The Imperial Russian Army in June 1812 consisted of three main armies and other military formations. The Commander in Chief of the Army was Emperor Alexander I.
First Western Army General of the Infantry Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de TollyMichael de Tolly was appointed the commander-in-chief of the 1st Army on 19 March 1812. However, after arrival of Emperor Alexander I in Vilnius, the latter became de jure and de facto a commander-in-chief. 1st Infantry Corps:In June 1812 the 1st Infantry Corps was excluded from the 1st Army and left by the Northern Dvina for protection of Saint Petersburg Lieutenant General Count Peter Wittgenstein +DivisionBrigadeRegiment5th Infantry Major General
Gregor von Berg1stSevsk GrenadierKaluga Infantry2ndPerm InfantryMogilev Infantry3rd23rd Jäger24th Jäger14th Infantry Maj. Gen.
Ivan Sazonov1stTula InfantryNavaginsky Infantry2ndRiga InfantryTenginsky Infantry3rd25th Jäger26th Jäger Corps Artillery: Nine companies, two pontoon and one pioneer companies 1st Cavalry Division: Major General Pyotr Kahovskiy 1st and 5th Cavalry Brigades Riga and Yamburg Dragoon Regiments, Grodno Hussar Regiment and three Cossack Regiments
2nd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Baggovut DivisionBrigadeRegiment4th Infantry Major General Duke Eugene of Württemberg1stKremenchug InfantryMinsk Infantry2ndTobolsk InfantryVolhynia Infantry3rd4th Jäger34th Jäger17th Infantry Maj. Gen.
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev1stRyazan InfantryBelozersk Infantry2ndBrest InfantryVillmanstrand Infantry3rd30th Jäger48th Jäger Corps Artillery: Seven companies Elizabethgrad Hussar Regiment
3rd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Nikolai Tuchkov DivisionBrigadeRegiment1st Grenadier Major General Count Pavel Stroganov1stLife GrenadiersArakcheyev Grenadier2ndPavlovsky GrenadierYekaterinoslav Grenadier 3rdSaint Petersburg GrenadierTaurida Grenadier 3rd Infantry Maj. Gen.
Pyotr Konovnitsyn1stReval Infantry Murom Infantry2ndChernigov InfantryKoporye Infantry3rd20th Jäger21st Jäger Corps Artillery: Eight companies Life Guard Cossack Regiment and one Cossack regiment
4th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Count Pavel Shuvalov DivisionBrigadeRegiment11th Infantry Major General
Nikolai Bakhmetiev1stKexholm InfantryPernau Infantry2ndPolotsk InfantryYelets Infantry 3rd1st Jäger33rd Jäger 23rd Infantry Maj. Gen.
Alexey Bakhmetiev1st2nd3rd Corps Artillery: Six companies
5th Reserve Guards Infantry Corps: Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia
DivisionBrigadeLife Guards RegimentGuard Infantry Major General
Aleksey Yermolov1st Guards InfantryPreobrazhenskySemyonovsky2nd Guards InfantryIzmailovskyLithuanian 3rd Guards InfantryFinnishJager 1st Combined Grenadier1st26 combined grenadier battalions2nd3rd1st Cuirassier Major General Nikolay DepreradovichGuard BrigadeChevalier GuardLife Guard Horse1st BrigadeEmperor Life GuardEmpress Life GuardAstrakhan Cuirassier
Corps Artillery: Four foot and two horse companies, one pioneer company
6th Infantry Corps: General of infantry Dmitry Dokhturov DivisionBrigadeRegiment7th Infantry Major General
Peter Kaptzevich1stMoscow InfantryPskov Infantry2ndLibau Infantry Sofia Infantry 3rd11th Jäger36th Jäger 24th Infantry Major General Pyotr Likhachyov1stUfa InfantryShirvan Infantry2ndButyrsky Infantry Tomsk Infantry 3rd19th Jäger40th Jäger Corps Artillery: Seven companies Sumy Hussar Regiment
1st Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Fyodor Uvarov 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade Life Guard Dragoon, Life Guard Hussar and Life Guard Uhlan Regiments Brigade Kazan and Nezhin Dragoon Regiments Corps Artillery: One company 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Baron Fyodor Korf 6th Cavalry Brigade Pskov and Moscow Dragoon Regiments 7th Cavalry Brigade Kargopolthe correct name for both the town and the regiment is "Kargopol" and Ingermanland Dragoon Regiments Brigade Izyum Hussar and Polish Uhlan Regiments Corps Artillery: One company 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Peter Petrovich Pahlen Brigade Courland and Orenburg Dragoon Regiments Brigade Siberia and Irkutsk Dragoon Regiments Brigade Mariupol Hussar Regiment Corps Artillery: One company Artillery Reserve: Count Kutaisov 21 foot and five horse artillery companies Flying Cossack Corps: General of Cavalry Count Matvei Platov Source: Source:
