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25th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 25th Infantry Division (russian: 25-я пехотная дивизия, ''25-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. It was a part of the 3rd Army Corps. Organization *1st Brigade **97th Infantry Regiment Livonia (headquarters Dvinsk) **98th Infantry Regiment Yuriev (headquarters Dvinsk) *2nd Brigade, (headquarters Dvinsk) **99th Infantry Regiment of Ivangorod (headquarters Dvinsk) **100th Infantry Regiment Ostrovsky (headquarters Dvinsk) *25th Artillery Brigade Commanders *08/15/1863 - 1864 - Lieutenant General Babkin, Grigory Danilovich *until 05.25.1865 - Major General Likhutin, Mikhail Dorimedontovich *05.24.1865 - 02.19.1877 - Major General (from 08.30, 1865 Lieutenant General) Samsonov, Gavriil Petrovich *02/22/1877 - 04/05/1878 - Major General (from 01/01, 1878 Lieutenant General) Kuzmin, Ilya Alexandrovich *04/05/1878 - 01/23/1883 - Major General (from 08/30, 1881 Lieutenant General) Iolshin, Mikhail Alexandrovich *02/18/1883 - 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Coat Of Arms Of Russian Empire
Lesser, from Eliezer (, "Help/Court of my God"), is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Lesser (1851–1926), German physician * Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter and art critic * Anton Lesser (born 1952), British actor * Axel Lesser (born 1946), East German cross country skier * Edmund Lesser (1852–1918), German dermatologist * Erik Lesser (born 1988), German biathlete * Gabriele Lesser (born 1960), German historian and journalist * George Lesser, American musician * Gerald S. Lesser (1926–2010), American psychologist * Henry Lesser (born 1963), German footballer * J Lesser (born 1970), American musician * Len Lesser (1922–2011), American actor * Louis Lesser (born 1916), American real estate developer * Matt Lesser, Connecticut politician * Mike Lesser (born 1943), British mathematical philosopher and political activist * Milton Lesser or Stephen Marlowe (1928–2008), American author * Norman Lesser (1902–1985), Anglican bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Army consisted of more than 900,000 regular soldiers and nearly 250,000 irregulars (mostly Cossacks). Precursors: Regiments of the New Order 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. 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 military units that were formed in the Tsardom of Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 infantry. Although disused in modern times, heavy infantry also commonly made up the bulk of many historic armies. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery have traditionally made up the core of the combat arms professions of various armies, with the infantry almost always comprising the largest portion of these forces. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French ''infanterie'', from older Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin '' īnfāns'' (without speech, newborn, foolish), from which English also gets ''infant''. The individual-soldier te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The 3rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army formed on 19 February 1877. Its headquarters were in Vilnius. Composition The Army Corps composition as of 18 July 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, was: * 25th Infantry Division headquartered at Dvinsk **1st Brigade *** (headquarters Dvinsk) *** (headquarters Dvinsk) **2nd Brigade (headquarters Dvinsk) *** (headquarters Dvinsk) *** (headquarters Dvinsk) **25th Artillery Brigade * 27th Infantry Division (headquarters Vilnius) **1st Brigade *** *** **2nd Brigade *** *** **27th Artillery Brigade *5th Rifle Brigade **17th Rifle Regiment **18th Rifle Regiment **19th Rifle Regiment **20th Rifle Regiment **5th Rifle Artillery Division * 3rd Cavalry Division (headquarters Kaunas) **1st Cavalry Brigade *** *** **2nd Cavalry Brigade *** *** **3rd Horse Artillery Battalion ***5th Horse Artillery Battery ***6th Horse Artillery Battery *3rd Mortar-Artillery Division *3rd Engineer Battalion *4th Pontoon Battali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Turbin
Nikolay Matveyevich Turbin (June 16 (June 4 O.S.), 1832 - after January 3, 1906) was a General in the Infantry (1902) and Russian archaeologist. He was a full member of the (1878) and the organizer and first chairman of the Moscow Numismatic Society (1888). Biography Nikolay Turbin was born into a noble family on June 4 (16 O.S.) 1832 in Yelets in Oryol Oblast. At the age of 9, he entered the St. Petersburg Pavlovsk Cadet Corps. Turbin graduated from the Cadet Corps on August 13, 1852, having been appointed to the Jaegersky E. I. V. Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich Regiment. In 1853, the Grenadier Regiment was transferred as ensign in the Life Guards and in 1854 he began to study at the Nikolayev Academy of the General Staff, from which he graduated in 1856. He was assigned to the General Staff and appointed to the service of the Governor-General and Commander of the troops of Eastern Siberia. In January 1858, he was promoted to headquarters captain with transfer to the General St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Savvich
Pavel Serg. Savvich (Russian, Павел Сергеевич Саввич, 15 February 1857 – 1917) was an Imperial Russian regimental, division and corps commander. He served twice as governor of Kiev Governorate in modern-day Ukraine. Awards *Order of Saint Anna, 4th class, 1877 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1878 *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1879 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1879 *Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1885 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1894 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1896 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1902 *Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1907 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1911 *Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire) The Imperial Order of the White Eagle (russian: О́рден Бе́лого Орла́) was an Imperial Russian Order based on the Polish honor. Emperor Nicholas I of Russia established the award in 1831 as the ''Imperial and Royal Orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Bulgakov
Pavel Illyich Bulgakov (3 August 1856 – 1940) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander. He fought in the war against the Ottoman Empire. He took part in the Russian invasion of East Prussia, a part of the German Empire. On 18 February 1915, his forces were surrounded the German Tenth Army in the Augustow Forest. On 21 February 1915 he and surviving men surrendered. This provided time for the rest of the Russian Tenth Army to form a new defensive position. Bulgakov was taken prisoner by the Germans and remained in captivity until after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. On 3 August 1918 he was released. He traveled by train to Mtsensk in Oryol Oblast, where he was hospitalized after arriving on 8 August 1918. On 6 September 1918 he went to Bălți, Bessarabia (now in Moldova, then controlled by Romania). He remained there for the duration of the Russian Civil War and after the Bolshevik victory. He died shortly after Bessarabia was annexed by the Soviet Union. Awards * Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Sokovin
Mikhail Sokovin (Russian, Михаил Алексеевич Соковнин, 18 October 1863 – 1943) was an Imperial Russian army commander. He served in China and fought in the war against the Empire of Japan. He was promoted to polkovnik (colonel) in April 1902 and major general in April 1908. Awards * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1893 *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1896 * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1899 *Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1900 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1902 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class (November 26, 1904) * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class (December 6, 1912) *Order of Saint Anna The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (russian: Орден Святой Анны; 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 Hol ..., 1st class, 1914 * Order of Sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infantry Divisions Of The Russian Empire
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 infantry. Although disused in modern times, heavy infantry also commonly made up the bulk of many historic armies. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery have traditionally made up the core of the combat arms professions of various armies, with the infantry almost always comprising the largest portion of these forces. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French ''infanterie'', from older Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin '' īnfāns'' (without speech, newborn, foolish), from which English also gets ''infant''. The individual-soldier term ''inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
