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5th Siberian Rifle Division (Russian Empire)
The 5th Siberian Rifle Division (; 5''-ya Sibirskaya Strelkovaya Diviziya)'' was an infantry unit of the Imperial Russian Army. The division was formed in 1904 from a brigade, fighting in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. History The 5th Division traced its lineage back to the 1895 formation of the 1st East Siberian Line Brigade. On 4 July 1900 it was redesignated the 5th East Siberian Rifle Brigade, consisting of the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th East Siberian Rifle Regiments. The brigade fought in Russian invasion of Manchuria during the Boxer Rebellion. The 17th and 18th Regiments received cap badges for the Sungari Campaign, and the 20th received a cap badge for "distinction in 1900." On 10 February 1904 it was upgraded into the 5th East Siberian Rifle Division. The division fought in the Russo-Japanese War as part of the 2nd Siberian Army Corps. Between 17 and 18 July 1904, it participated in the Battle of Kangualin. In 1910, it became the 5th Siberian Rifle Division ... [...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] |
Infantry Divisions Of The Russian Empire
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine infantry. Although disused in modern times, heavy infantry also commonly made up the bulk of many historic armies. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery have traditionally made up the core of the combat arms professions of various armies, with the infantry almost always comprising the largest portion of these forces. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French ''infanterie'', from older Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin '' īnfāns'' (without speech, newborn, foolish), from which English also gets ''infant''. The individual-soldier term ''infantryma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Milodanovich
Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may be in more than one section.'' Arts and entertainment * Yevgeny Aryeh (1947–2022), Israeli theater director, playwright, scriptwriter and set designer *Yevgeni Bauer (1865–1917), Russian film director and screenwriter * Yevgeni Grishkovetz (born 1967), Russian writer, dramatist, stage director and actor *Evgeny Kissin (born 1971), Russian pianist *Yevgeny Leonov (1926–1994), Soviet and Russian actor *Yevgeni Mokhorev (born 1967), Russian photographer * Evgeny Mravinsky (1903–1988), Russian conductor *Evgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002), Russian conductor * Yevgeni Urbansky (1932–1965), Soviet Russian actor *Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev (1926–1992), Soviet and Russian actor *Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017), Soviet and Russian poet *Yevgeny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genrikh Liliyental
Genrikh ( cyrl, Генрих) is a masculine Russian given name derived from the Germanic name Heinrich, a variant of Henry. Notable people with the name include: *Genrich Altshuller (1926–1998), Soviet engineer, inventor and scientist, journalist and writer * Genrikh Borovik (born 1929), Russian publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker, the father of journalist Artyom Borovik * Genrikh Fedosov (1932–2005), Soviet football player * Genrikh Gasparyan (1910–1995), Armenian chess player, composer and writer *Genrikh Graftio, Russian/Soviet engineer credited as a pioneer of the hydroelectric station construction, one of the founders of the GOELRO plan * Genrikh Lyushkov (1900–1945), officer in the Soviet secret police NKVD and its highest-ranking defector * Genrikh Manizer (1889–1917), Russian ethnographer *Genrikh Novozhilov, Soviet and Russian aircraft designer,key designer of multiple Ilyushin passenger aircraft including the Il-18, Il-62, Il-76, and Il-96 *Genrikh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Voloshinov
Fyodor, Fedor (russian: Фёдор) or Feodor is the Russian form of the name "Theodore" meaning “God’s Gift”. Fedora () is the feminine form. Fyodor and Fedor are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may refer to: Given names ;Fedor *Fedor Andreev (born 1982), Russian / Canadian figure skater *Fedor von Bock (1880–1945), German field marshal of World War II * Fedor Bondarchuk (born 1967), Russian film director, actor, producer, clipmaker, TV host *Fedor Emelianenko (born 1976), Russian mixed martial arts fighter * Fedor Flinzer (1832–1911), German illustrator * Fedor den Hertog (1946–2011), Dutch cyclist *Fedor Klimov (born 1990), Russian skater * Fedor Tyutin, Russian ice hockey player ;Feodor *Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), Russian opera singer *Feodor Machnow (1878–1912), "The Russian Giant" * Feodor Vassilyev (1707–1782), whose first wife holds the record for most babies born to one woman ;Fjodor * Fjodor Xhafa (born 1977), Albanian foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Alexeyev (general)
Konstantin Sergeevich Alexeyev (russian: Константин Сергеевич Алексеев) (born February 26, 1988) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Playing career Alexeyev made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with HC Sibir Novosibirsk during the inaugural 2008–09 KHL season. After spending the first 11 years of his professional career with Siberia, Alexeyev left as a free agent to sign a two-year deal to continue in the KHL with HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow (1946–present, russian: ЦСКА Москва, Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии, ''Central Sports Club of the Army, Moscow'') is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. The club i ... on May 1, 2016. In the 2016–17 season, after just 16 games with CSKA, Alexeyev was traded back to original club, Sibi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troitskosavsk
Kyakhta (russian: Кя́хта, ; bua, Хяагта, Khiaagta, ; mn, Хиагт, Hiagt, ) is a town and the administrative center of Kyakhtinsky District in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Kyakhta River near the Mongolia–Russia border. The town stands directly opposite the Mongolian border town of Altanbulag. Population: From 1727 it was the border crossing for the Kyakhta trade between Russia and China. Etymology The Buryat name means ''place covered with couch grass,'' and is derived from Mongolian word , meaning ''couch grass''. Geography The region where Kyakhta stands is advantageous for Russo-Chinese trade. The Siberian River Routes connect the fur-bearing lands of Siberia to Lake Baikal. From there, the Selenga River valley is the natural route through the mountains southeast of Lake Baikal out onto the plains of Mongolia. History Kyakhta was founded in 1727 soon after the Treaty of Kyakhta was negotiated just north at Selenginsk. It was the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga. According to the 2021 Census, 437,565 people lived in Ulan-Ude; up from 404,426 recorded in the 2010 Census, making the city the third-largest in the Russian Far East by population. Names Ulan-Ude was first called Udinskoye (, ) for its location on the Uda River. It was founded as a small fort in 1666. From around 1735, the settlement was called Udinsk (, ) and was granted town status under that name in 1775. It was renamed Verkhneudinsk (, ; "Upper Udinsk") in 1783, to differentiate it from Nizhneudinsk ("Lower Udinsk") lying on a different Uda River near Irkutsk which was granted town status that year. The descriptors "upper" and "lower" refer to the positions of the two cities relative to each other, rather than the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beryozovka, Russia
Beryozovka (russian: Берёзовка) or Berezovka is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities Altai Krai As of 2012, twelve rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name: * Berezovka, Barnaul, Altai Krai, a settlement in Nauchnogorodokskaya Settlement Administration under the administrative jurisdiction of Leninsky City District under the administrative jurisdiction of the city of krai significance of Barnaul; * Berezovka, Charyshsky District, Altai Krai, a '' selo'' in Berezovsky Selsoviet of Charyshsky District; * Berezovka, Khabarsky District, Altai Krai, a settlement in Martovsky Selsoviet of Khabarsky District; * Berezovka, Krasnogorsky District, Altai Krai, a ''selo'' in Berezovsky Selsoviet of Krasnogorsky District; * Berezovka, Krasnoshchyokovsky District, Altai Krai, a ''selo'' in Berezovsky Selsoviet of Krasnoshchyokovsky District; * Berezovka, Pervomaysky District, Altai Krai, a ''selo'' in Berezovsky Selsoviet of Pervomays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
