| 2nd Siberian Infantry Brigade 6th East Siberian Rifle Brigade 6th Siberian Rifle Division | |
|---|---|
| 6-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия | |
| Active |
1904–1917 1917–1921 |
| Country |
 Russian Empire |
| Branch |
 Russia Army |
| Role | Infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Part of | 5th Siberian Corps |
The 6th Siberian Rifle Division was a Division of the Imperial Russian Army. The division was active during World War I, but later mutinied following the February Revolution.
History[]
The 6th Siberian Rifle Division were originally formed sometimes before 1900 as the 2nd East Siberian Infantry Brigade. In July 1900 the brigade was renamed as the 6th East Siberian Rifle Brigade. In 1904 it was again renamed to 6th East Siberian Rifle Division and six years later becoming the 6th Siberian Rifle Division. Just before the outbreak of World War I the division was under the 5th Siberian Army Corps stationed in Khabarovsk.
In Mid-January 1917, the division mutinied and joined the Bolshevik Cause, this was the effective disbandment of the division. In December of the same year, as the Russian Civil War was starting, the division was reformed as the 6th Siberian Division as part of the White Army.
Organization[]
1914[]
Just before mobilisation the division had the following structure:
- Divisional Headquarters at Khabarovsk
- 1st Brigade
- Brigade headquarters at Nikolsk-Ussuriysky
- 21st (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's) Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 22nd Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 2nd Brigade
- Brigade headquarters
- 23rd Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 24th Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 6th Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade
1918[]
After being reformed in the White Army the division had the following structure:
- Divisional Headquarters
- 1st Brigade
- 21st Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 22nd Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 2nd Brigade
- 23rd Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 24th Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 6th Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade
- 6th Siberian Artillery Park
- Divisional Wagon Train
- 1st Infirmary
- 2nd Infirmary
- Dressing Squad
- Disinfection Squad
Commanders[]
Different Commanders of the division have included:
Commanders-in-Chief
- 1904—1904 Major General Vladimir Alexandrovich Ramanov
- 1904—1905 Major General, later Lieutenant General Vladimir Nikolaevich Danilov
- 1906—1909 Major General Platon Alekseevich Lechitsky (Temporary)
- 1909—1912 Lieutenant General Nikolai Andreevich Zernets
- 1912—1916 Lieutenant General Nikolai Mikhailovich Voronov
- 1916—1917 Major General Fedor Andreevich Petrov (Killed during mutiny)
- 1917—1920?? Colonel Kudelsky (Elected)
Chiefs of Staff
- 1896—1902 Colonel Nikolay Yaovlevich Lisovsky
- 1900—1901 Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Mikhailovich Manakin
- 1902—1904 Colonel Ilya Zurabovich Odishelidze
- 1906—1908 Colonel Petr Nikolaevich Lomnovsky
- 1908—1912 Colonel Richard Iosifovich Termen
- 1913—1915 Colonel Sytin
- 1915—1916 Colonel Porfiry Grigorievich Kisly
Brigade Commanders
- 1st Brigade
- 1904—1905 Major General Nil Alexandrovich Yatsynin
- 1905—1905 Colonel Konstantin Gerasimovich Nekrasov
- 1905—1906 Major General Platon Alekseevich Lechitsky
- 1906—1913 Major General Peter Nikolaevich Korovin
- 1913—1914 Major General Leonid Nikolaevich Bykov
- 2nd Brigade
- 1905—1905 Colonel Konstantin Gerasimovich Nekrasov
- 1911—after Mutiny Major General Sulevich
Sources[]
- Handbook of the Imperial Russian Army 1914
- 6th Siberian Rifle Division - Officers of the Russian Imperial Army [in Rus]
- 6th Siberian Rifle Division