2nd Grenadier Division (Russian Empire)

2nd Grenadier Division
2nd Grenadier Division
Active	1812 - 1917
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Engagements	French invasion of Russia; War of the Sixth Coalition;

The 2nd Grenadier Division was an infantry unit in the Imperial Russian Army as part of the Grenadier Corps. Its headquarters was located at Moscow. Notable engagements of the division include the French invasion of Russia.

Organization edit

1812 edit

1st Brigade
- Kiev Grenadier Regiment
- Moscow Grenadier Regiment
2nd Brigade
- Astrakhan Grenadier Regiment
- Fanagoria Grenadier Regiment
3rd Brigade
- Siberian Grenadier Regiment
- The Little Russian Grenadier Regiment
2nd Artillery Brigade

1914 edit

1st Grenadier Brigade (Moscow)
- The 5th Grenadier General of Kiev, Field Marshal Prince Nikolay Repnin, now EVI V. Heir of the Tsesarevich Regiment
- 6th Grenadier General-Field Marshal of the Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich regiment
2nd Grenadier Brigade (Moscow)
- The 7th Grenadier of the Samogit General-Adjutant Count Totleben regiment
- 8th Grenadier Moscow Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Regiment
2nd Grenadier Artillery Brigade ( Pavlovskaya Sloboda )

Division Command edit

Chiefs of the division edit

1812 - Major-General Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Karl August Christian
1813 - Major-General Pisarev, Alexander Alexandrovich
01.1814 - 1817 - Lieutenant-General Ivan Paskevich
14.11.1817 - September 8, 1823 - Lieutenant-General Shakhovskoy, Ivan Leontievich
06.01.1826 - Major-General (since 22.08.1826 Lieutenant-General) Poluektov, Boris Vladimirovich
until 08.12.1837 - Lieutenant-General Poleshko, Stepan Grigorievich
12/30/1837 - 12/10/1840 - Lieutenant-General Rozen, Roman Fedorovich
12.10.1840 - 19.12.1843 - Lieutenant-General Shulgin, Dmitry Ivanovich
19.12.1843 - until 18.01.1849 - Major-General (then Lieutenant-General) Frederiks, Alexander Andreevich
01/18/1849 - 1856 - Lieutenant-General Zherkov, Alexander Vasilyevich
08.09.1856 - 1863 - Lieutenant-General Voelkner, Vladimir Ivanovich
10.1863 - 01.1864 - Lieutenant-General Bel'gard, Valerian Alexandrovich
18.03.1864 - 30.08.1869 - Lieutenant-General, Adjutant-General von Patkul, Alexander Vladimirovich
11/06/1986 - June 14, 1872 - Lieutenant-General Apostol Kostanda
1876? - 14.12.1877 - Lieutenant-General Svechin, Vladimir Konstantinovich
14.12.1877 - 1878 - Lieutenant General Cvetzinsky, Adam Ignatievich
1880 - 1886 - Lieutenant General Tsege-von-Manteuffel, Nikolai Maksimovich
19.10.1886 - 07/21/1984 - Lieutenant-General Pavel Grigorievich Dukmasov
08/02/1984 - May 31, 1889 - Lieutenant-General Kvitsinsky, Iosif Ignaty Onufrievich
09.07.1898 - 07.01.1906 - Lieutenant-General Buturlin, Sergey Sergeevich
09.01.1906 - June 27, 1906 - Major-General Stolitsa, Evgeny Mikhailovich
04.07.1906 - 29.12.1908 - Lieutenant-General Ignatiev, Lev Ivanovich
29.12.1908 - 26.04.1911 - Lieutenant-General Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov
05/01/1911 - 09/12/1915 - Lieutenant-General Stavrovich, Nikolai Grigorievich
09.12.1915 - 23.06.1917 - Major-General Sklyarevsky, Vasily Epifanovich
06/23/1917-? - Major-General Dovgird, Stefan Antonovich

Heads of division headquarters edit

14.04.1868 - 12.04.1872 - Colonel von der Launitz, Mikhail Vasilyevich
12.02.1876 - 09.05.1881 - Colonel Golovin, Mikhail Ivanovich
хх.хх.1881 - хх.хх.1885 - Colonel Verigin, Evgeny Alexandrovich
05/28/1885 - 02/07/1982 - Colonel Volkov, Vladimir Sergeevich
10.05.1892 - 27.10.1893 - Colonel Polyakov, Vladimir Alekseevich
10/27/1983 - 11/12/1987 - Colonel Petrov, Alexander Konstantinovich
11/15/1977 - 02/02/1901 - Colonel Kyprian Kandratovich
25.02.1901 - 12.08.1902 - Colonel Malinka, Vladimir Ivanovich
08/22/1902 - June 1, 1904 - Colonel Russian, Mikhail Alexandrovich
06/22/1904 - 05/28/1907 - Colonel von Colen, Constantine Konstantinovich
21.06.1907 - 02.11.1911 - Colonel Staev, Pavel Stepanovich
02.11.1911 - 31.03.1913 - Colonel Grishinsky, Alexey Samoilovich
27.04.1913 - 20.12.1914 - Colonel Dreving, Pyotr Fedorovich
20.12.1914 - 16.09.1915 - Colonel Sukhodolsky, Vyacheslav Vladimirovich
10/20/1915 - 1917 - Lieutenant Colonel (since 08/08/1916 Colonel) Lukyanov, Grigory Lukich

