The 1st Siberian Army Corps was an elite unit of the

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 Ar ...

. It was raised in May 1900 and disbanded in August 1918.

History

The 1st Siberian Army Corps was raised in May 1900 under the command of

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Nikolai Linevich Nikolai Petrovich Linevich, also ''Lenevich'' and ''Linevitch'' (russian: Николай Петрович Линевич, uk, Ліневич Микола Петрович; – ) was a career military officer, General of Infantry (1903) and Ad ...

and was one of the two most engaged Russian corps during the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

. It took part in the

battle of Telissu The Battle of Te-li-ssu ( '), also called Battle of Wafangou (russian: Бой у Вафангоу) after the nearby railway station, was a land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. It was fought at a hamlet some north of Port Arthur, Manchuria. ...

, the

battle of Tashihchiao The was a land engagement fought on 24–25 July 1904, during the Imperial Japanese Army's advance toward Liaoyang in first stage of the Russo-Japanese War. Tashihchiao (modern Dashiqiao) is located about southwest of the city of Haicheng, ...

, the

battle of Liaoyang The (russian: Сражение при Ляояне) was the first major List of battles of the Russo-Japanese War, land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, on the outskirts of the city of Liaoyang in present-day Liaoning Province, China. The city ...

, the

battle of Sandepu The Battle of Sandepu (also known as the Battle of Heikoutai) ( ja, 黒溝台会戦 (''Kokkōdai no kaisen''), russian: Сражение при Сандепу) was a major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. It was fought within a group of vi ...

and the

battle of Mukden The , one of the largest land battles to be fought before World War I and the last and the most decisive major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, was fought from 20 February to 10 March 1905 between Japan and Russia near Mukden ...

.Kowner, p. 93 It also took part in

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. Its last major action was at the

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Organization

1904

1st Siberian Rifle Division The 1st Siberian Rifle Division (russian: 1-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия, ''1-ya Sibirskaya strelkovaya diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the earl ...

(Lieutenant General Gerngross) **1st Brigade (Major General Rutowski) *** 1st Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) ***2nd Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) **2nd Brigade (Major General Maximovich) ***3rd Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) ***4th Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) ** 1st East Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade (Major General Lutshkovski) ***4 Field Artillery Batteries (6 guns each) *

9th Siberian Rifle Division The 9th Siberian Rifle Division (Russian: 9-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия, Latin: 9-ya Sibirskaya strelkovaya diviziya) was a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army which participated all major wars of the army ...

(Major General Kondratovich) **1st Brigade (Major General Krause) ***33rd Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) ***34th Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) **2nd Brigade (Major General Sykow) ***35th Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) ***36th Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) **9th East Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade (Major General Mrosovski) ***4 Field Artillery Batteries (6 guns each) ***1 Machinegun Company *Ussuri Cavalry Brigade **Frontier Guard Cavalry Regiment (4 Sotnias) **Frontier Guard Battery (4 Chinese Mountain Guns) **Primorsk Dragoon Regiment **2nd Transbaikal Cossack Battery **1st East Siberian Sapper Battalion

1914

2nd Siberian Rifle Division The 2nd Siberian Rifle Division was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. History The division was first formed as the 2nd East Siberian Rifle Brigade in 1883. In 1904 it was expanded into the 2nd East Siberian Rifle Division. The ...

*Ussuri Cavalry Brigade *1st Siberian Artillery Battalion *2nd Siberian Heavy Artillery Battalion *1st Siberian Ponton Battalion *1st Siberian Radio Battalion

List of Commanding officer

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* {{Russian Empire Ground Forces Corps of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1900 Military units and formations disestablished in 1914