911 — 13.10.1914 : Platon Geisman * 13.10.1914 — 13.12.1915 : Vladislav Klembovsky * 13.12.1915 — 08.10.1916 : Sergei Savvich * 16.10.1916 — 02.04.1917 : Vladimir Dragomirov * 02.04.1917 — 10.09.1917 : Nikolai Stogov Nikolai Nikolayevich Stogov (10 September 1873 – 7 December 1959) was a Russian general who fought in the First World War and Russian Civil War. Biography He graduated from Nicholas Cadet Corps, Konstantinovskoe Artillery School and joined the ... References * {{russia-hist-stub Corps of the Russian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Army consisted of more than 900,000 regular soldiers and nearly 250,000 irregulars (mostly Cossacks). Precursors: Regiments of the New Order Russian tsars before Peter the Great maintained professional hereditary musketeer corps known as '' streltsy''. These were originally raised by Ivan the Terrible; originally an effective force, they had become highly unreliable and undisciplined. In times of war the armed forces were augmented by peasants. The regiments of the new order, or regiments of the foreign order (''Полки нового строя'' or ''Полки иноземного строя'', ''Polki novovo (inozemnovo) stroya''), was the Russian term that was used to describe military units that were formed in the Tsardom of Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian 2nd Army (2-я армия, ''2А'') was an army-level command of the Imperial Russian Army in World War I. It was formed just prior to the outbreak of hostilities from the units of Warsaw Military District and was mobilized in August 1914. The army was effectively destroyed at Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914. However, it was rebuilt soon thereafter and fought until almost the end of the war. Organization *Field headquarters (''2A'' staff) **Headquarters of the ''2A'' artillery inspector **2nd Army Aviation Detachment of the Imperial Russian Air Service The field headquarters of the 2nd Army was formed from the staff of the Warsaw Military District in July 1914. Towards the end of 1917, the staff was based in Slutsk, Belarus. It was dissolved in early 1918. In the beginning of World War I, the army included the 1st, VI, XIII, XV and XXIII army corps. Near the end of 1917, the army included: *Grenadier Corps *IX Army Corps ** 5th Infantry Division ** 42nd Infa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Dragomirov
Vladimir Mikhailovich Dragomirov (1862–1928) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army. Life Dragomirov was the son of Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov, a prominent Russian General. His brother Abram Dragomirov was also a general in the Imperial Russian Army. Dragomirov joined the Imperial Army, and in 1909 was appointed District Quartermaster for the Kiev Military District, with the rank of major general. accessed 6 January 2009 He served as a general in the Russian army for most of the First World War. During the mobilization on July 19, 1914, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Third Army. Dragomirov commanded the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislav Klembovsky
Vladislav Napoleonovich (Vladimir Nikolayevich) Klembovsky (russian: Владислав Наполеонович (Владимир Николаевич) Клембовский; 28 June 1860 in Moscow Governorate – 19 July 1921) was a Russian military commander during World War I. Alexander Kerensky, head of the Russian Provisional Government after the overthrow of the Tsar, appointed him Supreme Commander in Chief of the Russian Army in August 1917, replacing Lavr Kornilov. Klembovsky later joined the Red Army as a volunteer, but was arrested after the Red army's defeat in Poland by the Bolsheviks The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ... and starved to death in prison.Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr (1986, 2008 Eng. trans.). The Red Wheel, March 1917, Node III, Book 1. (p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Artamonov
Leonid Konstantinovich Artamonov (russian: Леони́д Константи́нович Артамо́нов; 25 February 1859 – 1 January 1932) was a Russian military engineer, adviser and general, geographer and traveler, explorer of Africa, writer, veteran of the First World War and the Russo-Japanese War. Biography Leonid Artamonov, was born in the Ananyevsky Uyezd of Kherson Governorate on February 25, 1859. He studied in the Michailovsky Cadet School, then Artamonov after his graduation from the Military Engineering-Technical University in 1883, he also graduated from the General Staff Academy. In 1897, he was a member of the Russian diplomatic mission to Ethiopia, where he became a military adviser of Negus Menelik II. During 1897–1898, he became a military aide of Menelik during his efforts to modernise the Ethiopian military, which included hiring European experts to provide training to the Ethiopian army. Artamonov was one of a contingent of Russian officer volunte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Batyanov
