The 15th Infantry Division (, ''15-ya pekhotnaya diviziya'') was an

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formation of the

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that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of

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and the

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. The division was based in

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in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.

Organization

The 15th Infantry Division was part of the 8th Army Corps. Its order of battle in 1914 was as follows: *1st Brigade (HQ

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) ** 57th Modlin Infantry Regiment ** 58th Prague Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade (HQ

) ** 59th Lublin Infantry Regiment ** 60th Zamosc Infantry Regiment *15th Artillery Brigade

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

*1840-1851: Peter Andreivich Dannenberg *1854-1856:

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*1896-1900: Vladimir Nikolayevich Filipov *1905: Nikolai Martinovich Ivanov *1909: Dmitry Nikolaevich Bezradetsky15-я пехотная дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil
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Chiefs of Staff

*1860-1863: Johan Ehrnrooth *1885-1889: Dejan Subotić *1903-1905: Maciej Sulkiewicz *1909: Alexander Pavlovich Khanukov *January-April 1917: Mikhail Drozdovsky *April 1917-March 1918: Evgeny Messner

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

*1905: Sergei Petrovich Nekrasov *1909: Stanislav Abakanovich

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

*1905: Mikhail Golembatovsky *1909: Polikarp Kuznetsov

References

{{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Kherson Governorate