The 71st Infantry Division (, ''71-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was a reserve

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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 mobilized twice, in 1904–1905 for the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the ...

and in 1914–1918 for

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.Армейская пехота
"Army infantry" . ''ria1914.info'', Russian military records. Retrieved July 22, 2018.

Organization

*1st Brigade **281st Infantry Regiment **282nd Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **283rd Infantry Regiment **284th Infantry Regiment

Commanders

*1904-1906: Eduard Ekk

References

{{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire