5th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

5th Infantry Division
5-я пехотная дивизия
Artillery officers of the 5th Infantry Division, 1878
Active	1806 – c. 1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Infantry
Size	Approx. 20,000^[1]
Garrison/HQ	Zhytomyr
Engagements	Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 World War I

The 5th Infantry Division (Russian: 5-я пехотная дивизия, 5-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. When the war broke out in 1914 it was based in Zhytomyr and was part of the 9th Army Corps.^[2]

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History

It was formed in 1806 as the 6th Infantry Division and was later reorganized into the 5th Infantry Division. The division took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 and fought near Plovdiv. It later served during World War I was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.^[2]

Organization

Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade.^[1] The 5th Infantry Division was part of the 9th Army Corps as of 1914.^[2]^[3]

1st Brigade
- 17th His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich's Archangel Infantry Regiment
- 18th His Majesty the King of Romania's Vologda Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade
- 19th Kostroma Infantry Regiment
- 20th Galich Infantry Regiment
5th Artillery Brigade

Known commanders

	Name	From	To
1	Lieutenant General Apostol Kostanda	30 August 1864	6 November 1869
2	Lieutenant General Duke Georgy Tumanov	19 December 1897	2 June 1901
3	Lieutenant General Evgeny Kakurin	4 July 1901	1 June 1903
4	Lieutenant General Dmitry Shuvayev	10 January 1905	24 May 1908
5	Lieutenant General Andrei Perekrestov	10 June 1908	after 1 January 1913
6	Lieutenant General Pavel Parchevsky	31 December 1913	1 March 1916

Known chiefs of staff

	Name	From	To
1	Colonel Mikhail Mirkovich	11 April 1867	20 October 1869
2	Colonel Vladimir Smirnov	20 July 1884	1 April 1891
3	Colonel Alexander Iyevreinov	9 April 1891	28 December 1894
4	Colonel Alexander Ragoza	10 March 1898	27 April 1900
5	Colonel Mikhail Yakovlev	21 May 1900	8 May 1902
6	Colonel Vasilyev	around 1903
7	Colonel Nikolai Ostryansky	23 June 1904	14 August 1906
8	Colonel Konstantin Yegoryev	14 August 1906	3 June 1910
9	Colonel Firsov	to 1913	after April 1914
10	Colonel Vasily Uperov	23 February 1915	1 January 1916

References

^ ^a ^b Handbook of the Russian Army, 1914. London: Imperial War Museum (originally British General Staff). 1996. p. 263. ISBN 978-1870423670.
^ ^a ^b ^c "5-я пехотная дивизия". Regiment.ru. 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^ Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 8 January 2017.

Russian Imperial Army divisions in World War I

Infantry

Guards	1 2 3

Pre-war

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

Reserve
mobilized
in

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

Autumn	September: 125 November: 126 • 127

1916	October: 128 November: 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138

Grenadier

Mobilized in January 1917: 5 • 6 • 2nd Caucasus

Siberian Rifle

Cavalry

Guards	1 2

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Caucasus

Mobilized in December 1914: 16

Cossack

Caucasus	1 2 3 Native Cavalry

Volunteer

1st Serbian • Czechoslovak

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