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This article lists Imperial Russian Army formations and units in 1914 prior to the mobilisation for the Russian invasion of Prussia and the offensive into the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia.

The prewar chain of command was: military district, corps (or Army corps), then to division, brigade, regiment, and then the regiment's battalions.

After mobilisation in the event of war the chain of command of the Imperial Russian Army ran from Stavka, the Russian general headquarters, which was created during mobilization, to Front-level (Army group) also created during mobilization, to the Army level. Army headquarters were created during mobilization by transformation of the military district headquarters. Below Army level the chain was the same as in peace-time; corps (or Army corps (terms used interchangeably), division, brigade, and regiment.

Abbreviations used

• ACorps = Army Corps (ak = armeysky korpus)
• MD = Military district (VO = voenny okrug)
• GrenCorps = Grenadier Corps (Gren. k = Grenadersky korpus)
• LGrd = Lifeguard (l.-gv. = leyb-gvardi)
• SibCorps = Siberian Corps (Sib. k = Sibirsky korpus)
• TurkCorps = Turkestan Corps (Turk. k = Turkestansky korpus)

Fronts

• Northwestern Front (until August 1915)
  • Northern Front (from August 1915)
  • Western Front (from August 1915)
• Southwestern Front
• Romanian Front
• Caucasus Front

Armies

see List of Russian armies in World War I

The Guards

1st Guards Corps

Located in Saint Petersburg and surroundings — Pushkin, Petergof and Gatchina, excepted the 3rd Infantry Division (3 ID) and the Independent Cavalry Brigade (ICavBr), located in Warsaw and subordinated to the XXIII AC

Fortresses

Army Corps

Cavalry Corps

Cavalry Divisions

Cossack Divisions

See also

• Military district (Russian Empire) - list of military districts.
• Women's Battalion

Bibliography

• Ėmmanuelʹ, V. A. (2013). The Russian Imperial Cavalry in 1914 (First Winged Hussar Publishing ed.). Point Pleasant, NJ: Winged Hussar Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-0988953215.

• Deyo, Daniel C. (2016). A Compendium of the Russian Army in the First World War (Legions of the East ed.). Great Falls, VA: Counterintelligence Consulting LLC. ISBN 9781540399311.

Further reading

• Florinsky, Michael T. "The Russian Mobilization of 1914," Political Science Quarterly (1927) 42#2 pp. 203–227 in JSTOR

