The 6th Infantry Division (russian: 6-я пехотная дивизия, ''6-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 mar ...

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 ...

that existed in various formations from 1806 until the end of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

and the Russian Revolution. From before 1903 to the end of its existence the division was based in Ostrov.

History

The division fought in

and distinguished itself in battle against the Austro-Hungarian 4th Army in 1915. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.Kersonovsky, Anton (1933). ''History of the Russian Army''.

Organization

It was part of the 15th Army Corps as of 1914. *1st Brigade ** Pekh 21 Muromsky

21st Murom Infantry Regiment ** Pekh 22 Nizhegorodsky

22nd Nizhny Novgorod Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade ** 23rd General Field Marshal Count Saltykov's Nizovsky Infantry Regiment ** 24th General Neverovsky's Simbirsk Infantry Regiment *6th Artillery Brigade

Commanders

*1900–1903: Mikhail Zasulich

References

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