6th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 6th Infantry Division (Russian: 6-я пехотная дивизия, 6-ya pekhotnaya diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1806 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. From before 1903 to the end of its existence the division was based in Ostrov.^[2]

6th Infantry Division
6-я пехотная дивизия
Active	1806 – c. 1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Infantry
Size	approx. 20,000[1]
Garrison/HQ	Ostrov
Engagements	World War I

History

The division fought in World War I and distinguished itself in battle against the Austro-Hungarian 4th Army in 1915. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.^[2][3]

Organization

It was part of the 15th Army Corps as of 1914.^[2][4]

• 1st Brigade
  • 21st Murom Infantry Regiment
  • 22nd Nizhny Novgorod Infantry Regiment
• 2nd Brigade
  • 23rd General Field Marshal Count Saltykov's Nizovsky Infantry Regiment
  • 24th General Neverovsky's Simbirsk Infantry Regiment
• 6th Artillery Brigade

Commanders

• 1900–1903: Mikhail Zasulich