The 1st Infantry Division (, 1-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1811 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. From at least 1903 to the end of its existence the division was based in Smolensk.
History It was initially formed in 1811 as the 25th Infantry Division, and renumbered as the 1st in 1820. The division took part in the Russo-Japanese War and was located in Manchuria during that time. In August 1914 it was part of the 2nd Army of the Northwestern Front. It was completely destroyed during the Russian invasion of East Prussia by September of that year and was reformed in December 1914. In 1915–17 it was assigned to the 12th Army, 5th Army, and later the 1st Army. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.Russian State Military History Archive. Tome 2 . 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2017.Russian Army, 4 June 1916
Organization Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade. It was part of the 13th Army Corps as of 1914. 1st Brigade 1st Neva Infantry Regiment 2nd Sofia Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade 3rd Narva Infantry Regiment 4th Koporye Infantry Regiment 1st Artillery Brigade
Known commanders Name From To1 Lieutenant General Nikolai Bardovsky 1883 18872 Lieutenant General Mikhail Shulgin 24.08.1892 9.01.1900 3 Lieutenant General Vladimir Pensky 1900 1904 4 Lieutenant General Alexander Brilevich 6.12.1904 26.10.1905 5 General of Infantry Dmitry Zuyev 21.06.1907 16.06.1910 6 Lieutenant General Andrei Ugryumov 2.07.1910 after 1.03.19167 Major General Luka Kondratovich 5.03.1916 after 3.01.1917 8 Major General Silvestras Žukauskas 18.05.1917 ?
Known chiefs of staff Name From To1 Colonel Mikhail Markov 17.01.1878 27.05.18792 Colonel Mikhail Ivanov 10.05.1892 4.02.18983 Colonel Baron Alexander von Taube 25.10.1901 4.10.1904 4 Colonel Alexander Davydov 2.08.1910 19.06.1912 5 Colonel Ivan Kashcheyev 1913 1.07.1914
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