Second Western Army General of the Infantry Prince Pyotr Bagration 7th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Nikolay Raevsky 12th Infantry Division: Major General Illarion Vasilievich Vasilchokov 1st Brigade Smolensk and Narva Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Aleksopol and New Ingermanland Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 6th and 41st Jäger Regiments 26th Infantry Division: Major General Ivan Paskevich 1st Brigade Ladoga and Poltava Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Nizhny Novgorod and Oryol Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 3rd, 5th and 42nd Jäger Regiments Corps Artillery: Unknown 8th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Mikhail Borozdin 2nd Grenadier Division: Major General Prince Karl von Mecklenburg 1st Grenadier Brigade Crimea and Moscow Grenadier Regiments 2nd Grenadier Brigade Astrakhan and Phanagoria Grenadier Regiments 3rd Grenadier Brigade Siberia and Little Russia Grenadier Regiments 27th Infantry Division: Major General Dmitry Petrovich Neverovsky 1st Brigade Odessa and Zhitomir (or Tarnopol) Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Vilna and Simbirsk Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 49th and 50th Jäger Regiments 3rd Grenadier Division 22 combined grenadier battalions Corps Artillery: Five companies 2nd Cuirassier Division: Major General Ilya Mikhailovich Duka 2nd Brigade Yekaterinoslav and Military Order Cuirassier Regiments 3rd Brigade Glukhov, Little Russia and Novgorod Cuirassier Regiments 4th Reserve Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Karl Sivers 12th Cavalry Brigade Kharkov and Chernigov Dragoon Regiments 13th Cavalry Brigade Kiev and New Russian Dragoon Regiments Cavalry Brigade Akhtyrka Hussar and Lithuanian Uhlan Regiments Corps Artillery: One company Cossack detachment: Major General Ivan K. Krasnov Source: Source:
3rd Reserve Observation Army General of cavalry Alexander Tormasov Infantry Corps: General of Infantry Sergei Kamensky 18th Infantry Division 1st Brigade Vladimir and Tambov Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Kostroma and Dnieper Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 28th and 32nd Jäger Regiments Combined Grenadier Division 18 combined grenadier battalions Corps Artillery: Four companies Pavlograd Hussar Regiment Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov 9th Infantry Division 1st Brigade Nasheburg and Yakutsk Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Apsheron and Ryazhsk Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 10th and 38th Jäger Regiments 15th Infantry Division 1st Brigade Kozlov and Vitebsk Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Kura and Kolyvan Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 13th and 14th Jäger Regiments Corps Artillery: Seven companies Alexandria Hussar Regiment Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Baron Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken 36th Infantry Division Unknown composition 11th Cavalry Division Lubny Hussar Regiment, other units unknown Corps Artillery: Two companies Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Charles de Lambert 5th Cavalry Division 15th Cavalry Brigade Starodub and Tver Dragoon Regiments 16th Cavalry Brigade Arzamas and Zhitomir Dragoon Regiments 17th Cavalry Brigade Vladimir, Taganrog and Serpukhov Dragoon Regiments and Tartar Uhlan Regiment Nine Cossack regiments Source:
Danube Army The Danube Army, commanded by Admiral Pavel Chichagov, included the:
1st Corps (General of cavalry Count Andrault de Langeron); made up of the: 22nd Infantry Division 2nd Corps (Lieutenant General Count Pyotr Essen); 3rd Corps (Lieutenant General Alexander Voinov); 4th Corps (Lieutenant General Andreas Burchard Friedrich von Saß (Andrey Pavlovich Zass)); made up of the: 8th Infantry Division 7th Cavalry Division Reserve of the Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Sabaneev)
Separate Corps and detachments Riga Corps (Lieutenant General Magnus Gustav (Ivan) von Essen)
Finland Corps The Finland Corps consisted of the following units, under the command of Lieutenant General (Faddey) Fabian Steinheil:
6th Infantry Division 1st Brigade Bryansk and Nizov Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade Azov Infantry and 3rd Jager Regiments 6th Field Artillery Brigade 6th Heavy and 11th Light Batteries 21st Infantry Division 1st Brigade Petrovsk and Podolia Infantry Regiments 2nd Brigade Neva and Lithuania Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 2nd and 44th Jager Regiments 21st Field Artillery Brigade 21st Heavy and 40th Light Batteries 25th Infantry Division 1st Brigade 1st and 2nd Marine Regiments 2nd Brigade 3rd Marine and Voronezh Infantry Regiments 3rd Brigade 31st and 47th Jager Regiments 25th Field Artillery Brigade
27th Cavalry Brigade Finland and Mitava Dragoon Regiments Isaev II, Loshchilin, and Kiselev II Don Cossack Regiments
Other separate units
1st Reserve Corps (Adjutant General Baron Yegor Meller-Zakomelsky); 2nd Reserve Corps (Lieutenant General Fyodor Ertell); Bobruysk detachment (Major General Gavriil Ignatyev); Smolensk Reserve Corps (General aide-de-camp Baron Ferdinand von Wintzingerode); Kaluga Reserve Corps (General of infantry Count of Serbian origin Mikhail Miloradovich); 27th Infantry Division (Major General Dmitry Neverovsky); Serbian detachment (Major General Nikolai Liders)
See also French invasion of Russia Grande Armée List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812
References
External links The Russian Army in June 1812 by Aleksandr Podmazo The Russian Army of 1812