10th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) explained

Unit Name:	10th Infantry Division
Native Name:	10-я пехотная дивизия
Dates:	1806 – c. 1918
Branch:	Russian Imperial Army
Role:	Infantry
Size:	approx. 20,000^[1]
Garrison:	Warsaw Nizhny Novgorod
Battles:	World War I

The 10th Infantry Division (Russian: 10-я пехотная дивизия, 10-ya Pekhotnaya 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 Warsaw and later Nizhny Novgorod in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.^{[2] [3]}

Organization

The 10th Infantry Division was part of the 5th Army Corps.

• 1st Brigade (HQ Nizhny Novgorod)
  • 37th Yekaterinburg Infantry Regiment
  • 38th Tobolsk Infantry Regiment
• 2nd Brigade (HQ Kozlov):
  • • • 39th Tomsk Infantry Regiment 40th Kolyvan Infantry Regiment
• 10th Artillery Brigade

Commanders

• 1915–1916: Vasily Timofeyvich Gavrilov
• 1916-1917: Dmitry Nikolayevich Nadyozhny

Notes and References

1. Book: 1996 . Handbook of the Russian Army, 1914. Imperial War Museum (originally British General Staff). London. 978-1870423670. 263.
2. Web site: 10-я пехотная дивизия . ru . Regiment.ru . 2016 . 8 January 2017 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113243/http://www.regiment.ru/upr/B/2/pd/10.htm . 4 March 2016 .
3. Web site: THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914 . Conrad . Mark . 2001 . 9 January 2017.