The 22nd Infantry Division (, ''22-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 ...

. It was part of the 1st Army Corps.

Organization

*1st Brigade **85th "Vyborksky" Infantry Regiment **86th "Vilmanstranski" Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **87th "Neishlotski" Infantry Regiment **88th "Petrovski" Infantry Regiment *22nd Artillery Brigade

Commanders

*1906–1908:

Leonid Artamonov Leonid Konstantinovich Artamonov (; 25 February 1859 – 1 January 1932) was a Russian military engineer, adviser and general, geographer and traveler, explorer of Africa, writer, veteran of the First World War and the Russo-Japanese War. Biograp ...

*1909–1912: Vladimir Olokhov *30 May – 30 July 1912:

Andrei Zayonchkovski Andrei Medardovich Zayonchkovsky () ( – 22 March 1926) commanded the defence of the Romanian-Bulgarian border in Dobruja upon Romania's entry into World War I in August 1916. Biography After graduation from the Nicholas School of Military E ...

*1912–1914:

Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich (; 20 September 1853 – 1918) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander. He took part in the war against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan. He was promoted to major general in 1905 and lieu ...

*29 October 1916 – 22 August 1917: Adrian Usov

Chiefs of Staff

*1866–1868: Aleksandr Fyodorovich Rittikh *1868–1876:

Nikolay Bobrikov Nikolay Ivanovich Bobrikov (; – ) was a Russian general and politician. He was the Governor-General of Finland and the from until his death, during the early reign of Emperor Nicholas II, and was responsible for the Russification attemp ...

*1876–1879: Leonid Dembowsky *1879–1884: Ivan Iosifovich Yakubovsky *1884–1890: Alexander Birger *1903–1905: Victor Karl Hermann Kohlschmidt *1905–1911: Alexey Cherepennikov *March–November 1914: Adolph Pfingsten

References

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