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19th Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The 19th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition In 1914, the corps included the following units. * 17th Infantry Division * 38th Infantry Division * 7th Cavalry Division * 1st Don Cossack Division Part of * 5th Army: 1914 – 1915 * 1st Army: 1915 *5th Army: 1916 – 1917 Commanders *1905: Lieutenant general Dmitry Rezvoi *1909: Engineer general Evgraf Saranchov *May 1914 – June 1915: Vladimir Gorbatovsky *November 1915 – April 1917: Anthony Veselovsky Anthony Veselovsky (7 March 1865 – 1939) was an Imperial Russian division, corps and army commander. Awards * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1892 *Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1909 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th cl ... References External links Русская армия в Великой войне: Картотека формирований* * Военный энциклопедический словарь. М., Военное издательство ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, Romanization of Russian, 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 Army consisted of more than 900,000 regular soldiers and nearly 250,000 irregulars (mostly Cossacks). Precursors: Regiments of the New Order Tsar#Russia, Russian tsars before Peter the Great maintained professional hereditary musketeer corps known as ''streltsy''. These were originally raised by Ivan the Terrible; originally an effective force, they had become highly unreliable and undisciplined. In times of war the armed forces were augmented by peasants. New Order Regiments, The regiments of the new order, or regiments of the foreign order (''Полки нового строя'' or ''Полки иноземного строя'', ''Polki novovo (inozemnovo) stroya''), was the Russian term that was used to describe mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific Ocean, Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in Genocides in history (World War I through World War II), genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the Spanish flu, 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising French Third Republic, France, Russia, and British Empire, Britain) and the Triple A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Łódź (1914)
The Battle of Łódź took place from 11 November to 6 December 1914, near the city of Łódź in Poland. It was fought between the German Ninth Army and the Russian First, Second, and Fifth Armies, in harsh winter conditions. The Germans redeployed their Ninth Army around Thorn, so as to threaten the Russian northern flank, following German reversals after the Battle of the Vistula River. The German objective was to prevent an invasion of Germany, and thus considered a success, though narrowly avoiding disaster. Background Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich favored Nikolai Ruzsky's plan to invade Silesia on 14 November, with the Russian Second, Fifth, and Fourth Armies. The Russian Tenth and First Armies maintained pressure on East Prussia, while the Eighth Army pressed against the Carpathian passes, the Eleventh besieged Przemyśl, and the Third army advanced on Krakow. Hindenburg and Ludendorff had moved the German Ninth Army to the Thorn area, in an attempt to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Galicia
The Battle of Galicia, also known as the Battle of Lemberg, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia, while the Russians captured Lemberg and, for approximately nine months, ruled Eastern Galicia until their defeat at Gorlice and Tarnów. Background When war came the Austro-Hungarian Chief-of-Staff Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf planned to launch an offensive into Russian Poland with his northern armies (the 1st and 4th). The Russians would far outnumber the Central Powers in the east (especially the Austro-Hungarian armies, which were Russia's primary target), Conrad believed that their best option was an early advance into southern Poland where the Russians would be concentrating their newly mobilized units. Conrad knew that his German allies were committed to an offensive in the West to defeat the Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 17th Infantry Division (russian: 17-я пехотная дивизия, ''17-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Brigade **65th Infantry Regiment **66th Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **67th Infantry Regiment **68th Infantry Regiment *17th Artillery Brigade Commanders *March 1915-April 1917: Pyotr Telezhnikov Pyotr Dmitryvich Telezhnikov (birth surname Schreider; born 31 March 1863) was an Imperial Russian division, corps and army commander. He was made a Poruchik in 1886, a Stabskapitän in 1890, a captain in 1892, a Podpolkovnik ( lieutenant colonel ... References {{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
