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Imperial Russian 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 ...
formations and units in 1914 prior to
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mobilisation for the Russian invasion of Prussia and the liberation Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. The prewar
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was:
military district Military districts (also called military regions) are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and ...
,
corps Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...
(or ''Army corps''), then to
division Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military *Division (military), a formation typically consisting ...
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brigade A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. Br ...
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regiment A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation. In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted ...
, and then the regiment's
battalion A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,200 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). In some countries, battalions are ...
s. After mobilisation in the event of war the chain of command of the
Imperial Russian 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 ...
ran from
Stavka The ''Stavka'' (Russian and Ukrainian: Ставка) is a name of the high command of the armed forces formerly in the Russian Empire, Soviet Union and currently in Ukraine. In Imperial Russia ''Stavka'' referred to the administrative staff, a ...
, the Russian general headquarters, which was created during mobilization, to
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-level (
Army group An army group is a military organization consisting of several field armies, which is self-sufficient for indefinite periods. It is usually responsible for a particular geographic area. An army group is the largest field organization handled by ...
) also created during mobilization, to the Army level. Army headquarters were created during mobilization by transformation of the military district headquarters. Below Army level the chain was the same as in peace-time; corps (or ''Army corps'' (terms used interchangeably), division, brigade, and regiment. ;Abbreviations used: *ACorps =
Army Corps Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...
(ak = armeysky korpus) *MD =
Military district Military districts (also called military regions) are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and ...
(VO = voenny okrug) *GrenCorps = Grenadier Corps (Gren. k = Grenadersky korpus) *LGrd =
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(l.-gv. = leyb-gvardi) *SibCorps = Siberian Corps (Sib. k = Sibirsky korpus) *TurkCorps = Turkestan Corps (Turk. k = Turkestansky korpus)


Fronts

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Northwestern Front The Northwestern Front (Russian: ''Северо-Западный фронт'') was a military formation of the Red Army during the Winter War and World War II. It was operational with the 7th and 13th Armies during the Winter War. It was re-cre ...
(until August 1915) ** Northern Front (from August 1915) ** Western Front (from August 1915) * Southwestern Front *
Romanian Front The Romanian Front ( ro, Frontul Românesc, FR) was a moderate fascist party created in Romania in 1935. Led by former Prime Minister Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, it originated as a right-wing splinter group from the mainstream National Peasants' Part ...
* Caucasus Front


Armies

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List of Russian armies in World War I List of Russian armies in World War I This page is a list of Russian army formations existing during World War I. * 1st Army * 2nd Army * 3rd Army * 4th Army * 5th Army * 6th Army * 7th Army * 8th Army * 9th Army * 10th Army * 11t ...


The Guards


1st Guards Corps

Located in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and surroundings —
Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
,
Petergof Petergof (russian: Петерго́ф), known as Petrodvorets () from 1944 to 1997, is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. The town hosts ...
and
Gatchina The town of Gatchina ( rus, Га́тчина, , ˈɡatːɕɪnə, links=y) serves as the administrative center of the Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies south-south-west of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway which ...
, excepted the 3rd Infantry Division (3 ID) and the Independent Cavalry Brigade (ICavBr), located in
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
and subordinated to the XXIII AC


