The 2nd Grenadier Division was an
infantry
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unit in the
Imperial Russian Army as part of the
Grenadier Corps. Its headquarters was located at
Moscow
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. Notable engagements of the division include the
French invasion of Russia.
Organization
1812
* 1st Brigade
** Kiev Grenadier Regiment
** Moscow Grenadier Regiment
* 2nd Brigade
** Astrakhan Grenadier Regiment
** Fanagoria Grenadier Regiment
* 3rd Brigade
** Siberian Grenadier Regiment
** The Little Russian Grenadier Regiment
* 2nd Artillery Brigade
1914
* 1st Grenadier Brigade (
Moscow
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** The 5th Grenadier General of Kiev, Field Marshal Prince Nikolay Repnin, now EVI V. Heir of the Tsesarevich Regiment
** 6th Grenadier General-Field Marshal of the Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich regiment
* 2nd Grenadier Brigade (
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
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** The 7th Grenadier of the Samogit General-Adjutant Count Totleben regiment
** 8th Grenadier Moscow Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Regiment
* 2nd Grenadier Artillery Brigade ( Pavlovskaya Sloboda )
Division Command
Chiefs of the division
* 1812 - Major-General Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Karl August Christian
* 1813 - Major-General Pisarev, Alexander Alexandrovich
* 01.1814 - 1817 - Lieutenant-General
Ivan Paskevich
Count Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erevansky, Serene Prince of Warsaw (russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Паске́вич-Эриванский, светлейший князь Варшавский, tr. ; – ) was an Imperial Russian mi ...
* 14.11.1817 - September 8, 1823 - Lieutenant-General Shakhovskoy, Ivan Leontievich
* 06.01.1826 - Major-General (since 22.08.1826 Lieutenant-General) Poluektov, Boris Vladimirovich
* until 08.12.1837 - Lieutenant-General Poleshko, Stepan Grigorievich
* 12/30/1837 - 12/10/1840 - Lieutenant-General Rozen, Roman Fedorovich
* 12.10.1840 - 19.12.1843 - Lieutenant-General Shulgin, Dmitry Ivanovich
* 19.12.1843 - until 18.01.1849 - Major-General (then Lieutenant-General) Frederiks, Alexander Andreevich
* 01/18/1849 - 1856 - Lieutenant-General Zherkov, Alexander Vasilyevich
* 08.09.1856 - 1863 - Lieutenant-General Voelkner, Vladimir Ivanovich
* 10.1863 - 01.1864 - Lieutenant-General Bel'gard, Valerian Alexandrovich
* 18.03.1864 - 30.08.1869 - Lieutenant-General, Adjutant-General von Patkul, Alexander Vladimirovich
* 11/06/1986 - June 14, 1872 - Lieutenant-General
Apostol Kostanda
* 1876? - 14.12.1877 - Lieutenant-General Svechin, Vladimir Konstantinovich
* 14.12.1877 - 1878 - Lieutenant General Cvetzinsky, Adam Ignatievich
* 1880 - 1886 - Lieutenant General Tsege-von-Manteuffel, Nikolai Maksimovich
* 19.10.1886 - 07/21/1984 - Lieutenant-General
Pavel Grigorievich Dukmasov
Pavel Grigorievich Dukmasov (November 6, 1838 – February 15, 1911) was an Imperial Russian corps commander. He participated in the wars in the Caucasus and against the Ottoman Empire. He was promoted to Polkovnik (colonel) on October 28, 1866, ...
* 08/02/1984 - May 31, 1889 - Lieutenant-General Kvitsinsky, Iosif Ignaty Onufrievich
* 09.07.1898 - 07.01.1906 - Lieutenant-General Buturlin, Sergey Sergeevich
* 09.01.1906 - June 27, 1906 - Major-General Stolitsa, Evgeny Mikhailovich
* 04.07.1906 - 29.12.1908 - Lieutenant-General Ignatiev, Lev Ivanovich
* 29.12.1908 - 26.04.1911 - Lieutenant-General
Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov
Arkady Nikanorovich Nishchenkov (6 March 1855 – February 1940 (russian: Аркадий Никанорович Нищенков) was an Imperial Russian general of the artillery and corps commander. He fought in the wars against the Ottoman Empi ...
