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27th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 27th Infantry Division (russian: 27-я пехотная дивизия, ''27-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. It was a part of the 3rd Army Corps. Organization *1st Brigade **105th Infantry Regiment **106th Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **107th Infantry Regiment **108th Infantry Regiment *27th Artillery Brigade Commanders *1863-1876: Nikolay Kridener *11/01/1876 - 11/08/1888 - Major General (from 08/30/1878 Lieutenant General) Zalesov, Nikolai Gavrilovich *хх.хх.1888 - 03.03.1889 - Lieutenant General Depp, Alexander-August Filippovich *04.16.1889 - xx.02.1890 - Lieutenant General Elzhanovsky, Kazimir Yulianovich *03/04/1890 - 03/07/1891 - Lieutenant General Rykachev, Stepan Vasilievich *03/13/1891 - 12/07/1892 - Lieutenant General Timrot, Karl Alexandrovich *09.12.1892 - 01.18, 1896 - Major General (from August 30, 1893 Lieutenant General) Tyvalovich, Ivan Ivanovich *18.01.1896 - 18.08.1898 - Major General (from 14 May, 1896 ... [...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 Kridener
Nikolai Karl Gregor Freiherr von Krüdener (; 10 March 1811 – 17 February 1891) was a Baltic German infantry general. He graduated from the Nikolayevsk Engineering Academy in 1828 and upon graduation was appointed officer. In 1833 he entered the Imperial Military Academy and after graduation was general staff of the army where he was in charge of various administrative duties. In 1848 he took command of the regiment Prince Eugene of Württemberg. In 1858 he was commander of the Keksgolm grenadier regiment. Promoted major general in 1859, he took command of the Volyn Imperial Russian Guard Regiment. He was in command of the 9th Army corps during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and conquered the city of Nikopol on June 4, 1877, for which he was awarded the Order of Saint George, 3rd class. Thereafter he was in command of the Russian forces during the first battle of Plevna on July 8–18, 1877 where he was defeated. He then participated in the siege of Plevna. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkady Skugarevsky
Arkady Platonovich Skugarevsky ( Russian, Аркадий Платонович Скугаревский, 17 January 1847 – ) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander. He fought in World War I against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan. He was Chairman of the Committee on Education of the Troops from 1906 to 1909. He was a member of the military council from 1909 to 27 April 1912. Awards *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1874 * Gold Sword for Bravery, 1878 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1878 * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1879 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1890 * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1893 *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, 1898 * Order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov
Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov (21 January 1857 - 14 December 1920) was a Russian military leader, hero of the First World War, general from infantry. Biography Orthodox. From the nobles of the Livonia province. The son of Major General Apollon Alekseevich Olokhov (1815-1866). He graduated from the 2nd St. Petersburg Military Gymnasium (1873) and the Mikhailovsky Artillery School (1876), from which he was released as second lieutenant to the 3rd Guards and Grenadier Artillery Brigade. Ranks: lieutenant (1877), lieutenant of the guard (1878), lieutenant (1882), staff captain of the guard with renaming as captain of the General Staff (1882), lieutenant colonel (1889), colonel (for distinction, 1893), major general (for distinction, 1903), lieutenant general (for distinction, 1909), general from infantry (1915). He participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877–1878, for the difference in which he had three military orders. After the war, he was transferred to the second artil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Nikolayevich Malakhov
Nikolai Nikolayevich Malakhov (18274 April 1908) was a Russian military leader and general of infantry (1895). Biography Malakhov was born on 6 (18) May 1827 (in the Petersburg necropolis - 1826) in Arkhangelsk, in the family of the manager of the customs. His mother was ES Tagaychikova, daughter of the provincial secretary of the Galich district of the Kostroma province. He was baptised on 14 May 1827 in the Orthodox Archangel Cathedral. Chronological track record 1846 - Graduated from the School of Guards Ensigns and Cavalry Junkers in the 1st category and graduated from non-commissioned officers as an ensign in the Jaeger Life Guards Regiment. на сайте . 6 December 1848 - Second Lieutenant, assigned to the School of Guards Ensigns and Cavalry Junkers for testing as a company officer. Upon graduation, he was promoted to a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ragoza
Alexander Frantsevich Ragoza (russian: Алекса́ндр Фра́нцевич Рагоза́, uk, Олександр Францевич Рогоза; 20 June .S. 8 June1858 – 29 June 1919), in Ukrainian Oleksandr Frantsevych Rohoza, was a Minister of Defense of the Ukrainian State. He was also a general of the infantry in the Imperial Russian Army who saw service during World War I. Biography Born on 20 June ( O.S. 8 June) 1858 in Vitebsk Governorate,Smele, p. 948. Ragoza was the eldest son of the Ukrainian nobleman Franz Martynovich Ragosa. Following the example of his father, he chose a military career and entered the Polotsk military gymnasium, after which in 1874 he continued his education at the Mikhailovsky Artillery School. Posted to the 3rd Guards Grenadier Artillery Brigade immediately after completing his studies, Ragoza received his baptism of fire immediately after graduation at the front during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. The young officer fough ... [...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] |