Fortresses

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Brest-Litovsk Fortress Brest Fortress ( be, Брэсцкая крэпасць, '; pl, Twierdza brzeska, russian: Брестская крепость), formerly known as Brest-Litoŭsk Fortress, is a 19th-century fortress in Brest, Belarus. In 1965, the title "H ...
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Warsaw Fortress Warsaw Fortress ( pl, Twierdza Warszawa, russian: Варшавская крепость) was a system of fortifications built in Warsaw, Poland during the 19th century when the city was part of the Russian Empire. The fortress belonged to a chain ...
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Ivangorod Fortress Ivangorod Fortress (russian: Ивангородская крепость, et, Jaanilinna linnus, vot, Jaanilidna) is a 15th century castle in Ivangorod, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on the east bank of the Narva river which curre ...
* Zegrze Fortress *
Łomża Łomża (), in English known as Lomza, is a city in north-eastern Poland, approximately 150 kilometers (90 miles) to the north-east of Warsaw and west of Białystok. It is situated alongside the Narew river as part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship si ...
* Novogeorgievsk Fortress *
Osowiec Fortress Osowiec Fortress (Polish: ''Twierdza Osowiec'', Russian: ''Крепость Осовец'') is a 19th-century fortress built by the Russian Empire, located in what is now north-eastern Poland. It saw heavy fighting during World War I when it ...
* Ostrolenka *
Pułtusk Pułtusk (pronounced ) is a town in northeast Poland, by the river Narew. Located north of Warsaw in the Masovian Voivodeship, it had a population of about 19,000 . Known for its historic architecture and Europe's longest paved marketplace ( in ...
* Rozhany *
Grodno Grodno (russian: Гродно, pl, Grodno; lt, Gardinas) or Hrodna ( be, Гродна ), is a city in western Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, 300 km (186 mi) from Minsk, about 15 km (9 mi) from the Polish b ...
* Dvinsk Fortress * Kovno Fortress * Libava *
Olita Alytus is a city with Town privileges, municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the Capital (political), capital of Alytus County. Its population in 2022 was 53,925. Alytus is the historical centre of the Dzūkija region. The city lies on t ...
* Ust-Dvinsk *
Alexandropol Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...
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Kars Kars (; ku, Qers; ) is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. Its population is 73,836 in 2011. Kars was in the ancient region known as ''Chorzene'', (in Greek Χορζηνή) in classical historiography ( Strabo), part of ...
*Mikhaylovsk (St. Michael's) fortress (
Batumi Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of th ...
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Vyborg Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus ne ...
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Kronstadt Kronstadt (russian: Кроншта́дт, Kronshtadt ), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Kronštádt (from german: link=no, Krone for "crown" and ''Stadt'' for "city") is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of ...
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Peter and Paul Fortress The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Between the first half of the 1700s and early 1920s i ...
(St. Petersburg)


