2nd Siberian Rifle Division

2nd Siberian Division
2-я Сибирская стрелковая дивизия
Active	1883–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Infantry

The 2nd Siberian Rifle Division was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army.^[1]^[2]

History

The division was first formed as the 2nd East Siberian Rifle Brigade in 1883. In 1904 it was expanded into the 2nd East Siberian Rifle Division. The division fought in the Russo-Japanese War.^[2] The division was redesignated the 2nd Siberian Rifle Division in 1910.^[3]^: 126

In 1914, before the outbreak of World War I, the division's headquarters was located at Razdolnoe. Its 1st Brigade, with the 5th (Nikolsk-Ussuriski) and 6th (Novokievskoe) Siberian Rifle Regiments, was also located at Razdolnoe and its 2nd Brigade, with the 7th (Novokievskoe) and 8th (Barabash) Siberian Rifle Regiments, was headquartered at Novokiyevskoye. The division was part of the 1st Siberian Army Corps.^[1]

The division was disbanded in 1918.^[3]^: 126

Organization

1st Brigade
- 5th Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 6th Siberian Rifle Regiment
2nd Brigade
- 7th Siberian Rifle Regiment
- 8th Siberian Rifle Regiment
2nd Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade

References

^ ^a ^b Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b Russian Army of Manchuria 14 January 1905
^ ^a ^b Garkusha, Irina, ed. (2006). Российский государственный военно-исторический архив. Путеводитель [Russian State Military Archive Guidebook] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: ROSSPEN. ISBN 978-5-8243-0895-2. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-03.

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

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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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