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1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 1st Guards Infantry Division () was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army which was part of the Russian Imperial Guard, Imperial Guard. It was headquartered in Saint Petersburg and was part of the 1st Guards Corps (Russian Empire), Guards Corps. It took part in fighting against Napoleonic invasion of Russia in 1811 shortly after its formation. It was expanded in July 1914 upon the mobilization of the Russian Imperial Army, and took part in fighting on the Eastern Front (World War I), Eastern Front of World War I. The division was demobilized in 1918 after the Russian Revolution. History The unit was initially formed on 15 June 1807 as the 1st Infantry Division. It was renamed "Guards" Infantry Division on 11 November 1811. For most of its history it was stationed in St Petersburg and was part of the Petersburg Military District (Russian Empire), Petersburg Military District upon its creation. Order of battle upon formation When it was founded in 1807 the unit consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Imperial Army
The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and two forces that served on separate regulations: the Cossacks, Cossack troops and the Islam in Russia, Muslim troops. A regular Russian army existed after the end of the Great Northern War in 1721.День Сухопутных войск России. Досье [''Day of the Ground Forces of Russia. Dossier''] (in Russian). TASS. 31 August 2015. During his reign, Peter the Great accelerated the modernization of Russia's armed forces, including with a decree in 1699 that created the basis for recruiting soldiers, military regulations for the organization of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia (; – ) was a Russian grand duke, the tenth child and fourth son of Paul I of Russia and his second wife, Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, who took the name Maria Feodorovna. He was the younger brother of two Tsars, Alexander I of Russia, Alexander I and Nicholas I of Russia, Nicholas I, and the disputed Tsar Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Konstantin I. Early life Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich was born on 8 February 1798, in the Winter Palace in Russia. He was the youngest child and son of Tsar Paul I of Russia and his wife, Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), Maria Feodorovna (born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg). Mikhail was the only one of his siblings to be 'born in the purple', that is, born whilst his father was Tsar. His godparents were his older brother, Alexander I of Russia, Alexander, and his sister, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Bobrikov
Georgy Ivanovich Bobrikov (Russian, Георгий Иванович Бобриков, 1840 - 1924) was an Imperial Russian division commander. He was the brother of Nikolay Bobrikov. He had another brother, Ivan (1835-1880). He fought in World War I against the Ottoman Empire. After the October Revolution of November 1917, he emigrated to Switzerland. Awards *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1868 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1870 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1871 *Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1874 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1876 *Gold Sword for Bravery, 1877 *Order of Saint George, 1878 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1880 *Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1883 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1886 *Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1891 *Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1898 *Order of Saint Vladimir The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir () was an Imperial Russian order establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Vasmund
Georgy Robertovich Vasmund (Russian, Георгий Робертович Васмунд, 25 December 1840 - 30 May 1904) was an Imperial Russian division commander, lieutenant general. He took part in the suppression of the uprising in Poland and the war against the Ottoman Empire. In 1877 he was made the Commander of His Majesty's Life-Guards 1st Rifle Regiment and in 1898 he was made the Chief of Staff of the Life-Guards Headquarters and the St. Petersburg Military District Awards *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1863 *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1864 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1872 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1876 *Order of Saint George, 4th degree, 1877 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1878 *Gold Sword for Bravery, 1878 *Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1879 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1889 *Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1892 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1894 *Orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Grippenberg
Oskar Ferdinand Gripenberg (; 13 January 1838 – 7 January 1916) was a Finnish-Swedish general of the Russian Second Manchurian Army during the Russo-Japanese War. Biography Oskar Ferdinand Gripenberg was born in Ikaalinen (Swedish: Ikalis), Grand Duchy of Finland, the son of Uddo Sten Casimir Gripenberg and Maria Wilhelmina Elisabeth Ladau. The Gripenberg Family was granted nobility in the Swedish Empire in 1678. was introduced into the Finnish noble house in 1866 His brother, was an admiral in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Obolensky
