3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire)

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The 3rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army formed on 19 February 1877.

Its headquarters were in Vilnius.

Composition

The Army Corps composition as of 18 July 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, was:

  • 25th Infantry Division headquartered at Dvinsk
  • 1st Brigade
  • {{ill|97th Livonia Infantry Regiment|ru|Лифляндский 97-й пехотный полк}} (headquarters Dvinsk)
  • {{ill|98th Yuriev Infantry Regiment|ru|Юрьевский 98-й пехотный полк}} (headquarters Dvinsk)
  • 2nd Brigade (headquarters Dvinsk)
  • {{ill|99th Ivangorod Infantry Regiment|ru|Ивангородский 99-й пехотный полк}} (headquarters Dvinsk)
  • {{ill|100th Ostrovsky Infantry Regiment|ru|Островский 100-й пехотный полк}} (headquarters Dvinsk)
  • 25th Artillery Brigade
  • 27th Infantry Division (headquarters Vilnius)
  • 1st Brigade
  • {{ill|105th Orenburg Infantry Regiment|ru|Оренбургский 105-й пехотный полк}}
  • {{ill|106th Ufa Infantry Regiment|ru|Уфимский 106-й пехотный полк}}
  • 2nd Brigade
  • {{ill|107th Troitsky Infantry Regiment|ru|Троицкий 107-й пехотный полк}}
  • {{ill|108th Saratov Infantry Regiment|ru|Саратовский 108-й пехотный полк}}
  • 27th Artillery Brigade
  • 5th Rifle Brigade
  • 17th Rifle Regiment
  • 18th Rifle Regiment
  • 19th Rifle Regiment
  • 20th Rifle Regiment
  • 5th Rifle Artillery Division
  • 3rd Cavalry Division (headquarters Kaunas)
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade
  • {{ill|3rd Novorossiysk Dragoon Regiment|ru|Новороссийский 3-й драгунский полк}}
  • {{ill|3rd Smolensk Uhlan Regiment|ru|Смоленский 3-й уланский полк}}
  • 2nd Cavalry Brigade
  • {{ill|3rd Elisavetgradsky Hussar Regiment|ru|Елисаветградский 3-й гусарский полк}}
  • {{ill|3rd Don Cossack Regiment|ru|Донской 3-й казачий полк}}
  • 3rd Horse Artillery Battalion
  • 5th Horse Artillery Battery
  • 6th Horse Artillery Battery
  • 3rd Mortar-Artillery Division
  • 3rd Engineer Battalion
  • 4th Pontoon Battalion
  • 2nd Communications Company

Personnel

=Commanders=

{{Officeholder table start

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{{Officeholder table

| order = 1

| image = Karl Heinrich von Dehn (1816 - 1878).jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = {{ill|Karl-Andrey Den|ru|Ден, Андрей Ефимович фон|lt=Karl-Andrey Efimovich Den}}

| officeholder_sort = Den, Karl-Andrey Efimovich

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 19 February 1877

| term_end = 23 April 1878

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1877|02|19|1878|04|23}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 2

| image = Moller eduard antonovitch.jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = {{ill|Karl Eduard von Möller|ru|Моллер, Эдуард Антонович}}

| officeholder_sort = von Möller, Karl Eduard

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 4 May 1878

| term_end = 5 August 1878

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1878|05|04|1878|08|05}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 3

| image =

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = Eduard Karlovich Dellingshausen

| officeholder_sort = von Dellingshausen, Karl Eduard Ludwig Freiherr

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 15 August 1878

| term_end = 1885

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1878|08|15|1885|01|01}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 4

| image = Алхазов Яков Кайхосрович, 1877.jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = {{ill|Yakov Kaihosrovich Alkhazov|ru|Алхазов, Яков Кайхосрович}}

| officeholder_sort = Alkhazov, Yakov Kaihosrovich

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 6 July 1885

| term_end = 19 October 1894

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1885|07|06|1894|10|19}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 5