Articles relating to the Russian Imperial Army in World War I

v t e Ground forces of the Russian Empire during World War I Senior administration Imperial Main Headquarters Stavka of the Supreme Commander Ministry of War Fronts Northwestern (to 1915, then: Northern and Western) Southwestern Romanian Caucasus Field armies Numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Dobruja Danube Caucasus Special Army corps Guards 1 2 Grenadier Army 1st – 9th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10th – 19th 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th – 29th 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30th – 39th 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40th – 50th 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Caucasus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Terek-Kuban Siberian 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Turkestan 1 2 Polish I II III Ukrainian 1 2 Volunteer Czechoslovak Romanian Armenian Georgian Serbian Cavalry Numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Caucasus Native 1 2 Guards Combined Miscellaneous Gendarmes Feldjäger Expeditionary v t e Russian Imperial Army divisions in World War I Infantry Guards 1 2 3 1st – 9th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10th – 19th 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th – 29th 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30th – 39th 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40th – 49th 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50th – 52nd 50 51 52 1914 July 53rd – 59th 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60th – 69th 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70th – 79th 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80th – 84th 80 81 82 83 84 1915 June 99th – 109th 99  • 100  • 101  • 102  • 103  • 104  • 105  • 106  • 107  • 108  • 109 110th – 119th 110  • 111  • 112  • 113  • 114  • 115  • 116  • 117  • 118  • 119 120th – 124th 120  • 121  • 122  • 123  • 124 September 125 November 126  • 127 1916 October 128 November 129  • 130  • 131  • 132  • 133  • 134  • 135  • 136  • 137  • 138 1917 January 151st – 159th 151  • 152  • 153  • 154  • 155  • 156  • 157  • 158  • 159 160th – 169th 160  • 161  • 162  • 163  • 164  • 165  • 166  • 167  • 168  • 169 170th – 179th 170  • 171  • 172  • 173  • 174  • 175  • 176  • 177  • 178  • 179 180th – 189th 180  • 181  • 182  • 183  • 184  • 185  • 186  • 187  • 188  • 189 190th – 194th 190  • 191  • 192  • 193  • 194 Grenadier 1 2 3 Caucasus January 1917: 5  • 6  • 2nd Caucasus Siberian Rifle 1st – 15th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 November 1916 16  • 17 January 1917 Combined  • 18  • 19  • 20  • 21  • 22 Finland Rifle May 1915 1 2 3 4 January 1917 5 6 Cavalry Guards 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Caucasus December 1914: 16 Cossack Caucasus 1 2 3 Native Cavalry 1st Don 2nd Combined Volunteer 1st Serbian  • Czechoslovak v t e Cavalry regiments of the Russian Imperial Army (1914) Guards Cavalry His Majesty's Cuirassiers Hussars Cossacks Imperial Escort Uhlans Ataman Chevalier Guards Combined Cossack Dragoons Her Majesty's Life Guards Cuirassiers Grodno Hussars Hussars Horse Horse Grenadiers Reserve Dragoons 1st – 9th 1st Moscow Life 2nd Pskovsky Life 3rd Novorossiysk 4th Novotritsko-Yekaterinoslavsky 5th Karogpol 6th Glukhovsky 7th Kinburn 8th Astrakhan 9th Kazansky 10th – 20th 10th Novgorod 11th Riga 12th Starodubovsky 13th Military Order 14th Little Russian 15th Pereyaslavl 16th Tverskoy 17th Nizhny Novgorod 18th Seversky 19th Arkhangelsk 20th Finnish Maritime Uhlans (Lancers) 1st – 9th 1st Saint Petersburg 2nd Courland Life 3rd Smolensk 4th Kharkov 5th Lithuanian 6th Volhynian 7th Olviopol 8th Voznesensky 9th Bugsky 10th – 17th 10th Odessa 11th Chuguevsky 12th Belgorod 13th Vladimir 14th Yamburgsky 15th Tatar 16th Novoarkhangelsk 17th Novomirgorod Hussars 1st – 9th 1st Sumy 2nd Pavlograd Life 3rd Elisavetgrad 4th Mariupol 5th Alexandria 6th Klyastitsky 7th Belarusian 8th Lubensky 9th Kiev 10th – 18th 10th Ingermanland 11th Izyumsky 12th Akhtyrsky 13th Narva 14th Mitavsky 15th Ukrainian 16th Irkutsk 17th Chernigov 18th Nizhny Reserve Cavalry Numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Caucasian Zaamur Coastal Patrol Baltic 1 2 3 4 5 6 Black Sea 1 2 3 4 Cossack Don 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Kuban 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Terek 1 2 3 4 Astrakhan 1 Orenburg 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ural 1 2 3 Siberian 1 2 3 Semirechye 1 Transbaikal 1 2 3 4 Native Cavalry Dagestan 1 2 Chechen Circassian Crimean Kabardian Ossetian Tatar v t e Infantry regiments of the Russian Imperial Army (1914) Guards Infantry Rifle 1 2 3 4 Volinsky Grenadier Izmaylovsky Jaeger Keksgolmsky Lithuanian Moscow Pavlovsky Preobrazhensky Saint Petersburg Semyonovsky Finnish Combined Grenadiers 1st – 9th 1st Yekatorinoslav 2nd Rostov 3rd Pernovsky 4th Nesvizhsky 5th Kiev 6th Tavrichesky 7th Samogitsky 8th Moscow 9th Siberian 10th – 19th 10th Malorussian 11th Fanagoriysky 12th Astrakhan 13th Yerevan 14th Georgian 15th Tiflis 16th Mingrelian Infantry 1st – 99th 1st – 9th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10th – 19th 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th – 29th 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30th – 39th 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40th – 49th 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50th – 59th 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60th – 69th 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70th – 79th 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80th – 89th 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90th – 99th 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100th – 199th 100th – 109th 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110th – 119th 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120th – 129th 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130th – 139th 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140th – 149th 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150th – 159th 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160th – 169th 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170th – 179th 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180th – 189th 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190th – 199th 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200th – 208th 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 Mobilized in July 1914 or later: 209th – 299th 209th – 219th 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220th – 229th 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230th – 239th 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240th – 249th 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250th – 259th 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260th – 269th 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270th – 279th 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280th – 289th 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290th – 299th 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300th – 399th 300th – 309th 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310th – 319th 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320th – 329th 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330th – 336th 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 397th – 399th 397 398 399 400th – 499th 400th – 409th 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410th – 419th 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420th – 429th 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430th – 439th 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440th – 449th 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450th – 459th 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460th – 469th 460 461 462 461 464 465 466 467 468 469 470th – 479th 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480th – 489th 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490th – 499th 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500th – 520th 500th – 509th 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510th – 520th 510 511 512 514 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 Rifles Numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Siberian 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Finnish 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Caucasus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Turkestan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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