18th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 18th Infantry Division (Russian: 18-я пехо́тная диви́зия, 18-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I and the Russian Civil War.^[1][2]

18th Infantry Division
18-я пехотная дивизия
Active	1806–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Infantry
Engagements	World War I

Formed in 1806 as the 10th Infantry Division, it underwent several reorganizations, being redesignated as the 15th in 1820, the 12th in 1833, and the 18th in 1835.^[3]: 119

By 1914 it was part of the 14th Army Corps at Lublin.^[2]

Organization

• 1st Brigade (Lublin)
  • 69th Ryazan Infantry Regiment (Lublin)
  • 70th Ryazhsk Infantry Regiment (Siedlce)
• 2nd Brigade (Ivangorod)
  • 71st Belyov Infantry Regiment (Novaya Aleksandria)
  • 72nd Tula Infantry Regiment (Ivangorod)
• 18th Artillery Brigade^[2]

Commanders

• 1901-1906: Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov
• 1907-1908: Yakov Schkinsky