Caucasus Grenadier Division (Russian Empire)
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Caucasus Grenadier Division | |
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Russian: Кавказская гренадерская дивизия | |
Active | 1819–1918 |
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Branch | Imperial Russian Army |
Engagements |
The Caucasus Grenadier Division (Russian: Кавказская гренадерская дивизия) was an infantry unit of the Russian Imperial Army. By the time of World War I, it was garrisoned at Tiflis and was part of the 2nd Caucasus Army Corps. It would later also take part in the Russian Civil War on the side of the White movement.
Combat chronicle
[edit]The Caucasus Grenadier Division saw action since the first days of World War I. In October–September 1914 the division took part in fighting against the German Army in the Augustów Forest (in modern-day Poland) during the East Prussia Operation, and later that month fought in the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes. From November 22–29, 1914, the division fought in the defense of Warsaw. In the spring of 1915 it took part in defending the Bzura River and later in the Siege of Novogeorgievsk. In May 1915, the Caucasus Grenadier Division fought in the defense of Galicia. Later during the Russian Civil War, some of the unit's members would join the Volunteer Army at Tsaritsyn.[2]
Organization
[edit]- 1st Brigade
- 2nd Brigade
- Caucasus Grenadier Artillery Brigade
Commanders
[edit]- 1849–1850: KA Belgard
- 1868–1877: Iosif Davydovich Tarkhan-Mouravov
- 1885–1893: SA Avinov
- 1917: Boris Petrovich Veselovzorov
- 1917–1918: Boris Shaposhnikov
Chiefs of Staff
[edit]- 1917: Johan Laidoner[3]
Bibliography
[edit]- ^ Berry, Quintin (2016). War in the East: A Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78. Helion and Company. p. 462. ISBN 978-1911096696.
- ^ Кавказская гренадерская дивизия. ria914.info, Russian military records. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "General Johan Laidoner". Estonian War Museum. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- Grenadier divisions of the Russian Empire
- Military units and formations established in 1819
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
- Tiflis Governorate
- Military units and formations of Russia in World War I
- Military units and formations of White Russia (Russian Civil War)
- Tbilisi in the Russian Civil War
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