The 3rd Grenadier Division was an

infantry 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 i ...

unit in 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 ...

as part of the

Grenadier A grenadier ( , ; derived from the word '' grenade'') was originally a specialist soldier who threw hand grenades in battle. The distinct combat function of the grenadier was established in the mid-17th century, when grenadiers were recruited fr ...

Corps. Its headquarters was located at

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Organization

* 1st Brigade * 2nd Brigade

Commanders

* 1877–1884: Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov * 1884–1889: Nikolai Yakovlevich Zverev * 1892–1894: AA Chelishev * 1905–1909: Yakovlev * 1909–1914:

Vladimir Gorbatovsky Vladimir Nikolayevich Gorbatovsky (russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Горбато́вский, May 26, 1851 – July 30, 1924) was an Imperial Russian army commander. He fought in the wars against the Ottoman Empire and the Emp ...

* 1914–1916: Kisielewski

Chiefs of Staff

* 1885–1886: Nikolay F Meshetich * 1914:

Vladimir Yegoryev Vladimir Nikolayevich Yegoryev (russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Его́рьев; March 16, 1869 – September 20, 1948) was a military commander and military expert of the Russian Empire, Russian SFSR, and Soviet Uni ...

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

* 1816–1821:

Yevgeny Golovin Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Golovin (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Голови́н; 1 May 1782 – 27 June 1858) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army. In 1811 was appointed commander of Fanagoriyskaya Regiment and ste ...

* 1889–1892: Golubev Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Moscow Governorate {{Russia-mil-stub