The 33rd Infantry Division (, ''33-ya pekhotnaya diviziya'') was an

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formation of the

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. By the outbreak of

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, it was part of the 21st Army Corps in the

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. It was originally formed on 13 August 1863 by an order of the

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that established 12 new infantry divisions (23rd to 34th). After the 1917

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and the declaration of independence by Ukraine, the 33rd Infantry Division became the basis for the formation of the

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14th Infantry Division.33-я пехотная дивизия
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Organization

Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade. *1st Brigade ** 129th Bessarabia Infantry Regiment **

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*2nd Brigade ** 131st Tiraspol Infantry Regiment ** 132nd Bendersky Infantry Regiment *33rd Artillery Brigade

Commanders

*1871-1876:

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Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

*1878: Dmitrij Petrovich Dohturov

References

{{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1863 Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Kiev Governorate