The 9th Infantry Division (russian: 9-я пехотная дивизия, ''9-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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and later

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

Organization

The 9th Infantry Division was part of the 10th Army Corps. *1st Brigade (HQ

) ** 33rd Yelets Infantry Regiment ** 34th Sevsk Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade (HQ Poltava, 1905: Kremenchug) ** 35th Bryansk Infantry Regiment ** 36th Orel Infantry Regiment *9th Artillery Brigade.

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

*1871–1876:

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*1876–1881: Nikolay Svyatopolk-Mirsky *1903:

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*1905:

Sergei Konstantinovich Gershelman Sergey Konstantinovich Gershelman (russian: Серге́й Константинович Гершельман, translit=Sergéj Konstantinovič Geshel'man; 26 June 1854 – 17 October 1910), was an Imperial Russian Army general of German descent, ...

*1909: Petr Domozhirov9-я пехотная дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil
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Commanders of the 1st Brigade

*1894–1895: Mikhail Zasulich *1905: Konstantin Zhdanovsky *1909: Iosif Bonch-Bogdanovsky

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

*1905: Vladimir Shatilov *1909: Alexander Vorypaev

References

{{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Poltava Governorate