| Unit Name: | 8th Infantry Division |
| Native Name: | 8-я пехотная дивизия |
| Dates: | 1806 – c. 1918 |
| Branch: | Russian Imperial Army |
| Role: | Infantry |
| Size: | approx. 20,000[1] |
| Garrison: | Warsaw |
| Battles: | World War I |
The 8th Infantry Division (Russian: 8-я пехотная дивизия, 8-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 in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.[2] [3]
Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades and one artillery brigade. The 8th Infantry Division was part of the 15th Army Corps.
| Description | Rank insignia as to the design 1904–1906 | |||||||
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| Rank designation | Polkovnik (en: colonel) | Podpolkovnik (lieutenant colonel) | Kapitan (en: captain) | Poruchik | Podporuchik | Praporshchik | ||
| Rrank group | Shtab-ofitsery (en: staff officers) | Ober-ofitsery (en: upper, superior, or higher officers) | ||||||
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| Rank designation | Zauryad-praporshchik (generated from feldfebel rank) | Feldfebel | Starshy unter-оfitser (en: senior NCO) | Мladshy unter-оfitser (en: junior NCO) | Yefeytor (en: Private first class) | Ryadovoy (en: Private) | |||
| Rank group | Unter-ofitsery (en: Non-commissioned officers) | Ryadovye (en: enlisted men) | |||||||