The 42nd Infantry Division (russian: 42-я пехотная дивизия, ''42-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') 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 ...
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
The 42nd Infantry Division was part of the
9th Army Corps.
*1st Brigade
**165th Infantry Regiment
**166th Infantry Regiment
*2nd Brigade
**167th Infantry Regiment
**168th Infantry Regiment
*42nd Artillery Brigade
Commanders
*1907-1913:
Nikolai Epanchin
Nikolai Alexeyevich Epanchin (Russian, Николай Алексеевич Епанчин, 1857 - 1941) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander. He fought in World War I against the Ottoman Empire.
Awards
*Order of Saint Anna, 4th ...
References
{{Russian Empire Divisions
Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire
Military units and formations disestablished in 1918