38th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 38th Infantry Division (russian: 38-я пехотная дивизия, ''38-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Brigade **149th Infantry Regiment **150th Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **151st Infantry Regiment **152nd Infantry Regiment *38th Artillery Brigade Commanders *1865-1868: Fyodor Radetzky *1869-1877: Arshak Ter-Gukasov *1916-1917: Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki (Iosif Romanovich while in the Russian military; sometimes also Dowbór-Muśnicki; ; 25 October 1867 – 26 October 1937) was a Russian military officer and Polish general, serving with the Imperial Russian and then P ... References Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1865 Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 {{russia-history-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ** Olviopol 7th Alfonso the XIII King of Spain's Own Uhlan Regiment * 2nd Cavalry Brigade ** Belorussian 7th Regiment of Hussars ** 11th graf Denisov's Regiment of Don Cossacks * 7th Horse Artillery Division Great War On June 15, 1915 the entire Division under the supreme command of Lt.–General Theodore von Rohrberg (russian: Фёдор Сергеевич Рерберг) finally managed to stop the advance of German forces under August von Mackensen by means of breaking in between the Germans' first and second lines and completely destroying all the means of communication and artillery support, including tens of heavy artillery pieces and machine-guns, suffering just 200 casualties.3 of 4 regiments had participated in the attack, Olviopo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Don Cossack Division (Russian Empire)
The 1st Don Cossack Division was a Don Cossack cavalry division of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Brigade ** 9th General-Adjutant Count Orlov-Denisov's Don Cossack Regiment ** 10th General Lukovkin's Don Cossack Regiment *2nd Brigade ** 13th General-Field Marshal Prince Kutuzov of Smolensk's Don Cossack Regiment ** 15th General Krasnov 1's Don Cossack Regiment Commanders *20 April 1875 – ? - Lieutenant General, adjutant general Ivan Ivanovich Shamshev *4 September 1879 – 16 September 1883 Lieutenant Colonel (after 30 April 1880 Colonel) Konstantin Yefimovich Przhevlotsky *1 September 1889 — 20 October 1893 Lieutenant General *9 December 1893 — 20 August 1898 — Major General *10 November 1898 – 5 August 1900 - Lieutenant General David Ivanovich Orlov *18 September 1900 – 6 May 1901 - Major General Ippolit Appolovich Pozdeyev *1 February 1913 – after 1 April 1914 - Lieutenant General Aleksei Lvovich Vershinin *18 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian Fifth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war. Action The 5th Army saw action at the Battle of Rawa, (3–11 September 1914). Under the command of General Pavel Plehve, they advanced into a forty-mile gap in the Austrian line between the Austrian First and Fourth armies. The Austrian chief of staff, General Franz Conrad, ordered a general retreat: the Austrians fell back over one hundred miles and lost 350,000 men. The Germans then moved troops from the Prussian front to stop a potential Austrian collapse. accessed 10 September 2010 Deployment *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Army (Russian Empire)
The 1st Army (russian: 1-я армия, translit=1А) was an army-level command of the Russian Imperial Army created during World War I. The First Army, commanded by General Paul von Rennenkampf, invaded East Prussia at the outbreak of war in 1914 along with the Second Army commanded by General Alexander Samsonov. After declaring war on the German Empire, the Russian Empire had been able to mobilize very quickly. All Russian forces were put under the command of Grand Duke Nikolai and his Quartermaster General Yuri Danilov. The invading forces made a determined and speedy attack on East Prussia. However, the First and Second Armies were stopped by the German Eighth Army, led by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and his chief of staff, General Erich Ludendorff. The German and Russian armies met at Tannenberg, where the Second Army was encircled and suffered complete destruction. Both the First and Second Armies suffered terrible casualties in one of the most comprehensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Rezvoi
Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριος ''Dēmētrios'' ). The meaning of the name is "devoted to, dedicated to, or follower of Demeter" (Δημήτηρ, ''Dēmētēr''), "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture. Short forms of the name from the 13th–14th centuries are Mit, Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (, or ); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha etc. (, etc.) St. Dimitri's Day The feast of the martyr Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 ld Style October 26 The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Julian Calendar) See also: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar. The Saturday before October 26/November 8 is called Demetr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
