The 40th Infantry Division (russian: 40-я пехотная дивизия, ''40-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 marine i ...

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 ...

. During the

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on 13 July 1915 the 40th Infantry Division, alongside the 50th Infantry Division successfully defended the Pultusk bridgehead from German forces attempting to cross the river Narew at

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Organization

*1st Brigade **157th Imeretinsky Infantry Regiment (formed 11/6/1863) **158th Kutaisi Infantry Regiment (formed 11/6/1863) The 1st Brigade participated in the

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. From 1892 the 1st Brigade was based at the Babruysk fortress,

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. *2nd Brigade **159th Infantry Regiment **160th Infantry Regiment *40th Artillery Brigade

References

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