3rd Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 3rd Infantry Division (Russian: 3-я пехотная дивизия, 3-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1806 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. From before 1903 to the end of its existence the division was based in Kaluga.[2]

3rd Infantry Division
3-я пехотная дивизия
Active1806 – c. 1918
Country Russian Empire
BranchRussian Empire Russian Imperial Army
RoleInfantry
Sizeapprox. 20,000[1]
Garrison/HQKaluga
Engagements

History

The unit was initially formed in 1806. In 1916, during World War I, the 3rd Infantry Division took part in the Brusilov Offensive. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.[2]

Organization

Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade.[1] The 3rd Infantry Division was part of the 17th Army Corps as of 1914.[2][3]

  • 1st Brigade
    • 9th Emperor Peter the Great's Ingermanland Infantry Regiment
    • 10th New-Ingermanland Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Brigade
    • 11th General Field Marshal Prince Kutuzov of Smolensk's Pskov Infantry Regiment
    • 12th Velikiye Luki Infantry Regiment
  • 3rd Artillery Brigade

Known commanders
NameFromTo
1Lieutenant General Ivan Ganetsky22.08.18634.04.1876
2Lieutenant General Viktor Aspelund19.05.19008.04.1904
3Lieutenant General Nikolai Orlov11.01.190622.09.1910
4Lieutenant General Pyotr Polzikov22.09.191015.04.1914
5Major General Alexander Sholp ??.07.19161917

Known chiefs of staff
NameFromTo
1Colonel Andrei Ugryumov29.02.189631.10.1899
2Colonel Ivan Lvov25.11.189915.10.1902
3Colonel Grulev1.07.1903 ?
4Colonel Sergei Tsyeil1.06.190425.08.1905
5Colonel Nikandr Lashchilin16.06.19084.06.1910
6Colonel Pavlyuk1.02.1913 ?
7Colonel Serebryannikov1.04.1914 ?
8Colonel Fyodor Afanasyev5.02.19163.11.1916

References
  1. Handbook of the Russian Army, 1914. London: Imperial War Museum (originally British General Staff). 1996. p. 263. ISBN 978-1870423670.
  2. "3-я пехотная дивизия". Regiment.ru (in Russian). 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 8 January 2017.


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