15th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) explained

Unit Name:	15th Infantry Division
Native Name:	15-я пехотная дивизия
Dates:	1806 – c. 1918
Branch:	Russian Imperial Army
Role:	Infantry
Garrison:	Odessa
Battles:	World War I

The 15th Infantry Division (Russian: 15-я пехотная дивизия, 15-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 Odessa in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.^{[1] [2]}

Organization

The 15th Infantry Division was part of the 8th Army Corps. Its order of battle in 1914 was as follows:

• 1st Brigade (HQ Mykolaiv)
  • • • 57th Modlin Infantry Regiment 58th Prague Infantry Regiment
• 2nd Brigade (HQ Odessa)
  • 59th Lublin Infantry Regiment
  • 60th Zamosc Infantry Regiment
• 15th Artillery Brigade

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

• • 1840-1851: Peter Andreivich Dannenberg 1854-1856: Nikolai Engelhardt
• 1896-1900: Vladimir Nikolayevich Filipov
• 1905: Nikolai Martinovich Ivanov
• 1909: Dmitry Nikolaevich Bezradetsky^[3]
• 1915-1917: Pyotr Lomnovsky

Chiefs of Staff

• 1860-1863: Johan Ehrnrooth
• 1885-1889: Dejan Subotić
• 1903-1905: Maciej Sulkiewicz
• 1909: Alexander Pavlovich Khanukov
• January-April 1917: Mikhail Drozdovsky
• April 1917-March 1918: Evgeny Messner

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

• 1905: Sergei Petrovich Nekrasov
• 1909: Stanislav Abakanovich

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

• 1905: Mikhail Golembatovsky
• 1909: Polikarp Kuznetsov

Notes and References

1. Web site: 15-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/15.htm . 4 March 2016 .
2. Web site: THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914 . Conrad . Mark . 2001 . 9 January 2017.
3. http://www.surnameindex.info/mil/15pd.html 15-я пехотная дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil