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18th Infantry Division
18-я пехотная дивизия
Active	1806–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Infantry
Engagements	World War I

The 18th Infantry Division (Russian: 18-я пехо́тная диви́зия, 18-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I and the Russian Civil War.

It was formed in 1806 as the 10th Infantry Division. It was renumbered in several subsequent reorganizations, becoming the 15th in 1820, the 12th in 1833, and the 18th in 1835.

By 1914 it was part of the 14th Army Corps at Lublin.

Organization

• 1st Brigade (Lublin)
  • 69th Ryazan Infantry Regiment (Lublin)
  • 70th Ryazhsk Infantry Regiment (Siedlce)
• 2nd Brigade (Ivangorod)
  • 71st Belyov Infantry Regiment (Novaya Aleksandria)
  • 72nd Tula Infantry Regiment (Ivangorod)
• 18th Artillery Brigade

Commanders

• 1901-1906: Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov
• 1907-1908: Yakov Schkinsky

References

1. "15-я пехотная дивизия". Regiment.ru (in Russian). 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
2. ^ Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
3. 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 2018-05-05.

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Infantry	Guards 1 2 3 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 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 September 125 November 126  • 127 1916 October 128 November 129  • 130  • 131  • 132  • 133  • 134  • 135  • 136  • 137  • 138 1917 January 151st – 159th 151  • 152  • 153  • 154  • 155  • 156  • 157  • 158  • 159 160th – 169th 160  • 161  • 162  • 163  • 164  • 165  • 166  • 167  • 168  • 169 170th – 179th 170  • 171  • 172  • 173  • 174  • 175  • 176  • 177  • 178  • 179 180th – 189th 180  • 181  • 182  • 183  • 184  • 185  • 186  • 187  • 188  • 189 190th – 194th 190  • 191  • 192  • 193  • 194
Grenadier	1 2 3 Caucasus January 1917: 5  • 6  • 2nd Caucasus
Siberian Rifle	1st – 15th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 November 1916 16  • 17 January 1917 Combined  • 18  • 19  • 20  • 21  • 22
Finland Rifle	May 1915 1 2 3 4 January 1917 5 6
Cavalry	Guards 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Caucasus December 1914: 16
Cossack	Caucasus 1 2 3 Native Cavalry 1st Don 2nd Combined
Volunteer	1st Serbian  • Czechoslovak

• Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire
• Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
• Lublin Governorate