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1st Siberian Division
1-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия
Active 1880–1918
Country  Russian Empire
Branch Russian Imperial Army
Role Infantry
Garrison/HQ Ussuriysk
Engagements

The 1st Siberian Rifle Division (Russian: 1-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия, 1-ya Sibirskaya strelkovaya diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. The division was based in Ussuriysk in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.[1]

Organisation[]

The 1st Siberian Rifle Division was part of the 1st Siberian Army Corps. Its order of battle from the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914 was as follows:[2][3]

  • Division Headquarters, in Nikolsk-Ussuriysky
    • Divisional Staff
    • Divisional Machine-Gun Company, in Ryav
    • Divisional Transportation Train
    • Divisional Field Hospital
  • 1st Brigade
  • 2nd Brigade
    • Brigade Headquarters, in Shkotovo
    • 3rd Siberian Rifle Regiment, in Shkotovo (3-й Сибирский стрелковый полк)
    • 4th Siberian Rifle Regiment, in Vladimiro-Alexandrovskoe (4-й Сибирский стрелковый полк)
    • Brigade Transportation Train
  • 1st Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade (1-я Сибирская стрелковая артиллерийская бригада)
    • Brigade Headquarters, in Nikolsk-Ussuriisky
    • 1st Division (3 Field Batteries), in Shkotovo
    • 2nd Division (3 Field Batteries), in Vladimiro-Alexandrovskoe
    • 3rd Division (2 Mountain Batteries), in Nikolsk
    • 1st Siberian Rifle Field Artillery Park, in Shkotovo
    • 1st Siberian Rifle Mountain Artillery Park, in Barabash

Division Commanders[]

Division commanders were:[2]

  • 1902–1905 Major General (from 21 August 1904, Lieutenant General) Alexander Alekseevich Gerngross
  • 1905–1914 Major General Leonty Leontievich Sidorin
  • 1914–1914 Lieutenant General Sergey Smitrievich Markov
  • 1914–1914 Lieutenant General Nikolai Alexandrovich Tretyakov
  • 1915–1917 Lieutenant General Fyodor Alexandrovich Podgursky

References[]


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