* 05/01/1911 - 09/12/1915 - Lieutenant-General Stavrovich, Nikolai Grigorievich
* 09.12.1915 - 23.06.1917 - Major-General Sklyarevsky, Vasily Epifanovich
* 06/23/1917-? - Major-General Dovgird, Stefan Antonovich
Heads of division headquarters
* 14.04.1868 - 12.04.1872 - Colonel von der Launitz, Mikhail Vasilyevich
* 12.02.1876 - 09.05.1881 - Colonel Golovin, Mikhail Ivanovich
* хх.хх.1881 - хх.хх.1885 - Colonel Verigin, Evgeny Alexandrovich
* 05/28/1885 - 02/07/1982 - Colonel Volkov, Vladimir Sergeevich
* 10.05.1892 - 27.10.1893 - Colonel Polyakov, Vladimir Alekseevich
* 10/27/1983 - 11/12/1987 - Colonel Petrov, Alexander Konstantinovich
* 11/15/1977 - 02/02/1901 - Colonel
Kyprian Kandratovich
* 25.02.1901 - 12.08.1902 - Colonel Malinka, Vladimir Ivanovich
* 08/22/1902 - June 1, 1904 - Colonel Russian, Mikhail Alexandrovich
* 06/22/1904 - 05/28/1907 - Colonel von Colen, Constantine Konstantinovich
* 21.06.1907 - 02.11.1911 - Colonel Staev, Pavel Stepanovich
* 02.11.1911 - 31.03.1913 - Colonel Grishinsky, Alexey Samoilovich
* 27.04.1913 - 20.12.1914 - Colonel Dreving, Pyotr Fedorovich
* 20.12.1914 - 16.09.1915 - Colonel Sukhodolsky, Vyacheslav Vladimirovich
* 10/20/1915 - 1917 - Lieutenant Colonel (since 08/08/1916 Colonel) Lukyanov, Grigory Lukich
The commanders of the 1st Brigade
* until 26.08.1812 - Colonel Shatilov, Ivan Yakovlevich
* after 26.08.1812 - Major Kononenko, Andrei Nikiforovich
* 10/01/1814 - 01/31/1817 - Major-General
Nikolai Sulima
* 08/15/1832 - 02/04/1833 - Major-General
Alexander von Moller
Alexander Fedorovich von Moller (1796–1862) was an Imperial Russian division commander. He took in the suppression of the uprising in Poland.
Awards
* Order of Saint George, 4th degree, 1833
* Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1s ...
* up. 1840 - April 17, 1844 - Major-General Skobeltsyn, Nikolai Nikolaevich
* 17.04.1844 - 20.02.1846 - Major-General Smitten, Alexander Evstafievich
* 03.03.1846 - 11.05.1854 - Major-General Friedrichs, Alexander Karlovich
* 1873 - 12.04.1878 - Major-General Tsege-von-Manteuffel, Nikolai Maksimovich
* 24.05.1878 - 26.03.1882 - Major-General Plaksin, Vadim Vasilyevich
* 03/26/1882 - August 28, 1886 - Major-General Molsky, Vitaly Konstantinovich
* 09/22/1886 - February 20, 1889 - Major-General Tugengold, Alexander Vasilyevich
* 02/20/1889 - May 27, 1811. - Major General
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Rittikh
* 07/02/1981 - 02/14/1984 - Major-General Bibikov, Mikhail Ilyich
* 16.02.1894 - 18.11.1895 - Major-General Lyapunov, Alexander Yakovlevich
* 11/30/1989 - 13.09.1899 - Major-General
Mikhail Zasulich
Mikhail Ivanovich Zasulich (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Засу́лич) (December 24, 1843 – 1910) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army, noted for his role as commander of the Russian 2nd Siberian Army Corps in the B ...
