The 13th Infantry Division (russian: 13-я пехотная дивизия, ''13-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an

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formation of the

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that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of

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and the

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. The division was based in

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in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.

Organization

The 13th Infantry Division was part of the

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. *1st Brigade (HQ Proskurov) ** 45th Azov Infantry Regiment ** 46th Dnieper Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade (HQ

Kamenets-Podolsk Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...

) ** 47th Ukrainian Infantry Regiment ** 48th Odessa Infantry Regiment *12th Artillery Brigade

Commanders

*1812-1813:

Dmitry Neverovsky Dmitry Petrovich Neverovsky (1771–1813) was a Russian military officer and general who served in the Russo-Turkish War and the Napoleonic Wars. He served in the Battle of Smolensk, Battle of Borodino, and Battle of Leipzig, where he was mortall ...

*1879-1884: Andrey Korf *May-October 1886:

Alexander Konstantinovich Abramov Alexander Konstantinovich Abramov () (1836–1886) was a Russian major general. He was serving under general Mikhail Chernyayev during the time of Russia's conquest of Russian Turkestan, Central Asia, Abramov is perhaps best known for leading th ...

*1886-1888: Mikhail Batyanov *1892–1895: Dmitrij Petrovich Dohturov *1895–1896:

Vladimir Nikolayevich Filipov Vladimir Nikolayevich Filipov (November 2, 1838 – May 12, 1903) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant general, brigade, division and corps commander. He took part in the suppression of the uprising in Poland and in the war against the Ottoman Empi ...

*1902-1903:

Konstantin Tserpitsky Konstantin V Tserpitsky (December 11, 1849 – November 14, 1905) was a Russian commander, lieutenant general, participant in the campaigns of 1873, 1875–1876, 1878 and 1880 in Turkestan, the Chinese campaign of 1900-1901 and the Russo-Japanes ...

*1903-1904: Andrey Selivanov

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

*1889:

References

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