1st Army Corps (Russian Empire)
# 1st Army Corps (Russian Empire)

The 1st Army Corps (Russian: 1-й армейский корпус) was a formation in the Imperial Russian Army, formed in the 1870s. It took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, and later, in August 1914, the 1st Army Corps fought as part of the Second Army in the Battle of Tannenberg. There, it was defeated by the Germans along with the rest of the Second Army. During the rest of World War I, it took part in other operations, up until around 1918.

## Composition

The following is a list of units that made up the 1st Army Corps at different points during its existence:

1874:

* 1st Cavalry Division

1903:

* 22nd Infantry Division
* 37th Infantry Division
* 50th Reserve Infantry Brigade

1913:

* 22nd Infantry Division
* 37th Infantry Division
* 1st Mortar Artillery Division
* 1st Saper Battalion
* 7th Pontoon Battalion

1914:

* 22nd Infantry Division

       1st Brigade
          85th "Vyborksky" Infantry Regiment
          86th "Vilmanstranski" Infantry Regiment
       2nd Brigade
          87th "Neishlotski" Infantry Regiment
          88th "Petrovski" Infantry Regiment
       22nd Artillery Brigade
* 24th Infantry Division

       1st Brigade
          93rd "Irkutski" Infantry Regiment
          94th 'Eniceiski" Infantry Regiment
       2nd Brigade
          95th "Krasnoyarski" Infantry Regiment
          96th "Omski" Infantry Regiment
       24th Artillery Brigade

## Commanders

Officers that commanded the corps during its existence:

1st Army Corps commanders :

| Appointed | Commander | Dismissed |
| - | - | - |
| 1 November 1876 | Infantry General Alexander Petrovich Barklai de-Tolli-Veimarn | 19 January 1888 |
| 19 January 1888 | Infantry General Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov | 26 May 1896 |
| 14 June 1896 | General Adjutant Feofil Egorovich Meindorf | 19 December 1905 |
| 19 December 1905 | Lieutenant General Nikolay Iudovich Ivanov | 11 June 1906 |
| 9 November 1906 | Infantry General Anton von Saltza | 8 June 1908 |
| 8 June 1908 | Artillery General Vladimir Nikolayevich Nikitin | 11 March 1911 |
| 17 March 1911 | Infantry General Leonid Artamonov | 18 August 1914 |
| August 1914 | Infantry General Leonid-Otto Ottovich Sirilius | ? |
| 6 October 1914 | Lieutenant General Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich | 13 April 1916 |
| 18 April 1916 | Major General Vasily Timofeyvich Gavrilov | After 1 December 1916 |
| December 1916 | Lieutenant General Nikolai Ilyich Bulatov | April 1917 |
| 2 April 1917 | Lieutenant General Alexander Sergeyvich Lukomsky | 2 June 1917 |
| June 1917 | Lieutenant General Leonid Mitrofanovich Bolhovitinov | ? |
