3rd Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
# 3rd Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 3rd Infantry Division (Russian: 3-я пехотная дивизия, 3-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1806 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. From before 1903 to the end of its existence the division was based in Kaluga.

## History

The unit was initially formed in 1806. In 1916, during World War I, the 3rd Infantry Division took part in the Brusilov Offensive. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.

## Organization

Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade. The 3rd Infantry Division was part of the 17th Army Corps as of 1914.

* 1st Brigade
   * 9th Emperor Peter the Great's Ingermanland Infantry Regiment
   * 10th New-Ingermanland Infantry Regiment
* 2nd Brigade
   * 11th General Field Marshal Prince Kutuzov of Smolensk's Pskov Infantry Regiment
   * 12th Velikiye Luki Infantry Regiment
* 3rd Artillery Brigade

## Known commanders

| | Name | From | To |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lieutenant General Ivan Ganetsky | 22.08.1863 | 4.04.1876 |
| 2 | Lieutenant General Viktor Aspelund | 19.05.1900 | 8.04.1904 |
| 3 | Lieutenant General Nikolai Orlov | 11.01.1906 | 22.09.1910 |
| 4 | Lieutenant General Pyotr Polzikov | 22.09.1910 | 15.04.1914 |
| 5 | Major General Alexander Sholp | ??.07.1916 | 1917 |

## Known chiefs of staff

| | Name | From | To |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Colonel Andrei Ugryumov | 29.02.1896 | 31.10.1899 |
| 2 | Colonel Ivan Lvov | 25.11.1899 | 15.10.1902 |
| 3 | Colonel Grulev | 1.07.1903 | ? |
| 4 | Colonel Sergei Tsyeil | 1.06.1904 | 25.08.1905 |
| 5 | Colonel Nikandr Lashchilin | 16.06.1908 | 4.06.1910 |
| 6 | Colonel Pavlyuk | 1.02.1913 | ? |
| 7 | Colonel Serebryannikov | 1.04.1914 | ? |
| 8 | Colonel Fyodor Afanasyev | 5.02.1916 | 3.11.1916 |