Army Corps

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1st Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 1st Army Corps (russian: 1-й армейский корпус) was a formation in the Imperial Russian Army, formed in the 1870s. It took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, and later, in August 1914, the 1st Army Corps fought as part ...
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2nd Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 2nd Army Corps (russian: 2-й армейский корпус) was a formation in the Imperial Russian Army that was active during World War I. It was headquartered in Grodno prior to the outbreak of the war, and took part in the Battle of Tan ...
* 3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
4th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 4th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 30th Infantry Division * 40th Infantry Division Commanders *1879-1882: Mikhail Skobelev Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev (russian: Михаил Дмитриевич ...
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5th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 5th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 7th Infantry Division * 10th Infantry Division Part of * 5th Army: 1914–1915 * 12th Army: 1915 * 10th Army: 1915 * 2nd Army: 1915–1916 * 11th Army: 1916 * 8th ...
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6th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 6th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 4th Infantry Division * 16th Infantry Division * 4th Cavalry Division Part of * 2nd Army: 1914 * 10th Army: 1914 * 1st Army: 1914 *2nd Army: 1915 * 11th Army: 1917 Co ...
* 7th Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
8th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 8th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 14th Infantry Division * 15th Infantry Division * 8th Cavalry Division Part of * 8th Army: 1914-1916 * 11th Army: 1916 * 9th Army: 1916 * 4th Army: 1916-1917 Command ...
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9th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 9th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition *5th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 5th Infantry Division *42nd Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 42nd Infantry Division *9th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire), 9 ...
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10th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 10th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition The 10th Army Corps was composed of the 9th Infantry Division, 31st Infantry Division and the 10th Cavalry Division. Part of * 3rd Army: 1914-1916 * 4th Army: 19 ...
* 11th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * 12th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * 13th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * 14th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * 15th Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
16th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 16th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 41st Infantry Division * 45th Infantry Division * 47th Infantry Division * 5th Cavalry Division Part of * 4th Army: 1914 - 1915 * 2nd Army: 1915 *4th Army: 1915 * 7th ...
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17th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 17th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 3rd Infantry Division * 35th Infantry Division Part of * 5th Army: 1914 * 4th Army: 1914 * 9th Army: 1914 - 1915 * 8th Army: 1915 - 1916 * 11th Army: 1916 - 1917 *5th ...
* 18th Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
19th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 19th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 t ...
* 20th Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
21st Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 21st Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Their headquarters are in Kiev. Composition * 33rd Infantry Division * 44th Infantry Division Part of * 3rd Army: 1914 - 1915 * 8th Army: 1915 * 2nd Army: 1915 * 5th Army: 1915 - ...
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22nd Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 22nd Army Corps, () was a tactical formation of the Imperial Russian Army based in the Grand Duchy of Finland before the beginning of the First World War. After seeing much service during the war, the corps was disbanded following the October ...
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23rd Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 23rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition *3rd Guards Infantry Division * 2nd Infantry Division Part of * 2nd Army: 1914 * 5th Army: 1914 – 1915 * 8th Army: 1915 * 1st Army: 1915 * 13th Army: 1915 * 3rd Army: ...
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24th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 24th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 48th Infantry Division * 49th Infantry Division Part of * 8th Army: 1914 - 1915 * 3rd Army: 1915 *8th Army: 1915 - 1916 * 4th Army: 1916 * 10th Army: 1916 * 9th Arm ...
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25th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 25th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition *3rd Grenadier Division (Russian Empire), 3rd Grenadier Division *46th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 46th Infantry Division Part of *5th Army (Russian Empire), ...
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26th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 26th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Part of * 1st Army: 1914 * 8th Army: 1914 - 1915 * Russian Special Army: 1915 * 9th Army: 1915 Commanders *1914-1916: Aleksandr Gerngross *1916-1917: Yevgeny Miller Eugen Ludwi ...
* 27th Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
28th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 28th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Part of * 11th Army: 1914 - 1915 * 8th Army: 1915 * 5th Army: 1915 * 12th Army: 1915 *5th Army: 1915 - 1917 *1st Army: 1917 Commanders * 1914-1915 : Nikolai Kashtalinsky Niko ...
* 29th Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
30th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 30th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Part of * 11th Army: 1914 - 1915 * 9th Army: 1915 * 8th Army: 1915 - 1916 * Russian Special Army: 1916 * 4th Army: 1916 - 1917 Commanders *1915-1916: Andrei Zayonchkovski Ref ...
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31st Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 31st Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 t ...
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32nd Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 32nd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition Part of * 9th Army: 1915 * 8th Army: 1915 - 1916 * 11th Army: 1916 Corps of the Russian Empire {{Mil-unit-stub ...
* 33rd Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
34th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 34th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Part of * 10th Army: 1915 * 2nd Army: 1915 *1st Army: 1915 - 1916 * 4th Army: 1916 * Russian Special Army: 1916 - 1917 * 7th Army: 1917 Commanders *January 22-July 2, 1917: Pavlo ...
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35th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 35th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 55th Infantry Division * 67th Infantry Division Part of * 2nd Army: 1915 * 4th Army: 1915 - 1916 *2nd Army: 1916 *4th Army: 1916 *2nd Army: 1917 * 10th Army: 1917 * ...
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36th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 36th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 t ...
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37th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 37th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Part of * 12th Army: 1915 – 1916 *1st Army First Army may refer to: China * New 1st Army, Republic of China * First Field Army, a Communist Party of China unit in the Chines ...
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38th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 38th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Part of The corps was part of the following units during its existence: *13th Army (Russian Empire), 13th Army (from 24 July 1915) *1st Army (Russian Empire), 1st Army (12 August1 ...
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39th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 39th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 t ...
* 40th Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
41st Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 41st Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. 1915-16 * 9th Army 1916-17 As part of the 7th Army the 41st Corps took part in the Kerensky Offensive. Although they consisted of seven divisions rather than the standard four, ...
* 42nd Army Corps (Russian Empire) * 43rd Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
44th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 44th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to ...
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45th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 45th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Part of * 11th Army: 1916 * 9th Army: 1917 * 5th Army: 1917 References *A. K. Zalesskij I mirowaja wojna. Prawitieli i wojennaczalniki. wyd. WECZE Moskwa 2000. {{Russian Empi ...
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46th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 46th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Part of * 7th Army: 1916 * 8th Army: 1916 * 3rd Army: 1916 - 1917 * Russian Special Army: 1917 References {{Russian Empire Ground Forces Corps of the Russian Empire ...
* 47th Army Corps (Russian Empire) *
48th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 48th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Part of * 9th Army: 1916-1917 References Corps of the Russian Empire {{Russia-mil-stub ...
* 49th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * 50th Army Corps (Russian Empire)


Cavalry Corps

* 1st Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) * 2nd Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) *
3rd Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) The 3rd Cavalry Corps (Russian, 3-й кавалерийский корпус) was a cavalry corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition * 10th Cavalry Division * 1st Don Cossack Division * 2nd Combined Cossack Division (1915–1916) * 12th Cav ...
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4th Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) The 4th Cavalry Corps was a cavalry corps in the Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 172 ...
* 5th Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) *
6th Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...
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7th Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, ...
* 1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) * 2nd Caucasian Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire)


