8th_Infantry_Division_(Russian_Empire)

8th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

8th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

Military unit

The 8th Infantry Division (Russian: 8-я пехотная дивизия, 8-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. The division was based in Warsaw in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.[2][3]

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Organization

Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades and one artillery brigade.[1] The 8th Infantry Division was part of the 15th Army Corps.[3]

  • 1st Brigade (HQ Warsaw):
  • 2nd Brigade (HQ Warsaw):
    • 31st Aleksopol Infantry Regiment
    • 32nd Kremenchug Infantry Regiment
  • 8th Artillery Brigade

Rank insignia

Officer ranks

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Non-commissioned officers and enlisted ranks

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Commanders (Division Chiefs)

  • 1834-1849: Fedor Panyutin
  • 1905: Nikolai Grigorievich Mikhailov[4]
  • 1906-1907: Eduard Ekk
  • 1909: Evgeny Emilievich Fitingof (baron)[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Handbook of the Russian Army, 1914. London: Imperial War Museum (originally British General Staff). 1996. p. 263. ISBN 978-1870423670.
  2. [2]
    "8-я пехотная дивизия". Regiment.ru (in Russian). 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. [3]
    Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. [4]
    8-я пехотная дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil
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