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Order Of Battle At Tannenberg (1914)
This is the order of battle for both the Russian and German armies at the Battle of Tannenberg, August 17 to September 2, 1914. Russian Northwestern Front General Yakov Zhilinsky, Front Commander (not present) Maj. Gen. Sir Alfred Knox, British Military Attache (attached to 2nd Army) First Army General Paul von Rennenkampf, Commander Lt. Gen. Gavriil Mileant, Chief of Staff II Corps (transferred from the Second Army, 22 August) – General Sergei Scheidemann 26th Infantry Division 43rd Infantry Division III Corps – General Nikolai Epanchin 25th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division IV Corps – General 30th Infantry Division 40th Infantry Division XX Corps – General Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov 28th Infantry Division 29th Infantry Division Unattached 56th Infantry Division *221st Roslav Infantry Regiment *222nd Krasnan Infantry Regiment *223rd Odoev Infantry Regiment *224th Yukhnov Infantry Regiment *73rd Artillery (Reserve) Brigade 5th Rif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R36715, Ostpreußen, Deutsche Infanterie Auf Dem Marsch
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27th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 27th Infantry Division (russian: 27-я пехотная дивизия, ''27-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. It was a part of the 3rd Army Corps. Organization *1st Brigade **105th Infantry Regiment **106th Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **107th Infantry Regiment **108th Infantry Regiment *27th Artillery Brigade Commanders *1863-1876: Nikolay Kridener *11/01/1876 - 11/08/1888 - Major General (from 08/30/1878 Lieutenant General) Zalesov, Nikolai Gavrilovich *хх.хх.1888 - 03.03.1889 - Lieutenant General Depp, Alexander-August Filippovich *04.16.1889 - xx.02.1890 - Lieutenant General Elzhanovsky, Kazimir Yulianovich *03/04/1890 - 03/07/1891 - Lieutenant General Rykachev, Stepan Vasilievich *03/13/1891 - 12/07/1892 - Lieutenant General Timrot, Karl Alexandrovich *09.12.1892 - 01.18, 1896 - Major General (from August 30, 1893 Lieutenant General) Tyvalovich, Ivan Ivanovich *18.01.1896 - 18.08.1898 - Major General (from 14 May, 1896 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Gurko
Vasily Iosifovich Romeyko-Gurko (russian: Васи́лий Ио́сифович Роме́йко-Гу́рко; 20 May 1864 in Tsarskoye Selo – 11 February 1937) served for a brief period as a Chief-of-Staff of the Imperial Russian Army before being forced out of the country in exile following the October Revolution of 1917. Biography Gurko was the son of Iosif Gurko and brother of Vladimir Gurko. He graduated from the Page Corps, an elite school for the children of Russian nobility in 1885 and from the General Staff Academy in 1892. He served as a military attaché to the Transvaal Republic and rode with the Boer Army in the Second Boer War. He was a military attaché to Berlin in 1901. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 to 1906, he initially held an assignment at the office of the Quartermaster-General of the Manchurian Army, but later commanded a Cossack brigade.Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 137-138. After the end of the war, from 1906 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)
The 1st Cavalry Division (russian: 1-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''1-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Cavalry Brigade **1st Leib-Dragoons of Moscow Regiment **1st Leib-Uhlan of St. Petersburg Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade **1st Regiment of Hussars of Sumy **1st Don Regiment of Cossacks *1st Horse Artillery Divizion (1st and 2nd Batteries) Commanders *1885–1888: Kazimir Vasilevich Levitsky *1899–1901: Sergei Vasilchikov Commanders of the 1st Brigade *1884–1891: Alexander Kaulbars Alexander Wilhelm Andreas Freiherr von Kaulbars (russian: Александр Васильевич Каульбарс, translit=Aleksandr Vasil'evič Kaul'bars; 25 January 1925) was a Baltic German military leader who served in the Imperial Russ ... 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] |
Georgy Ottonovich Rauch
Georgy may refer to: *Georgy (given name) *Diminituve for Georgina *Georgy, the protagonist in ''Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song * ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical from the novel ''Georgy Girl'' See also *Georgi (other) *Georgiy Georgy (; russian: Георгий, Georgiy; bg, Георги, Georgi) is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. It corresponds to the English name George. The name Georgi is the most used masculine name in Bulgaria an ..., a given name * Georgii (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Guards Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)
The 2nd Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards light cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army. Organisation 1857–1918: *1st Cavalry Brigade **Horse Grenadier Life-Guards Regiment **Her Majesty's Lancer Guards Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade ** Dragoon Guards Regiment ** His Majesty's Hussar Guards Regiment) *2nd Division Life-Guards Horse Artillery Commanders *1882–1884: Aleksandr Puzyrevskii *1886–1890: Victor Fedorovitch Winberg *1901–1905: Georgi Skalon *1906–1909: Aleksei Brusilov *1912-1914: Georgy Ottonovich Rauch Commanders of the 1st Brigade *1913–1914: Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky Prince (Knyaz) Sergei Konstantinovich Belosselsky-Belozersky (russian: Сергей Константинович Белосельский-Белозерский) (1867–1951) was a Russian aristocrat, general and member of the International ... Commanders of the 2nd Brigade *1873–1874: Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov *1896–1898: Sergei Vasilchikov Chiefs of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Guards Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)
