The 22nd Army Corps, () was a tactical formation of the Imperial Russian Army based in the

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before the beginning of the

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. After seeing much service during the war, the corps was disbanded following the

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Russian Empire

In 1905, as part of the ongoing re-organisation of the Imperial Russian Army's higher-up fighting review, the 22nd Army Corps was formed with its headquarters in

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, today the Finnish capital of Helsinki. This new corps was known as the "Finnish/Finland Corps", as its troops were exclusively from the Grand Duchy of Finland, a sub-division of the Russian Empire. On formation, the new corps was assigned to the Saint Petersburg Military District, itself headquartered just over the border in the capital; Saint Petersburg.Official Russian Archives, ''КОРПУСА ПЕРИОДА ПЕРВОЙ МИРОВОЙ ВОЙНЫ'' (2006). Russian State Military Historical Archive, Russian Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2020.''22-й армейский корпус'' at History of the Russian Imperial Army
Retrieved 30 October 2020. When the

began, the corps was placed under the command of the 9th Army and transferred from army to army while seeing action of the Eastern Front. In November 1917, just after the

, the corps joined the new Western Front. In 1917, the corps transferred control to the new

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, and later that year after the

, was disbanded.

Composition

1914

The below organisation is that of the corps on formation: * 22nd Army Corps, HQ in

** 20th Finnish Dragoon Regiment ** Orenburg Cossack Division ** 22nd Mortar Artillery Division ** 22nd Sapper Battalion ** 1st Finnish Rifle Brigade, HQ in Helsingfors *** 1st Finnish Rifle Regiment *** 2nd Finnish Rifle Regiment *** 3rd Finnish Rifle Regiment *** 4th Finnish Rifle Regiment ** 2nd Finnish Rifle Brigade, HQ in

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*** 5th Finnish Rifle Regiment *** 6th Finnish Rifle Regiment *** 7th Finnish Rifle Regiment *** 8th Finnish Rifle Regiment

1916

The structure of the corps after its 1916 reorganisation was:{{cite web, title=Форум "1914 год" : Первая Мировая и Гражданская войны : История и реконструкция, url=http://1914.borda.ru/?1-0-0-00000839-000-10001-0, access-date=27 November 2020, website=Форум "1914 год", language=ru * 22nd Army Corps ** 6th Ugletsky Orenburg Ataman Cossack Regiment ** 8th Orenburg Cossack Regiment ** 30th Separate Don Cossack Squadron ** 22nd Mortar Artillery Division ** 22nd Sapper Battalion ** 1st Finnish Infantry Division *** 1st Finnish Rifle Artillery Brigade *** 1st Brigade **** 1st Finnish Rifle Regiment **** 2nd Finnish Rifle Regiment *** 2nd Brigade **** 3rd Finnish Rifle Regiment **** 4th Finnish Rifle Regiment ** 2nd Finnish Infantry Division *** 3rd Finnish Rifle Artillery Brigade *** 1st Brigade **** 9th Finnish Rifle Regiment **** 10th Finnish Rifle Regiment *** 2nd Brigade **** 11th Finnish Rifle Regiment **** 12th Finnish Rifle Regiment

Commanders

Divisional Commanders''22-й армейский корпус'' at Офицеры русской императорской армии
Retrieved 30 October 2020. * 1905—1905;

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Ivan Makarovich Dzhambakurian-Orbeliani * 1905—1906; LtGen Anton Egorovich Saltz * 1906—1908; LtGen, later General of Cavalry

Vladimir Alexandrovich Bekman Woldemar Alexander Valerian von Boeckmann (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Бе́кман ; tr. ; 12 June 1848 – 26 November 1923) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander. He was on the State Council (Russi ...

* 1908—1912; LtGen, later General of Infantry Peter Smitrievich Olkhovsky * 1913—1917; LtGen, later General of Infantry Alexander Freidrikhovich Brinken * 1917—1917; LtGen Nikolai Afruchev * 1917—1917; LtGen Alexander Alekseevich Bezkrovny

Assignments

Imperial Russian Army Assignments of the corps during the First World War included; * 1914—1914; 9th Army * 1914—1915; 10th Army * 1915—1915; 8th Army * 1915—1915; 11th Army * 1915—1917; 7th Army * 1917—1917; Western Front

Footnotes

Corps of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1905 Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 1905 establishments in Finland 1918 disestablishments in Russia