The 3rd Army Corps was an Army

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formed on 19 February 1877. Its headquarters were in

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Composition

The Army Corps composition as of 18 July 1914, at the outbreak of the

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, was: * 25th Infantry Division headquartered at Dvinsk **1st Brigade *** (headquarters Dvinsk) *** (headquarters Dvinsk) **2nd Brigade (headquarters Dvinsk) *** (headquarters Dvinsk) *** (headquarters Dvinsk) **25th Artillery Brigade * 27th Infantry Division (headquarters

) **1st Brigade *** *** **2nd Brigade *** *** **27th Artillery Brigade *5th Rifle Brigade **17th Rifle Regiment **18th Rifle Regiment **19th Rifle Regiment **20th Rifle Regiment **5th Rifle Artillery Division * 3rd Cavalry Division (headquarters

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) **1st Cavalry Brigade *** *** **2nd Cavalry Brigade *** *** **3rd Horse Artillery Battalion ***5th Horse Artillery Battery ***6th Horse Artillery Battery *3rd Mortar-Artillery Division *3rd Engineer Battalion *4th Pontoon Battalion *2nd Communications Company

Personnel

Commanders

Chiefs of Staff

*24 February 1877 — 15 May 1885 — Colonel (Major-General after 1 January 1878) *15 May 1885 — 9 December 1892 — Major-General Ivan Ivanovich Tyvalovich *11 January 1893 — 5 January 1898 — Major-General Stanislav Stanislavovich Novogrebelsky *5 January 1898 — 20 October 1899 — Major-General Nikolai Nilovich Lavrov *2 November 1899 — 17 February 1904 — Major-General Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov *24 March 1904 — 12 October 1904 — Major-General Nikolai Sergeyevich Berdyaev *22 October 1904 — 16 June 1906 — Major-General Alexander Frantsevich Ragoza *23 July 1906 — July 1908 — Major-General Baron Aleksandr Georgyevich Ikskul-von-Gildebant *9 July 1908 — 19 October 1914 — Major-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Chagin *14 December 1914 — 17 July 1915 — Major-General Viktor Viktorovich Eggert *18 July 1915 — 7 February 1917 — Major-General Nikolai Dimitryevich Chausov *8 February 1917 — 4 May 1917 — Major-General Vladimir Nikolayevich Yegoryev *12 May 1917 — 7 August 1917 — Major-General Mikhail Vasilyevich Lebedev *12 August 1917 — 1918 — Major-General Andrey Nikolayevich Suvorov

Chiefs of Artillery

*19 March 1877 - 5 December 1889 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 30 August 1881) Yakov Mikhailovich Kostogorov *9 January 1890 - 4 February 1893 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 30 August 1892) Aleksandr Nikitich Fedortsov-Malysh *4 February 1893 - 19 January 1898 - Lieutenant-General *19 January 1898 - 10 April 1901 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 5 April 1898) *30 May 1901 - 9 July 1906 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 12 June 1903) Aleksey Stepanovich Shepilov *25 July 1906 - 26 October 1913 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 22 April 1907) Dmitry Ivanovich Nevadovsky *18 December 1913 - 16 April 1916 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 12 June 1914) Count *13 May 1916 - 18 February 1917 - Major-General Konstantin Konstantinovich Pilkin *From 18 February 1917 - Major-General

Corps quartermasters

*17 February 1898 - 19 July 1900 - Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Lang, *23 July 1900 - 1905 - state councilor Mikhail Ivanovich Levandovsky *13 November 1905 - 8 August 1910 - Lieutenant-Colonel (Colonel from 12 June 1906) Zenon Avgustinovich Vorotnitsky *16 August 1910 - after 1 March 1914 - Lieutenant-Colonel (Colonel from 14 April 1913) Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vishnyakov

References

Corps of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1877 1877 establishments in the Russian Empire {{mil-unit-stub