| image = Dmitrovskiy VI.jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = {{ill|Viktor Ivanovich Dmitrovsky|ru|Дмитровский, Виктор Иванович}}

| officeholder_sort = Dmitrovsky, Viktor Ivanovich

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 28 October 1894

| term_end = 1 January 1898

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1894|10|28|1898|01|01}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 6

| image = Vasiliy Nikolaevich Maximovich (by V. Hau).jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General
{{small|General of the Infantry after 6 December 1898}}

| officeholder = {{ill|Vasily Nikolaevich Maksimovich|ru|Максимович, Василий Николаевич}}

| officeholder_sort = Maksimovich, Vasily Nikolaevich

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 1 January 1898

| term_end = 29 May 1899

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1898|01|01|1899|05|29}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 7

| image = Tchajkowskij Mitrofan Petrovitch.jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General
{{small|General of the Infantry after 1 January 1901}}

| officeholder = Mitrofan Tchaikovsky

| officeholder_sort = Tchaikovsky, Mitrofan Petrovich

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 6 November 1899

| term_end = 25 March 1903

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1899|11|06|1903|03|25}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 8

| image =

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = Konstantin Iosifovich Razgonov

| officeholder_sort = Razgonov, Konstantin Iosifovich

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 16 April 1903

| term_end = 22 June 1904

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1903|04|16|1904|06|22}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 9

| image = Alexander E. Prescott.jpeg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = {{ill|Aleksandr Prescott|ru|Прескотт, Александр Эдуардович|lt=Aleksandr Eduardovich Prescott}}

| officeholder_sort = Prescott, Alexander Eduardovich

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 22 June 1904

| term_end = 16 December 1904

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1904|06|22|1904|12|16}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 10

| image =

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = Ivan Vasilievich Volkenau

| officeholder_sort = Volkenau, Ivan Vasilievich

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 12 January 1905

| term_end = 5 December 1906

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1905|01|12|1906|12|05}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 11

| image = Paul Rennenkampff.jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General
{{small|General of the Infantry after 6 December 1910}}

| officeholder = Paul von Rennenkampf

| officeholder_sort = von Rennenkampf, Paul

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 27 December 1906

| term_end = 20 January 1913

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1906|12|27|1913|01|20}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 12

| image = Epanchin nikolaj alexeevitcha.jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General
{{small|General of the Infantry after 4 April 1913}}

| officeholder = Nikolai Epanchin

| officeholder_sort = Epanchin, Nikolai

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 29 January 1913

| term_end = 6 February 1915

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1913|1|29|1915|2|6}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 13

| image =

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General
{{small|General of the Infantry after 22 March 1915}}

| officeholder = {{ill|Aleksandr Zegelov|ru|Зегелов, Александр Александрович|lt=Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zegelov}}

| officeholder_sort = Zegelov, Aleksandr

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 14 February 1915

| term_end = 22 August 1915

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1915|2|14|1915|8|22}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 14

| image = Vladimir A. Alftan.jpeg

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan

| officeholder_sort = Alftan, Vladimir

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 22 August 1915

| term_end = 16 April 1916

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1915|8|22|1916|4|16}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 15

| image = Pyotr Ivanovich Oganovsky.jpg

| military_rank =General of the Infantry

| officeholder = Pyotr Oganovsky

| officeholder_sort = Oganovsky, Pyotr

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 16 April 1916

| term_end = 11 September 1916

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1916|4|16|1916|9|11}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 16

| image =

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = {{ill|Grigory Yanushevsky|ru|Янушевский, Григорий Ефимович}}

| officeholder_sort = Yanushevsky, Grigory

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 11 September 1916

| term_end = 3 April 1917

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1916|9|11|1917|4|3}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 17

| image = Nadezhnyi Dmitrii Nikolaevich.jpg

| military_rank = Major-General
{{small|Lieutenant-General after 29 April 1917}}

| officeholder = Dmitry Nadyozhny

| officeholder_sort = Nadyozhny, Dmitry

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 7 April 1917

| term_end = 12 October 1917

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1917|4|7|1917|10|12}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 18