Prince Nikolai Nikolayevich Obolensky (November 10, 1833 – August 25, 1898) was an Imperial Russian division commander. He was born in what is now Ulyanovsk, Ulyanovsk Oblast. He fought in wars in the Crimea, Poland and against the Ottoman Empire. He had two sons, Vladimir and Alexander. Awards * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1863 * Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1865 * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1869 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1872 * Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1875 * Gold Sword for Bravery, 1878 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1878 * Order of Saint George, 4th degree, 1879 * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1880 * Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1883 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1886 * Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire) The Imperial Order of the White Eagle () was an Russian Empire, Imperial Russian Order (honour), Order based on the Order of the White E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov
Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov (15 May 1825 – 17 January 1906) was an Imperial Russian general and corps commander. He fought in the Crimean War, the January Uprising in Poland and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Rank * Second Lieutenant: 1846 *Poruchik: 1848 *Stabskapitän: 1851 *Captain: 1854 *Colonel: 1859 * Major general: 1868 *Lieutenant general: 1878 *General: 1898 Awards *Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1854 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1870 *Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1874 *Order of Saint George, 4th degree, 1877 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1879 *Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1880 *Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on by Empress Catherine I of Russia. History The introduction of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was envisioned by Emperor ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Danilov, Mikhail Pavlovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Alexander Petrovich Of Oldenburg
Duke Alexander Frederick Constantin of Oldenburg (; , Alexander Petrovich Oldenburgsky; – 6 September 1932) was the second son of Duke Peter of Oldenburg and Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg. Though he had a German title and ancestry, Alexander and his siblings were born and raised in St. Petersburg as the grandchildren of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia. Alexander served as Adjutant general to Alexander III of Russia, and also as commanding general of the Imperial Guard. Alexander was the Russian candidate submitted to succeed Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria, though this nomination failed to gain the support of the other great European powers. At the outbreak of World War I, Nicholas II appointed Alexander, a medical doctor, as supreme chief of the medical service of the military and naval forces. Alexander and his wife Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg were noted for their philanthropy, establishing schools, hospitals, orphanages, and other chari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (; 22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, a brother of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the senior Grand Duke of the House of Romanov during the reign of his nephew, Emperor Nicholas II. Grand Duke Vladimir followed a military career and occupied important military positions during the reigns of the last three Russian Emperors. Interested in artistic and intellectual pursuits; he was appointed President of the Academy of Fine Arts. He functioned as a patron of many artists and as a sponsor of the Imperial ballet.Perry & Pleshakov, ''The Flight of the Romanovs '', p. 35 During the reign of his father, Emperor Alexander II, he was made Adjutant-General, senator in 1868 and a member of the Council of State in 1872. His brother, Alexander III, also promoted his career. He became a member of the Council of Ministers, Commander of the Imperial Guards CorpsAlexander, '' Once a Grand Duke'', p. 139 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander III Of Russia
Alexander III (; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary in domestic affairs and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II, a policy of "counter-reforms" (). Under the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827–1907), he acted to maximize his autocratic powers. During his reign, Russia fought no major wars, and he came to be known as The Peacemaker ( ), with the laudatory title of ''Tsar’-Mirotvorets'' enduring into 21st century historiography. His major foreign policy achievement was the Franco-Russian Alliance, a major shift in international relations that eventually embroiled Russia in World War I. His political legacy represented a direct challenge to the European cultural order set forth by German statesman Otto von Bismarck, intermingling Russian influences with the shifting balances of power. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Drenteln
Alexander Romanovich Drenteln () (1820–1888) was a Russian general. He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of: * Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue, * Chief of Gendarmes, * the last Executive Head of the Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery (1878–1880), * Commander of the Odessa Military District (1880–1881). On March 25, 1879, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt by Russian nihilists. Awards *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1863 *Order of Saint Anna The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, on 14 February 1735, in hono ..., 1st class, 1868 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Drenteln, Alexander Romanovich 1820 births 1888 deaths Military personnel from Kyiv Chiefs of the Special Corps of Gendarmes Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Gildenshtubbe
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
