40th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
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| unit_name = 40th Infantry Division
| native_name = 40-я пехотная дивизия
| image = Nicholas II Bobruisk (1904).jpg
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| caption = Nicholas II of Russia reviewing soldiers of the 1st Brigade at Babruysk Station, 21 December 1904
| dates = 1914–1918
| country = {{flag|Russian Empire}}
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| branch = 20px Russian Imperial Army
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| role = Infantry
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The 40th Infantry Division ({{langx|ru|40-я пехо́тная диви́зия}}, 40-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army.{{cite web |url=http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/RUSS1914.html |title=THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914 |last=Conrad |first=Mark |date=2001 |access-date=8 January 2017}}
During the First World War on 13 July 1915 the 40th Infantry Division, alongside the 50th Infantry Division successfully defended the Pultusk bridgehead from German forces attempting to cross the river Narew at Pułtusk.{{cite web |last1=Oleinikov |first1=Alexey Vladimirovich |title=Наревская операция 1915 г. Ч. 2. Битва за плацдармы |url=https://btgv.ru/history/great-war/%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6/1915/narev-operation-1915-part-2-battle-for-the-beachheads/ |website=btgv.ru |publisher=Битва гвардий |access-date=6 May 2022}}
Organization
- 1st Brigade
- 157th Imeretinsky Infantry Regiment (formed 11/6/1863){{cite web |title=157-й пехотный Имеретинский полк |url=http://regiment.ru/reg/II/B/157/1.htm |website=regiment.ru |access-date=7 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903112046/http://regiment.ru/reg/II/B/157/1.htm |archive-date=3 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}
- 158th Kutaisi Infantry Regiment (formed 11/6/1863){{cite web |title=157-й пехотный Имеретинский полк |url=http://regiment.ru/reg/II/B/158/1.htm |website=regiment.ru |access-date=7 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903112046/http://regiment.ru/reg/II/B/158/1.htm |archive-date=3 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}
The 1st Brigade participated in the Battle of Kars. From 1892 the 1st Brigade was based at the Babruysk fortress, Belarus.{{cite book |last1=Beliavski |first1=Max |title=1.3.1860-1915. Бобруйск. Марка военного крепостного собрания |publisher=M. Beliavski |url=https://www.academia.edu/36144121/1_3_1860_1915_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F |access-date=7 May 2022}}
- 2nd Brigade
- 159th Infantry Regiment
- 160th Infantry Regiment
- 40th Artillery Brigade
References
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{{Russian Empire Divisions}}
Category:Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1918