Imperial Russian Army formations and units (1914) explained

This article lists Imperial Russian Army formations and units in 1914 prior to the mobilisation for the Russian invasion of Prussia and the offensive into the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia.

The prewar chain of command was: military district, corps (or Army corps), then to division, brigade, regiment, and then the regiment's battalions.

After mobilisation in the event of war the chain of command of the Imperial Russian Army ran from Stavka, the Russian general headquarters, which was created during mobilization, to Front-level (Army group) also created during mobilization, to the Army level. Army headquarters were created during mobilization by transformation of the military district headquarters. Below Army level the chain was the same as in peace-time; corps (or Army corps (terms used interchangeably), division, brigade, and regiment.

Abbreviations used:

Fronts

Armies

see List of Russian armies in World War I

The Guards

1st Guards Corps

Located in Saint Petersburg and surroundings — Pushkin, Petergof and Gatchina, excepted the 3rd Infantry Division (3 ID) and the Independent Cavalry Brigade (ICavBr), located in Warsaw and subordinated to the XXIII AC

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Infantry
1683
1683
1730

LGrd Jaeger Regiment

1796 – battalion (1806)

LGrd Moscow Regiment

1811 (established as LGrd Litovsky Regiment, in 1817 — renamed to LGrd Moscow Regiment)

LGrd Grenadier Regiment

1756 – 1st -й Grenadier Regiment (1813)

LGrd Pavlovsky Regiment

1796, under the patronage of Paul I of Russia (ru: Pavel), received the name of the Imperator, as Pavlovsky Regiment (1813)
1806 – Battalion of the Imperial Militsiya (1808)
from 1915 Division
Cavalry
in Warsaw

LGrd Uhlan Regiment

1817

LGrd Grodnensky Hussars Regiment

1824

Fortresses

Army Corps

Cavalry Corps

Cavalry Divisions

Cossack Divisions

See also

Bibliography

Further reading