The 1st Army Corps (russian: 1-й армейский корпус) was a formation in the
Imperial Russian Army, formed in the 1870s. It took part in the
Russo-Turkish War
The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histo ...
of 1877–78, and later, in August 1914, the 1st Army Corps fought as part of the
Second Army in the
Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 26 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russ ...
. There, it was defeated by the
Germans
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along with the rest of the Second Army. During the rest of
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 fightin ...
, it took part in other operations, up until around 1918.
Composition
The following is a list of units that made up the 1st Army Corps at different points during its existence:
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1874:
*1st Cavalry Division
1903:
*22nd Infantry Division
*37th Infantry Division
*50th Reserve Infantry Brigade
1913:
*22nd Infantry Division
*37th Infantry Division
*1st Mortar Artillery Division
*1st Saper Battalion
*7th Pontoon Battalion
1914:
*22nd Infantry Division
::1st Brigade
:::85th "Vyborksky" Infantry Regiment
:::86th "Vilmanstranski" Infantry Regiment
::2nd Brigade
:::87th "Neishlotski" Infantry Regiment
:::88th "Petrovski" Infantry Regiment
::22nd Artillery Brigade
*24th Infantry Division
::1st Brigade
:::93rd "Irkutski" Infantry Regiment
:::94th 'Eniceiski" Infantry Regiment
::2nd Brigade
:::95th "Krasnoyarski" Infantry Regiment
:::96th "Omski" Infantry Regiment
::24th Artillery Brigade
Commanders
Officers that commanded the corps during its existence:
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 the Russian invasion of Prussia and the liberation Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia.
The prewar chain of command was: military distr ...
Sources
Notes
{{Russian Empire Ground Forces
Corps of the Russian Empire
Military units and formations established in 1877
Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
1877 establishments in the Russian Empire