2nd Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 2nd Guards Infantry Division was a division of the Imperial Russian Army. Before mobilisation for World War I, the division was based in St-Petersburg under the Guards Corps, also headquartered in St-Petersburg.^[1]

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2nd Guards Infantry Division

Active	1855—1914
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Type	Artillery Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Saint Petersburg

Organisation

(Titles in English)

Organisation of the division just before mobilisation for World War I;^[1]

Divisional Headquarters and Staff
1st Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters and Staff
- The Moscow Life Guards Regiment
- Life Grenadier Guards
2nd Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters and Staff
- Pavlovski Life Guard Grenadiers
- Finnish Life Guards Regiment
2nd Guards Artillery Brigade
- Regiment Headquarters and Staff
- 1st Division (battalion)
- 2nd Division (battalion)

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Commanders

1855–1857: Alexander von Wrangel
1858–1860: KA Belgard
1878–1881: Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov
1881–1885: Timofeyev
1891–1895: Stepan Vasilyevich Rykachev
1897–1899: Richard Troyanovich Meves
1900–1904: Nikolay F Meshetich
1905–1906: Vladimir Danilov
1906–1907: Ivan Romanenko
1907–1908: Adlerberg
1908–1910: Mikhnevich
1910–1912: Leonid Lesh
1912–1913: Vasily Flug
1913–1914: Alexander Alexeyevich Resin

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2nd Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

Organisation

Commanders

Chiefs of Staff

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

Commanders of the Artillery Brigade

References

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