Cavalry Divisions

* 1st Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) *
2nd Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) The 2nd Cavalry Division (russian: 2-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''2-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. In 1914, the division was headquartered at Suwałki, part of the 2nd Army ...
* 3rd Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 4th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) *
5th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) The 5th Cavalry Division (russian: 5-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''5-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Cavalry Brigade ** Kargopol 5th Regiment of Dragoons ** L ...
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6th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) The 6th Cavalry Division (russian: 6-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''6-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Cavalry Brigade **6th Regiment of Dragoons **6th Uhlan Re ...
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7th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) The 7th Cavalry Division (russian: 7-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''7-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization * 1st Cavalry Brigade ** Kinbourne 7th Regiment of Dragoons ** ...
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8th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) The 8th Cavalry Division (russian: 8-я кавалерийская дивизия , translit=8-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya) was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army, part of the 8th Army Corps. It was headquartered at Kishinev by 1914. ...
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9th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) The 9th Cavalry Division (russian: 9-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''9-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Cavalry Brigade **9th Regiment of Dragoons **9th Uhlan Re ...
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10th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) The 10th Cavalry Division (russian: 10-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''10-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Cavalry Brigade **Novgorod 10th Regiment of Dragoons * ...
* 11th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 12th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) *
13th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) The 13th Cavalry Division (russian: 13-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''13-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Cavalry Brigade **13th Regiment of Dragoons **13th Uhl ...
* 14th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 15th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 16th Cavalry division (Russian Empire) *
Caucasian Cavalry division (Russian Empire) Caucasian may refer to: Anthropology *Anything from the Caucasus region ** ** ** ''Caucasian Exarchate'' (1917–1920), an ecclesiastical exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Caucasus region * * * Languages * Northwest Caucasian ...


Cossack Divisions

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1st Caucasus Cossack Division (Russian Empire) The 1st Caucasus Cossack Division was a cavalry unit within the Imperial Russian Army. They were headquartered at Kars. Commanders * 1879: S. A. Sheremetev * 1898–1899: Alexei Domontovich * 1912–1915: Nikolai Baratov Nikolai Nikolaevi ...
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2nd Caucasus Cossack Division (Russian Empire) The 2nd Caucasus Cossack Division was a Cossack Division of the Imperial Russian Army before and during World War I. Commanders * 1879–1881: Ivane Amilakhvari * 1903: Ivan Makarovich Orbeliani * 1906–1907: Maksud Alihhanov-Avarski * 191 ...
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3rd Caucasus Cossack Division (Russian Empire) The 3rd Caucasus Cossack Division () was a cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. It was part of the 3rd Caucasus Army Corps. Organization * 1st Brigade * 2nd Brigade Commanders * 1910–1917: Pavel Helmickij * 1 ...
* 4th Caucasus Cossack Division (Russian Empire) * 5th Caucasus Cossack Division (Russian Empire) * 1st Don Cossack Division (Russian Empire) * 2nd Combined Cossack Division (Russian Empire) * 3rd Don Cossack Division (Russian Empire) * 4th Don Cossack division (Russian Empire) * 5th Don Cossack division (Russian Empire) *
9th Don Cossack division (Russian Empire) 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...
* 14th Don Cossack division (Russian Empire) * 1st Transbaikal Cossack division (Russian Empire) *
1st Turkestan Cossack division (Russian Empire) First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
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Transcaspian Cossack brigade (Russian Empire) The Transcaspian Oblast (russian: Закаспійская область), or just simply Transcaspia (russian: Закаспія), was the section of Russian Empire and early RSFSR, Soviet Russia to the east of the Caspian Sea during the second ...
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Caucasian Native Cavalry Division The Caucasian Native Cavalry Division (russian: Кавказская туземная конная дивизия), or "Savage Division" (russian: Дикая дивизия) was a cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army. Formed on 23 August ...


See also

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Military district (Russian Empire) In the Imperial Russian Army, a military district (russian: вое́нный о́круг, ''voyenny okrug'') was a territorial association of military units, formations, military schools, and various local military establishments. This territo ...
- list of military districts. *
Women's Battalion Women's Battalions (Russia) were all-female combat units formed after the February Revolution by the Russian Provisional Government, in a last-ditch effort to inspire the mass of war-weary soldiers to continue fighting in World War I. In the spri ...


Bibliography

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Further reading

* Florinsky, Michael T. "The Russian Mobilization of 1914," ''Political Science Quarterly'' (1927) 42#2 pp. 203–227
in JSTOR
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