The 5th Siberian Rifle Division (; 5''-ya Sibirskaya Strelkovaya Diviziya)'' was an infantry unit of the
Imperial Russian Army
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. The division was formed in 1904 from a brigade, fighting in the
Russo-Japanese War and
World War I.
History
The 5th Division traced its lineage back to the 1895 formation of the 1st East Siberian Line Brigade. On 4 July 1900 it was redesignated the 5th East Siberian Rifle Brigade,
consisting of the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th East Siberian Rifle Regiments. The brigade fought in
Russian invasion of Manchuria during the
Boxer Rebellion
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. The 17th and 18th Regiments received cap badges for the
Sungari Campaign, and the 20th received a cap badge for "distinction in 1900." On 10 February 1904 it was upgraded into the 5th East Siberian Rifle Division. The division fought in the Russo-Japanese War as part of the
2nd Siberian Army Corps
The 2nd Siberian Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army.
Composition
1905:
*6th Siberian Rifle Division
*8th Siberian Rifle Division
1914:
* 4th Siberian Rifle Division
* 5th Siberian Rifle Division
Part of
* 1st Manchurian Arm ...
. Between 17 and 18 July 1904, it participated in the
Battle of Kangualin.
In 1910, it became the 5th Siberian Rifle Division and its regiments became Siberian Rifle Regiments instead of East Siberian Rifle Regiments. In 1914, the division's headquarters were located at
Berezovka, near
Verkhneudinsk (now the
Vagzhanova microdistrict of
Ulan-Ude). Its 1st Brigade at Berezovka consisted of the 17th and 18th Siberian Rifle Regiments, both also at Berezovka. Its 2nd Brigade at
Troitskosavsk included the 19th and 20th Regiments, located at Berezovka and Troitskosavsk, respectively. The 5th Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade with two battalions at Berezovka provided artillery support for the division. The division fought in World War I. The division was disbanded in 1918 after the collapse of the Imperial Russian Army.
Commanders
The following officers commanded the division.
* Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 18 July 1904)
Konstantin Alexeyev (3 July 1899 21 June 1905)
* Major General
Pyotr Polkovnikov (16 July 1905 27 February 1906)
* Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 6 December 1907)
Eris-khan Aliyev (16 May 1906 14 August 1908)
* Major General
Fyodor Voloshinov
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It may refer to:
Gi ...
(23 October 1908 9 April 1910)
* Lieutenant General
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* Genrich Altshuller (1926–1998), Soviet engineer, inventor and scientist, journal ...
(13 February 1913 after 1 April 1914)
* Major General
Yevgeny Milodanovich Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include:
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(3 August 1915 19 September 1917)
References
{{Russian Empire Divisions
Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire
Military units and formations established in 1895
1895 establishments in the Russian Empire