* 31.10.1899 - December 28, 1904 - Major-General Stolitsa, Evgeny Mikhailovich
* 14.01.1905 - 27.03.1907 - Major-General Khodnev, Ivan Dmitrievich
* 28.03.1907 - 31.12.1913 - Major-General Mikhno, Sergey Dmitrievich
* 12/31/1913 - 03/05/1914 - Major-General Chaplygin, Alexander Ivanovich
* 08.06.1914 - 29.07.1914 - Major-General Saychuk, Afanasy Semenovich
The commanders of the 2nd Brigade
* until 26.08.1812 - Colonel Buksgewden, Ivan Filippovich
* after 26.08.1812 - Major
Mikhail Zasulich
Mikhail Ivanovich Zasulich (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Засу́лич) (December 24, 1843 – 1910) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army, noted for his role as commander of the Russian 2nd Siberian Army Corps in the B ...
* 09/11/1816-? - Major-General Krishtafovich, Yegor Konstantinovich
* 01.1825-03.1831 - Major-General Emma, Alexander Fedorovich
* 1850-1855 - Major-General Ivashintsev, Sergey Nikolaevich
* 27.05.1882-31.12.1892 - Major-General Lipinsky, Vasily Iosifovich
* 18.01.1893-10.02.1902 - Major-General Smirnsky, Konstantin Ivanovich
* 10.03.1902-28.04.1906 - Major-General Nikonov, Semyon Ivanovich
* 05.05.1906-09.11.1907 - Major-General Kaigorodov, Mikhail Nikiforovich
* 28.11.1907-30.01.1915 - Major-General Malinka, Vladimir Ivanovich
* 03.02.1915-07.04.1917 - Major-General Lesnevsky, Iosif Vikentevich
* 05.05.1917-08.10.1917 - Major-General
Oleksander Osetsky
Oleksander Viktorovych Osetsky ( uk, Олександр Ві́кторович Осецький) (June 24, 1873 Kremenets, Volhynian Governorate, now Ternopil Oblast – February 26, 1937 Paris) was a Ukrainian military officer. He was a general ...
Commanders of the 3rd Brigade
* 1812 - Colonel Levin, Dmitry Andreevich
* Gartung, Nikolai Ivanovich
* 24.08.1824-02.08.1825 - Major-General Shulgin, Dmitry Ivanovich
* Major-General Skobelev, Ivan Nikitich
The commanders of the 2nd Grenadier Artillery Brigade
* 1881 - Major-General Mikhel, Yegor Yegorovich
* 02/27/1981 - 10/19/1982 - Major-General Sokolov, Leonid Alexandrovich
* 19.10.1892 - 29.10.1899 - Major-General Platonov, Leonid Nikolayevich
* 29.12.1899 - 27.02.1900 - Colonel (since 1.01.1900 Major-General with confirmation in his post) Ivanovsky
* 29.03.1900 - 27.09.1902 - Major-General Chersky, Vladimir Yakovlevich
* 10/03/1902 - 17.05.1906 - Major-General Glazenap, Georgy Alexandrovich
* 05/20/1906 - 12.09.1907 - Major-General Slyusarenko, Vladimir Alekseevich
* 12.09.1907 - 29.11.1908 - Major-General Tarkhov, Alexey Nikolaevich
* 17.12.1908 - 05.07.1910 - Major-General Petunin, Alexander Yakovlevich
* 07/25/1910 - 05/31/1912 - Major-General Semyonov, Alexander Ivanovich
* 05/31/1912 - 25.03.1944 - Major-General Davydov, Dmitry Alekseevich
* 09.04.1914 - 1915 - Major-General Kopestynsky, Ivan Grigorievich
* 15.01.1915 - 1917 - Major-General Sozanovich, Vladimir Fedorovich
Literature
* Patriotic War of 1812. Encyclopedia. Ed. VM Bezotosnogo .- Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2004.- 878 p.
* Tolstoy LN War and Peace // Collected Works: 22 volumes. - M .: Fiction, 1979.
Links
2nd Grenadier Division beats Shevardinsky redoubt.Painter IV Evstigneev.1956
* The site of Runivers. Chronicles of the Patriotic War of 1813. Russian Army. 2nd Western Army. 8th Infantry Corps.
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