The 83rd Infantry Division () was an

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division of the

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. It was organized at

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in the

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on the basis of hidden hidden frame elements of the 48th Infantry Division.

Organization

*1st Brigade **329th Buzuluk Infantry Regiment **330th Zlatoustov Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **331st Orsk Infantry Regiment **332nd Oboyansk Infantry Regiment * Artillery and Sappers **83rd Field Artillery Brigade ** 31st Separate Sapper Company

Commanders

*July-November 1914:

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References

* {{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire