Russian Army order of battle (1812)

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The Imperial Russian Army in 1812 consists of 3 main armies and other military formations.

Commander in Chief Emperor Alexander I

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[edit] 1st Army of the West

General of infantry Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly[1])

    • 1st Infantry Corps[2] (Lieutenant General Count Peter Wittgenstein)
      • 5th Infantry Division (Major General Grigori Berg);
      • 14th Infantry Division (Major General Ivan Sazonov);
    • 2nd Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Baggehufvud)
      • 4th Infantry Division (Major General Duke Eugene of Württemberg);
      • 17th Infantry Division (Major General Zakhar Olsufiev);
    • 3rd Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Nikolai Tuchkov)
      • 1st Grenadier Division (Major General Count Pavel Stroganov);
      • 3rd Infantry Division (Major General Pyotr Konovnitsin);
    • 4th Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Count Pavel Shuvalov)
      • 11th Infantry Division (Major General Nikolai Bakhmetiev);
      • 23rd Infantry Division (Major General Alexey Bakhmetiev);
    • 5th Reserve Guards Infantry Corps (Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia)
    • 6th Infantry Corps (General of infantry Dmitry Dokhturov)
      • 7th Infantry Division (Lieutenant General Pyotr Kaptsevich);
      • 24th Infantry Division (Major General Pyotr Likhachyov);
    • 1st Reserve Cavalry Corps (General aid-de-camp Fyodor Uvarov);
    • 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps (General aid-de-camp Baron Fyodor Korf);
    • 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps (Major General Count Pyotr von der Pahlen);
    • The "flying" Cossack Corps (General of cavalry Count Matvei Platov);

[edit] 2nd Army of the West

General of infantry Prince Pyotr Bagration

    • 7th Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Nikolay Raevsky);
    • 8th Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Nikolay Borozdin);
    • 4th Reserve Cavalry Corps (Major General Count Karl Sivers);
    • Cossack detachment of (General Major Nikolay Ilovaisky Vth)

[edit] 3rd Reserve Army of Observation

General of cavalry Alexander Tormasov

    • Corps of General of infantry Sergei Kamenskii;
    • Corps of Lieutenant General Evgeniy Markov;
    • Corps of Lieutenant General Baron Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken;
    • Cavalry Corps of Major General Count Charles de Lambert;

[edit] Danube Army

Admiral Pavel Chichagov

    • 1st Corps (General of cavalry Count Andrault de Langeron);
    • 2nd Corps (Lieutenant General Count Pyotr Essen);
    • 3rd Corps (Lieutenant General Alexander Voinov);
    • 4th Corps (Lieutenant General Andrey Zass);
    • Reserve of the Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Sabaneev)

[edit] Separate Corps and detachments

  • Corps of Riga (Lieutenant General Ivan Essen);
  • Corps of Finland (Lieutenant General (Faddey) Fabian Steinheil);
  • 1st Reserve Corps (General aid-de-camp Baron Yegor Meller-Zakomelsky);
  • 2nd Reserve Corps (Lieutenant General Fyodor Ertel);
  • Bobruysk detachment (Major General Gavriil Ignaiev);
  • Smolensk Reserve Corps (General aid-de-camp Baron Ferdiniand Wintzingerode);
  • Kaluga Reserve Corps (General of infantry Count Mikhail Miloradovich;
  • 27th Infantry Division (Major General Dmitri Neverovskii);
  • Serbian detachment (Major General Nikolai Liders)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Michael de Tolly was appointed the commander-in-chief of the 1st Army on 19 March 1812. However, after arrival of Emperor Alexander I in Vilnius, the latter became de-jure and de-facto a commander-in-chief.
  2. ^ In June 1812 the 1st Infantry Corps was excluded from the 1st Army and left by the Northern Dvina for protection of Saint Petersburg

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