The commanders of the 1st Brigade edit

until 26.08.1812 - Colonel Shatilov, Ivan Yakovlevich
after 26.08.1812 - Major Kononenko, Andrei Nikiforovich
10/01/1814 - 01/31/1817 - Major-General Nikolai Sulima
08/15/1832 - 02/04/1833 - Major-General Alexander von Moller
up. 1840 - April 17, 1844 - Major-General Skobeltsyn, Nikolai Nikolaevich
17.04.1844 - 20.02.1846 - Major-General Smitten, Alexander Evstafievich
03.03.1846 - 11.05.1854 - Major-General Friedrichs, Alexander Karlovich
1873 - 12.04.1878 - Major-General Tsege-von-Manteuffel, Nikolai Maksimovich
24.05.1878 - 26.03.1882 - Major-General Plaksin, Vadim Vasilyevich
03/26/1882 - August 28, 1886 - Major-General Molsky, Vitaly Konstantinovich
09/22/1886 - February 20, 1889 - Major-General Tugengold, Alexander Vasilyevich
02/20/1889 - May 27, 1811. - Major General Aleksandr Fyodorovich Rittikh
07/02/1981 - 02/14/1984 - Major-General Bibikov, Mikhail Ilyich
16.02.1894 - 18.11.1895 - Major-General Lyapunov, Alexander Yakovlevich
11/30/1989 - 13.09.1899 - Major-General Mikhail Zasulich
31.10.1899 - December 28, 1904 - Major-General Stolitsa, Evgeny Mikhailovich
14.01.1905 - 27.03.1907 - Major-General Khodnev, Ivan Dmitrievich
28.03.1907 - 31.12.1913 - Major-General Mikhno, Sergey Dmitrievich
12/31/1913 - 03/05/1914 - Major-General Chaplygin, Alexander Ivanovich
08.06.1914 - 29.07.1914 - Major-General Saychuk, Afanasy Semenovich

The commanders of the 2nd Brigade edit

until 26.08.1812 - Colonel Buksgewden, Ivan Filippovich
after 26.08.1812 - Major Mikhail Zasulich
09/11/1816-? - Major-General Krishtafovich, Yegor Konstantinovich
01.1825-03.1831 - Major-General Emma, Alexander Fedorovich
1850-1855 - Major-General Ivashintsev, Sergey Nikolaevich
27.05.1882-31.12.1892 - Major-General Lipinsky, Vasily Iosifovich
18.01.1893-10.02.1902 - Major-General Smirnsky, Konstantin Ivanovich
10.03.1902-28.04.1906 - Major-General Nikonov, Semyon Ivanovich
05.05.1906-09.11.1907 - Major-General Kaigorodov, Mikhail Nikiforovich
28.11.1907-30.01.1915 - Major-General Malinka, Vladimir Ivanovich
03.02.1915-07.04.1917 - Major-General Lesnevsky, Iosif Vikentevich
05.05.1917-08.10.1917 - Major-General Oleksander Osetsky

Commanders of the 3rd Brigade edit

1812 - Colonel Levin, Dmitry Andreevich
Gartung, Nikolai Ivanovich
24.08.1824-02.08.1825 - Major-General Shulgin, Dmitry Ivanovich
Major-General Skobelev, Ivan Nikitich

The commanders of the 2nd Grenadier Artillery Brigade edit

1881 - Major-General Mikhel, Yegor Yegorovich
02/27/1981 - 10/19/1982 - Major-General Sokolov, Leonid Alexandrovich
19.10.1892 - 29.10.1899 - Major-General Platonov, Leonid Nikolayevich
29.12.1899 - 27.02.1900 - Colonel (since 1.01.1900 Major-General with confirmation in his post) Ivanovsky
29.03.1900 - 27.09.1902 - Major-General Chersky, Vladimir Yakovlevich
10/03/1902 - 17.05.1906 - Major-General Glazenap, Georgy Alexandrovich
05/20/1906 - 12.09.1907 - Major-General Slyusarenko, Vladimir Alekseevich
12.09.1907 - 29.11.1908 - Major-General Tarkhov, Alexey Nikolaevich
17.12.1908 - 05.07.1910 - Major-General Petunin, Alexander Yakovlevich
07/25/1910 - 05/31/1912 - Major-General Semyonov, Alexander Ivanovich
05/31/1912 - 25.03.1944 - Major-General Davydov, Dmitry Alekseevich
09.04.1914 - 1915 - Major-General Kopestynsky, Ivan Grigorievich
15.01.1915 - 1917 - Major-General Sozanovich, Vladimir Fedorovich

Literature edit

Patriotic War of 1812. Encyclopedia. Ed. VM Bezotosnogo .- Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2004.- 878 p.
Tolstoy LN War and Peace // Collected Works: 22 volumes. - M .: Fiction, 1979.

References edit

External links edit

2nd Grenadier Division beats Shevardinsky redoubt. Painter IV Evstigneev. 1956
The site of Runivers. Chronicles of the Patriotic War of 1813. Russian Army. 2nd Western Army. 8th Infantry Corps.