6th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) explained

Unit Name:	6th Infantry Division
Native Name:	6-я пехотная дивизия
Dates:	1806 – c. 1918
Branch:	Russian Imperial Army
Role:	Infantry
Size:	approx. 20,000^[1]
Garrison:	Ostrov
Battles:	World War I

The 6th Infantry Division (Russian: 6-я пехотная дивизия, 6-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 Ostrov.^[2]

History

The division fought in World War I and distinguished itself in battle against the Austro-Hungarian 4th Army in 1915. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.^[3]

Organization

It was part of the 15th Army Corps as of 1914.^[4]

• 1st Brigade
  • 21st Murom Infantry Regiment
  • 22nd Nizhny Novgorod Infantry Regiment
• 2nd Brigade
  • 23rd General Field Marshal Count Saltykov's Nizovsky Infantry Regiment
  • 24th General Neverovsky's Simbirsk Infantry Regiment
• 6th Artillery Brigade

Commanders

• 1900–1903: Mikhail Zasulich

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: 6-я пехотная дивизия . ru . Regiment.ru . 2016 . 8 January 2017.
3. Kersonovsky, Anton (1933). History of the Russian Army.
4. Web site: THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914 . Conrad . Mark . 2001 . 8 January 2017.