9th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

9th Infantry Division
9-я пехотная дивизия
Active	1806 – c. 1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Infantry
Size	approx. 20,000[1]
Garrison/HQ	Poltava
Engagements	World War I

The 9th Infantry Division (Russian: 9-я пехотная дивизия, 9-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. The division was based in Radom and later Poltava in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.^[2][3]

Organization

The 9th Infantry Division was part of the 10th Army Corps.^[3]

• 1st Brigade (HQ Poltava)
  • 33rd Yelets Infantry Regiment
  • 34th Sevsk Infantry Regiment
• 2nd Brigade (HQ Poltava, 1905: Kremenchug)
  • 35th Bryansk Infantry Regiment
  • 36th Orel Infantry Regiment
• 9th Artillery Brigade.

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

• 1871–1876: Fyodor Radetzky
• 1876–1881: Nikolay Svyatopolk-Mirsky
• 1903: Nikolai Zarubaev
• 1905: Sergei Konstantinovich Gershelman
• 1909: Petr Domozhirov^[4]

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

• 1894–1895: Mikhail Zasulich
• 1905: Konstantin Zhdanovsky
• 1909: Iosif Bonch-Bogdanovsky^[4]

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

• 1905: Vladimir Shatilov
• 1909: Alexander Vorypaev^[4]

References

1. Handbook of the Russian Army, 1914. London: Imperial War Museum (originally British General Staff). 1996. p. 263. ISBN 978-1870423670.
2. "9-я пехотная дивизия". Regiment.ru (in Russian). 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
3. Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
4. 9-я пехотная дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil