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Alexander Alekseyevich Svechin
Alexander Alekseyevich Svechin (December 17, 1823March 8, 1896) - adjutant general (1880), infantry general (1886) of the Russian imperial army. Biography Born in the family of Lieutenant General Alexei Alexandrovich Svechin from his marriage with the daughter of Colonel, the favorite of Suvorov, Fedosya Petrovna Koritskaya. On August 8, 1842, after graduating from the School of Guard Ensigns and Cavalry Junkers, he was promoted to officer. In 1849 he took part in the campaign of the guard to the western borders of the empire. In 1854, he was part of the troops guarding the coasts of the St. Petersburg province from the British-French landings. In 1857 he was promoted to colonel of the guard and retired. In 1859 he was again accepted for service, was the head officer for special assignments under the commander in chief of the Caucasian Army. Since 1861, the commander of the 14th Grenadier of Georgia, His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich regiment. On October 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing dynasty, Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately , it remains the list of largest empires, third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire; it ruled over a population of 125.6 million people per the Russian Empire Census, 1897 Russian census, which was the only census carried out during the entire imperial period. Owing to its geographic extent across three continents at its peak, it featured great ethnic, linguistic, re ... [...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] |
29th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 29th Infantry Division (russian: 29-я пехотная дивизия, ''29-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. It was part of the 20th Army Corps. Organization *1st Brigade **113th Starorus Russian Infantry Regiment "Old" **114th Infantry Regiment "Novotorzhsky" *2nd Brigade **115th Infantry Regiment "Vyazemsky" **116th Infantry Regiment "Maloyaroslavsky" *29th Artillery Brigade Commanders *1863-1864: Mikhail Likhutin *1869-1878: Alexander Alekseyevich Svechin *1890-1896: Nikolay Dmitrievich Tatischev *1914-1915: Anatoly Rosenshield Chiefs of Staff *1863: Nikolay Matveyevich Turbin *1875-1876: Mitrofan Petrovich Tchaikovsky *1889-1896: Ivan Nadarov Commanders of the 1st Brigade *1902-1906: Alexander Iosafovich Ievreinov Alexander Iosafovich Ievreinov (russian: Алекса́ндр Иоаса́фович Иевреинов, August 28, 1851 – 1929) was an Imperial Russian brigade, division and corps commander. He was made a capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of St
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Caucasus Grenadier Division (Russian Empire)
The Caucasus Grenadier Division (russian: Кавказская гренадерская дивизия) was an infantry unit of the Russian Imperial Army. By the time of World War I, it was garrisoned at Tiflis and was part of the 2nd Caucasus Army Corps. It would later also take part in the Russian Civil War on the side of the White movement. Combat chronicle The Caucasus Grenadier Division saw action since the first days of World War I. In October–September 1914 the division took part in fighting against the German Army in the Augustów Forest (in modern-day Poland) during the East Prussia Operation, and later that month fought in the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes. From November 22–29, 1914, the division fought in the defense of Warsaw. In the spring of 1915 it took part in defending the Bzura River and later in the Siege of Novogeorgievsk. In May 1915, the Caucasus Grenadier Division fought in the defense of Galicia. Later during the Russian Civil War, some o ... [...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] |
1st Grenadier Division (Russian Empire)
The 1st Grenadier Division was a grenadier unit in the Imperial Russian Army. It was headquartered at Moscow and participated in the Baranovichi Offensive. Organization * 1st Brigade * 2nd Brigade * Artillery Brigade Commanders * 1854–1855: Alexander Gildenshtubbe * 1875–1878: Christopher Roop * 1891–1898: Vodar Chiefs of Staff * 1891–1895: Alexander G Sandetsky * 1902–1904: Pantalejmon Simanski * 1915–1917: Vladimir Yegoryev Commanders of the 1st Brigade * 1845–1848: Alexander Gildenshtubbe * 1913–1914: Commanders of the 2nd Brigade * 1831–1832: Mikhail Grigoryevich Brajko * 1878–1881: Mikhail Batyanov * 1890–1894: Grigory Vasilyevich Kryukov * 1905: Vladimir Gorbatovsky Vladimir Nikolayevich Gorbatovsky (russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Горбато́вский, May 26, 1851 – July 30, 1924) was an Imperial Russian army commander. He fought in the wars against the Ottoman Empire and the Emp ... Commanders of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The 10th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition The 10th Army Corps was composed of the 9th Infantry Division, 31st Infantry Division and the 10th Cavalry Division. Part of * 3rd Army: 1914-1916 * 4th Army: 1916 * 2nd Army: 1916-1917 * 10th Army: 1917 * 9th Army: 1917 Commanders *1876-1878: Semyon Vorontsov *1878-1879: Vasily Fedorovich Rall *1889-1890: Victor Deziderjevitch Dandevill *1890-1901: Victor Fedorovitch Winberg *1901-1904: Kapiton Konstantinovitch Slutchevsky *1904-1905: Konstantin Tserpitsky *1906-1907: Pavel Alexandrovich Layming *1907-1911: Yakov Zhilinsky *1911-1914: Thadeus von Sivers *1914-1916: Nikolai Protopopov *1916-1917: Nikolai Danilov Nikolai Danilov (April 25, 1867 – May 1934) was an Imperial Russian corps and army commander. He was promoted to Podpolkovnik (lieutenant colonel) in 1898, Polkovnik (colonel) in 1902, major general in 1908 and lieutenant general in 1911. After ... *1917: Januariusz Cichowicz Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