The 1st Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards heavy cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army. Organization 1857–1918: *1st Cavalry Brigade **Chevalier Guard Regiment ** Life Guard Horse Regiment, also called the Leib-Guard Horse Regiment or simply the Horse Guards *2nd Cavalry Brigade ** His Majesty's Own Cuirassier Guards Regiment, **Her Majesty's Own Cuirassier Guards Regiment *3rd Cavalry Brigade **His Majesty's Own Cossack Life-Guards Regiment **Ataman Cossack Life-Guards Regiment of H. I. H. the Tsesarevich ** Combined Cossack Life-Guards Regiment * 1st Life-Guards Horse Artillery Division Each regiment comprised four squadrons (or, in Cossack regiments, four ', or "hundreds"); the colonels of the Guard regiments usually were Major-Generals in rank.Other Russian cavalry divisions generally comprised four regiments apiece, each of six squadrons (or ') of the same size -- 150 men and 8 officers -- under a colonel. Commanders * 23.12.1910—30.03.1916 — Nikolai Kazn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 56th Infantry Division (russian: 56-я пехотная дивизия, ''56-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 *1st Brigade **221st Roslav Infantry Regiment **222nd Krasnan Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **223rd Odoev Infantry Regiment **224th Yukhnov Infantry Regiment *56th Artillery Brigade References {{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
29th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 29th Infantry Division (russian: 29-я пехотная дивизия, ''29-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. It was part of the 20th Army Corps. Organization *1st Brigade ** 113th Starorus Russian Infantry Regiment "Old" **114th Infantry Regiment "Novotorzhsky" *2nd Brigade **115th Infantry Regiment "Vyazemsky" **116th Infantry Regiment "Maloyaroslavsky" *29th Artillery Brigade Commanders *1863-1864: Mikhail Likhutin *1869-1878: Alexander Alekseyevich Svechin *1890-1896: Nikolay Dmitrievich Tatischev *1914-1915: Anatoly Rosenshield Chiefs of Staff *1863: Nikolay Matveyevich Turbin *1875-1876: Mitrofan Petrovich Tchaikovsky *1889-1896: Ivan Nadarov Commanders of the 1st Brigade *1902-1906: Alexander Iosafovich Ievreinov Alexander Iosafovich Ievreinov (russian: Алекса́ндр Иоаса́фович Иевреинов, August 28, 1851 – 1929) was an Imperial Russian brigade, division and corps commander. He was made a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 28th Infantry Division (, russian: 28-я пехотная дивизия, translit=28-ya pekhotnaya diviziya) was an infantry division of the Russian Imperial Army. It was part of the 20th Army Corps. Sometimes the division was nicknamed as the river division, because all of its regiments were named after rivers. Those rivers were the Volga, Kama, Don, and the Ural. Many Lithuanians served in this division, with the 109th and 111th Infantry Regiments having particularly many Lithuanians in them. Regardless, the division was assigned to the 1st Army's 20th Army Corps. In the latter half of 1914, this infantry division endured harsh battles in East Prussia, although it met its end with the rest of the 20th Army Corps in the Augustavas Forest. Division's dislocation The division's headquarters were located entirely in Kaunas from 1903 to 1913. The 28th Infantry Division was dislocated in the Kaunas Fortress Kaunas Fortress ( lt, Kauno tvirtovė, russian: Кοвенска ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov
Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov (4 July 1849 – 1 November 1918) was an Imperial Russian Army general of the infantry who was a division, corps and field army commander. He fought in the Russian-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and in World War I. Biography Born on 4 July 1849, Smirnov began his education in the Polotsk Cadet Corps, then transferred to the Pavlovsk Military School on 23 August 1865. On 17 June 1867 he graduated as a second lieutenant and was assigned to the 28th Polotsk Infantry Regiment. On 17 July 1867, he received a promotion to ensign and transferred to the Life Guards of the Moscow Regiment, in which was promoted successively to second lieutenant on 17 April 1870, lieutenant on 30 August 1872, and staff captain on 30 August 1872. In 1874, Smirnov graduated second in his class from the course of sciences at the Nikolayev Academy of the General Staff and was assigned to the headquarters of the Kharkov Military District. On 5 March 1875 he was appointed senior adjutan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The Twentieth Army Corps (russian: 20-й армейский корпус) was a formation of the Imperial Russian Army that was first raised in 1899, and most famous for fighting on the Eastern Front in World War I, most notably during the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes. Before World War I, the 20th Corps was stationed in the Vilna Military District with its headquarters in Riga. At the outbreak of the war, the corps consisted of two infantry divisions and a number of independent battalions and brigades. Many Lithuanians served in this unit with the 28th Division having particularly many Lithuanians, especially in the 109th and 111th Infantry Regiments. Some regiments in this Corps were 80% Latvian. The corps was demobilized in April 1917. Formation In 1899, the corps was formed from the 29th and 45th Infantry Divisions. It was under the command of Lieutenant general Richard Troyanovich Meves. World War I During the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, the 20th Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
