The 21st Infantry Division (, ''21-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an

infantry Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadl ...

formation of the

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 ...

Organization

*1st Brigade **81st His Imperial Highness Grand Duke George Mikhailovich's Apsheron Infantry Regiment **82nd His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich's Dagestan Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **83rd Samur Infantry Regiment **84th Shirvan Infantry Regiment *21st Artillery Brigade

Commanders

*1826-1828: Georgiy Evseevich Eristov *1865-1868:

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*1868-1871:

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*1913-1914: Samad bey Mehmandarov *1915: Mikhail Kvetsinsky

Chiefs of Staff

*1856-1858:

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

*March–September 1908: Konstantin Lukich Gilchevsky

References

{{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Terek Oblast