The 37th Infantry Division (, ''37-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an
infantry
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formation of the
Russian Imperial Army
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. Its headquarters was located at
Saint Petersburg
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.
Organization
It was part of the
18th Army Corps.
*1st Brigade
**145th Infantry Regiment
**146th Infantry Regiment
*2nd Brigade
**147th Infantry Regiment
**148th Infantry Regiment
*37th Artillery Brigade
Commanders
*10.13.1863 - xx.xx.xxxx - Lieutenant General Teterevnikov, Nikolai Kuzmich
*07.24.1866 - 03.21.1879 - major general (from 28.03.1871 - lieutenant general) Chenger, Xavier (Onufry) Osipovich
*хх.хх.1879 - хх.хх.1888 - Lieutenant General Gelfreich, Alexander Bogdanovich
*01/20/1888 - 12/21/1893 - Lieutenant-General Prince Romanovsky
Eugen Maximilianovich, 5th Duke of Leuchtenberg
*01/05/1900 - 11/15/1901 - Lieutenant General Skaryatin, Nikolai Dmitrievich
*11/15/1901 - 03/16/1903 - Lieutenant General Maltzov, Ivan Sergeevich
*04/18/1903 - 10/23/1904 - Lieutenant General Chekmarev, Andrey Ivanovich
*10.23.1904 - 08.18.1905 - Lieutenant General
Andrey Selivanov
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Biography
Selivanov served in the Russian army during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 an ...
*04/30/1907 - 11/19/1909 - Lieutenant General Kurganovich, Konstantin Osipovich
*11/19/1909 - 07/30/1912 - major general (from 06/06/1909 - lieutenant general)
Vasily Flug
*07/30/1912 - 03/27/1915 - Lieutenant General
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 ...
*07/17/1915 - 10/17/1917 - Lieutenant General of Wadenschern, Torsten Karlovich
*10.17.1917 - xx.xx.xxxx - Major General
Pavel Sytin
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References
{{Russian Empire Divisions
Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire
Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
Saint Petersburg Governorate