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division in the

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consisted of four

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Guards Regiment (Leib-Gvardii Keksgol'mskii Polk),

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Guards Regiment (Leib-Gvardii Petersburgskii Polk), and the Volhynian Guard Regiment (Leib-Gvardii Volynskii Polk).

Commanders

*1837–1841: Alexei Arbuzov *1841–1846: Alexander von Moller *1846: Vasily Ovander *1877–1887: Victor Deziderjevich Dandevill *1898–1901: Konstantin Alexandrovich Weiss *1901–1904: Alexander Meller-Zakomelsky *1908–1910:

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*1916–1917: Alexander K. Bukovsky

Chiefs of Staff

*1863–1866: Vasilij Ivanovitch Janovskij

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

*1891–1895: Konstantin Alexandrovich Weiss

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

*1909–1910: Alexander Alexeyevich Resin

Commanders of the Artillery Brigade

*1833–1835: von Korff *1869–1877: Yakov Ovander

References

Guards infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Warsaw Governorate {{russia-hist-stub