| image =

| military_rank = Lieutenant-General

| officeholder = {{ill|Boris Dzichkanets|ru|Дзичканец, Борис Алексеевич}}

| officeholder_sort = Dzichkanets, Boris

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 22 October 1917

| term_end =

| timeinoffice =

}}

{{Officeholder table end}}

=Chiefs of Staff=

  • 24 February 1877 — 15 May 1885 — Colonel (Major-General after 1 January 1878) {{ill|Aleksandr Kozen|ru|Козен, Александр Фёдорович|lt=Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kozen}}
  • 15 May 1885 — 9 December 1892 — Major-General Ivan Ivanovich Tyvalovich
  • 11 January 1893 — 5 January 1898 — Major-General Stanislav Stanislavovich Novogrebelsky
  • 5 January 1898 — 20 October 1899 — Major-General Nikolai Nilovich Lavrov
  • 2 November 1899 — 17 February 1904 — Major-General Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov
  • 24 March 1904 — 12 October 1904 — Major-General Nikolai Sergeyevich Berdyaev
  • 22 October 1904 — 16 June 1906 — Major-General Alexander Frantsevich Ragoza
  • 23 July 1906 — July 1908 — Major-General Baron Aleksandr Georgyevich Ikskul-von-Gildebant
  • 9 July 1908 — 19 October 1914 — Major-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Chagin
  • 14 December 1914 — 17 July 1915 — Major-General Viktor Viktorovich Eggert
  • 18 July 1915 — 7 February 1917 — Major-General Nikolai Dimitryevich Chausov
  • 8 February 1917 — 4 May 1917 — Major-General Vladimir Nikolayevich Yegoryev
  • 12 May 1917 — 7 August 1917 — Major-General Mikhail Vasilyevich Lebedev
  • 12 August 1917 — 1918 — Major-General Andrey Nikolayevich Suvorov

=Chiefs of Artillery=

  • 19 March 1877 - 5 December 1889 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 30 August 1881) Yakov Mikhailovich Kostogorov
  • 9 January 1890 - 4 February 1893 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 30 August 1892) Aleksandr Nikitich Fedortsov-Malysh
  • 4 February 1893 - 19 January 1898 - Lieutenant-General {{ill|Aleksandr Skvortso|ru|Скворцов, Александр Николаевич|lt=Aleksandr Nikolayevich Skvortso}}
  • 19 January 1898 - 10 April 1901 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 5 April 1898) {{ill|Dmitry Topornin|ru|Топорнин, Дмитрий Андреевич|lt=Dmitry Andreyevich Topornin}}
  • 30 May 1901 - 9 July 1906 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 12 June 1903) Aleksey Stepanovich Shepilov
  • 25 July 1906 - 26 October 1913 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 22 April 1907) Dmitry Ivanovich Nevadovsky
  • 18 December 1913 - 16 April 1916 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 12 June 1914) Count {{ill|Viktor Dolivo-Dobrovolsky-Yevdokimov|ru|Доливо-Добровольский-Евдокимов, Виктор Викторович|lt=Viktor Viktorovich Dolivo-Dobrovolsky-Yevdokimov}}
  • 13 May 1916 - 18 February 1917 - Major-General Konstantin Konstantinovich Pilkin
  • From 18 February 1917 - Major-General {{ill|Ivan Nikanorovich Andreyev|ru|Андреев, Иван Никанорович}}

=Corps quartermasters =

  • 17 February 1898 - 19 July 1900 - Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Lang,
  • 23 July 1900 - 1905 - state councilor Mikhail Ivanovich Levandovsky
  • 13 November 1905 - 8 August 1910 - Lieutenant-Colonel (Colonel from 12 June 1906) Zenon Avgustinovich Vorotnitsky
  • 16 August 1910 - after 1 March 1914 - Lieutenant-Colonel (Colonel from 14 April 1913) Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vishnyakov

See also

References

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