The 3rd Infantry Division (, 3-ya pekhotnaya diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1806 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. From before 1903 to the end of its existence the division was based in Kaluga.
History The unit was initially formed in 1806. In 1916, during World War I, the 3rd Infantry Division took part in the Brusilov Offensive. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.
Organization Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade. The 3rd Infantry Division was part of the 17th Army Corps as of 1914. 1st Brigade 9th Emperor Peter the Great's Ingermanland Infantry Regiment 10th New-Ingermanland Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade 11th General Field Marshal Prince Kutuzov of Smolensk's Pskov Infantry Regiment 12th Velikiye Luki Infantry Regiment 3rd Artillery Brigade
Known commanders Name From To1 Lieutenant General Ivan Ganetsky 22.08.1863 4.04.18762 Lieutenant General Viktor Aspelund 19.05.1900 8.04.19043 Lieutenant General Nikolai Orlov 11.01.1906 22.09.19104 Lieutenant General Pyotr Polzikov 22.09.1910 15.04.19145 Major General Alexander Sholp ??.07.1916 1917 Known chiefs of staff Name From To1 Colonel Andrei Ugryumov 29.02.1896 31.10.18992 Colonel Ivan Lvov 25.11.1899 15.10.19023 Colonel Grulev 1.07.1903 ?4 Colonel Sergei Tsyeil 1.06.1904 25.08.19055 Colonel Nikandr Lashchilin 16.06.1908 4.06.1910 6 Colonel Pavlyuk 1.02.1913 ?7 Colonel Serebryannikov 1.04.1914 ?8 Colonel Fyodor Afanasyev 5.02.1916 3.11.1916
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