Mikhail Ivanovich Batyanov (russian: Михаил Иванович Батьянов ) (1835 - 5 December 1916) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army. Biography Batyanov was a graduate of the Sea Cadet Corps (Russia), Sea Cadet Corps in 1852, and served with the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy in the Caucasus campaigns of 1852–1854. As part of a naval infantry battalion, he distinguished himself at the Battle of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, where he was wounded. He was decorated with the Order of St. Anna, Order of St Anne, 3rd class with swords (1854), and the Order of St Vladimir, 4th class with swords (1855) during the war. Afterwards, Batyanov transferred to the Imperial Russian Army, serving with the Imperial Guard (Russia), Imperial Guards followed by the Zhytomyr 56th Infantry Regiment in 1861. He was awarded the Gold Sword for Bravery in the campaigns against the Caucasus War in 1864 and was promoted to colonel in 1867 and commander of the Kab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian Eight Army (8-я армия, ''8А'') was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war. Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the Kiev Military District. The unit was disbanded in the beginning of 1918. At the beginning of the war the 8th Army was composed of the VII, VIII, XII, XXIV Army Corps. Military Fronts in which the 8th Army participated * Southwestern Front (July 1914 - August 1917) * Romanian Front (August 1917 - the beginning of 1918) Commanders * 28.07.1914 – 17.03.1916 — General of Cavalry Aleksei Brusilov * 23.03.1916 – 29.04.1917 — General of Cavalry Alexey Kaledin * 29.04.1917 – 10.07.1917 — General of Infantry Lavr Kornilov * 11.07.1917 – 25.07.1917 — Lieutenant-General Vladimir Cheremisov * 30.07.1917 – 17.10.1917 — Lieutenant-General Michai Sokownin * 18.10.1917 – 21.12.1917 — Lieutenant-General Mykola Yunakiv See also * List of Russian armies in World War I * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Army (Russian Empire)
A number of nations have a Seventh Army: Germany * 7th Army (German Empire), a World War I field army * 7th Army (Wehrmacht), a World War II field army Russia/Soviet Union * 7th Army (Russian Empire) * 7th Army (RSFSR) * 7th Army (Soviet Union) Others * Seventh Army (France) * Seventh Army (Italy) * Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire) * 7th Army (Austria-Hungary) * Seventh United States Army * 7th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) * Seventh Army (Nationalist China) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian Fourth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front. Composition At the beginning of the war, the army consisted of: *Field Office (HQ 4th Army) (formed on August 2, 1914 at the headquarters of the Kazan Military District) *Grenadier Corps * 14th Army Corps * 16th Army Corps * 3rd Caucasian Corps (transferred from Third Army) At the end of 1917: * 8th Army Corps Deployment * Southwestern Front (August 1914 – June 1915) *Northwestern Front (June–August 1915) * Western Front (August 1915 – October 1916) *Romanian Front (December 1916 – early 1918) Commanders *19.07.1914 – 22.08.1914 - General of Infantry Baron Anton von Saltza *22.08.1914 – 20.08.1915 - General of Infantry Alexei Evert *30.08.1915 – 21.11.1917 - General of Infantry Alexander Ragoza See also *List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units This article lists Imperial Russian Army formations and units in 1914 prior to World War I mobilisation for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)
The 5th Cavalry Division (russian: 5-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''5-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Cavalry Brigade ** Kargopol 5th Regiment of Dragoons ** Lithuanian 5th Uhlan Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade ** Alexandrian 5th Regiment of Hussars ** 5th Regiment of Don Cossacks * 5th Horse Artillery Battalion Commanders of the 1st Brigade *1910–1914: Aglay Dmitriyevich Kuzmin-Korovaev Aglay (Aleksey) Dmitriyevich Kuzmin-Korovaev (May 23, 1864 – 1918) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant general and division commander. He was the younger brother of Vladimir Kuzmin-Karavayev.Семь веков служат отечеству, с. ... References {{Russian Empire Divisions Cavalry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 47th Infantry Division (russian: 47-я пехотная дивизия, ''47-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar .... Organization It was part of the 16th Army Corps. *1st Brigade **185th Infantry Regiment **186th Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **187th Infantry Regiment **188th Infantry Regiment *47th Artillery Brigade References {{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
