9th Siberian Rifle Division explained

Unit Name:9th East Siberian Rifle Brigade
9th East Siberian Rifle Division
9th Siberian Rifle Division
Native Name:Russian: 9-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия
Latin: 9-ya Sibirskaya strelkovaya diviziya
Dates:1904–1917
Type:Military Command
Size:Division
Command Structure:4th Siberian Army Corps
Garrison:Vladivostok
Battles:Boxer Rebellion

Great War

The 9th Siberian Rifle Division (Russian: 9-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия, Latin: 9-ya Sibirskaya strelkovaya diviziya) was a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army which participated all major wars of the army in the early 19th century.

History

On 30 January 1904, as part of the Russian invasion of Manchuria, the 9th East Siberian Rifle Brigade was formed as part of the also recently formed 1st Siberian Army Corps of the new Manchurian Army. On 12 January 1904 the corps joined the 1st Manchurian Army and was subsequently renamed as the 9th East Siberian Rifle Division, but by 1906 was removed entirely from any assignments. Though remained under administrative control of the Amur Military District.[1] [2]

On 20 February the brigade and its subordinate units were retitled as 'Siberian Rifle', and the brigade was renamed as the 9th Siberian Rifle Division. In September 1910 the division join the 4th Siberian Army Corps, headquartered in Vladivostok.[3]

During the Great War, the division saw service in the Polish Campaign in 1915, and from 1917 was on the Romanian Front when the February Revolution occurred. Later that year, after the October Revolution the division was disbanded in March 1918 in Odessa.[4]

Composition in 1914

The composition of the division in 1914 was as follows:[5]

Senior Officers

Commanding Officers of the Division

Chiefs of Staff

1st Brigade Commanders

2nd Brigade Commanders

Footnotes

  1. Web site: 9-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия — Офицеры русской императорской армии. 2021-01-11. ria1914.info.
  2. Russian National Archives page.
  3. War Office, p. 197.
  4. Web site: Историческая справка по 33-му Сибирскому Стрелковому полку. 2021-01-11. antologifo.narod.ru.
  5. Web site: 9-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия. 2021-01-11. regiment.ru.

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