3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire)

The 3rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army formed on 19 February 1877.

3rd Army Corps
Active	1877-1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Size	~20,000
HQ	Vilnius
Engagements	Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) World War I Battle of Tannenberg

Its headquarters was located in Vilnius.

Composition

• 25th Infantry Division headquartered at Dvinsk
  • 1st Brigade
    • 97th Infantry Regiment Livonia (headquarters Dvinsk)
    • 98th Infantry Regiment Yuriev (headquarters Dvinsk)
  • 2nd Brigade (headquarters Dvinsk)
    • 99th Infantry Regiment of Ivangorod (headquarters Dvinsk)
    • 100th Infantry Regiment Ostrovsky (headquarters Dvinsk)
  • 25th Artillery Brigade
• 27th Infantry Division (headquarters Vilnius)
  • 1st Brigade
    • 105th Infantry Regiment Orenburg
    • 106th Infantry Regiment Ufa
  • 2nd Brigade
    • 107th Infantry Regiment Troitsky
    • 108th Infantry Regiment Saratov
  • 27th Artillery Brigade
• 3rd Cavalry Division (headquarters Kaunas)
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade
    • 3rd Dragoon Regiment Novorossiysk
    • 3rd Uhlan Regiment Smolensk
  • 2nd Cavalry Brigade
    • 3rd Hussar Regiment Elisavetgradsky
    • 3rd Don Cossack Regiment
  • 3rd Horse Artillery Battalion

Commanders

• 02/19/1877 - 04/23/1878 - Lieutenant General Den, Karl-Andrey Efimovich
• 05/04/1878 - 08/05/1878 - Lieutenant General Moller, Eduard Antonovich
• 08/15/1878 - xx.xx.1885 - Lieutenant-General Baron Eduard Karlovich Dellingshausen
• 06.07.1885 - 19.10.1894 - Lieutenant General Alkhazov, Yakov Kaihosrovich
• 10/28/1894 - 01/01/1898 - Lieutenant General Dmitrovsky, Viktor Ivanovich
• 01.01.1898 - 05.29.1899 - Lieutenant General (from 06.12.1898 General of Infantry) Maksimovich, Vasily Nikolaevich
• 06/11/1899 - 03/25/1903 - Lieutenant General (from 01/01/1901 General of Infantry) Tchaikovsky, Mitrofan Petrovich
• 04.16.1903 - 06.22.1904 - Lieutenant General Razgonov, Konstantin Iosifovich
• 06/22/1904 - 12/16/1904 - Lieutenant General Prescott, Alexander Eduardovich
• 01/12/1905 - 12/05/1906 - Lieutenant General Volkenau, Ivan Vasilievich
• 1906-1913: Paul von Rennenkampf
• 1913-1915: Nikolai Epanchin

No.		Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Lieutenant-General Karl-Andrey Efimovich Den	19 February 1877	23 April 1878	1 year, 63 days
2		Lieutenant-General Karl Eduard von Möller	4 May 1878	5 August 1878	93 days
3		Lieutenant-General Karl Eduard Ludwig Freiherr von Dellingshausen	15 August 1878	1885	6 years, 139 days
4		Lieutenant-General Yakov Kaihosrovich Alkhazov	6 July 1885	19 October 1894	9 years, 105 days
5		Lieutenant-General Viktor Ivanovich Dmitrovsky	28 October 1894	1 January 1898	3 years, 65 days
6		Lieutenant-General Vasily Nikolaevich Maksimovich	1 January 1898	29 May 1899	1 year, 148 days
7		Lieutenant-General Mitrofan Tchaikovsky	6 November 1899	25 March 1903	3 years, 139 days
8		Lieutenant-General Konstantin Iosifovich Razgonov	16 April 1903	22 June 1904	1 year, 67 days
9		Lieutenant-General Alexander Eduardovich Prescott	22 June 1904	16 December 1904	177 days
10		Lieutenant-General Ivan Vasilievich Volkenau	12 January 1905	5 December 1906	1 year, 327 days
11		Lieutenant-General Paul von Rennenkampf	1906	1913	7 years, 0 days
12		Lieutenant-General Nikolai Epanchin	1913	1915	2 years, 0 days

Chief of Staff

• 1904-1906: Alexander Ragoza
• February 8 - May 4, 1917: Vladimir Yegoryev

Chief of Artillery

• 1898-1901: D. A. Topornin

See also

• List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units

References