Russian Army order of battle (1812)
The Imperial Russian Army in 1812 consists of 3 main armies and other military formations. Commander in Chief Emperor of the Army was Alexander I.
First Western Army
General of the Infantry Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly[1])
- 1st Infantry Corps:[2] Lieutenant General Count Peter Wittgenstein
- 5th Infantry Division: Major General Gregor von Berg
- 1st Brigade
- Sievsk Grenadier and Kaluga Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Perm and Mohilev Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 23rd and 24th Jäger Regiment
- 1st Brigade
- 14th Infantry Division: Major General Ivan Sazonov
- 1st Brigade
- Tula and Navaginsk Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Riga and Tenginsk Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 25th and 26th Jäger Regiment
- 1st Brigade
- Corps Artillery: Nine companies, two pontoon and one pioneer companies
- 1st Cavalry Division: Major General Pyotr Kahovskiy
- 1st and 5th Cavalry Brigades
- Riga and Jamburg Dragoon Regiments, Grodno Hussar Regiment and three Cossack Regiments
- 1st and 5th Cavalry Brigades
- 5th Infantry Division: Major General Gregor von Berg
- 2nd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Baggovut
- 4th Infantry Division: Major General Duke Eugene of Württemberg
- 1st Brigade
- Kremenchug and Minsk Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Tobolsk and Volhynia Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 4th and 34th Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- 17th Infantry Division: Major General Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev
- 1st Brigade
- Ryazan and Byelosersk Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Brest and Wilmannstrand Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 30th and 48th Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- Corps Artillery: Seven companies
- Elizabethgrad Hussar Regiment
- 4th Infantry Division: Major General Duke Eugene of Württemberg
- 3rd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Nikolai Tuchkov
- 1st Grenadier Division: Major General Count Pavel Stroganov
- 1st Brigade
- Life Grenadiers and Arakcheyev Grenadier Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Pavlov and Ekaterinslav Grenadier Regiments
- 3rd Grenadier Brigade
- Saint Petersburg and Tauride Grenadier Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- 3rd Infantry Division: Major General Pyotr Konovnitsin
- 1st Brigade
- Reval and Muromsk Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Tchernigov and Kaporie Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 20th and 21st Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- Corps Artillery: Eight companies
- Life Guard Cossack Regiment and one Cossack regiment
- 1st Grenadier Division: Major General Count Pavel Stroganov
- 4th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Count Pavel Shuvalov
- 11th Infantry Division: Major General Nikolai Bakhmetiev
- 1st Brigade
- Kexholm and Pernau Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Polotsk and Yeletz Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 1st and 33rd Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- 23rd Infantry Division: Major General Alexey Bakhmetiev
- Corps Artillery: Six companies
- 11th Infantry Division: Major General Nikolai Bakhmetiev
- 5th Reserve Guards Infantry Corps: Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia
- Guard Infantry Division: Major General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov
- 1st Guards Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Guards Infantry Brigade
- Izmaylovsky and Lithuanian Lifeguard Regiments
- 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade
- Finland and Lifeguard Jäger Regiments
- 1st Combined Grenadier Division [3]
- 26 combined grenadier battalions
- Corps Artillery: Four foot and two horse companies, one pioneer company
- 1st Cuirassier Division Major General Nikolay Depreradovich
- 1st Cuirassier Brigade
- Chevalier Guard and Life Guard Horse Regiments
- 2nd Cuirassier Brigade
- Emperor Life Guard, Empress Life Guard and Astrakhan Cuirassier Regiments
- 1st Cuirassier Brigade
- Guard Infantry Division: Major General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov
- 6th Infantry Corps: General of infantry Dmitry Dokhturov
- 7th Infantry Division: Lieutenant General Peter Mikhailovich Kaptzevich
- 1st Brigade
- Moscow and Pskov Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Libau and Sophia Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 11th and 36th Jäger Regiments
- 7th Divisional Artillery
- 1st Brigade
- 24th Infantry Division: Major General Pyotr Likhachyov
- 1st Brigade
- Ufa and Schirvan Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Butirsk and Tomsk Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 19th and 40th Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- Corps Artillery: Seven companies
- Sumy Hussar Regiment
- 7th Infantry Division: Lieutenant General Peter Mikhailovich Kaptzevich
- 1st Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Fyodor Uvarov
- 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade
- Life Guard Dragoon, Life Guard Hussar and Life Guard Uhlan Regiments
- Brigade
- Kazan and Niezhin Dragoon Regiments
- Corps Artillery: One company
- 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade
- 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Baron Fyodor Korf
- 6th Cavalry Brigade
- Pskov and Moscow Dragoon Regiments
- 7th Cavalry Brigade
- Kargopol[4] and Ingermanland Dragoon Regiments
- Brigade
- Isum Hussar and Polish Uhlan Regiments
- Corps Artillery: One company
- 6th Cavalry Brigade
- 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Peter Petrovich Pahlen
- Brigade
- Courland and Orenburg Dragoon Regiments
- Brigade
- Siberia and Irkutsk Dragoon Regiments
- Brigade
- Mariopol Hussar Regiment
- Corps Artillery: One company
- Brigade
- Artillery Reserve: Count Kutaisov
- 21 foot and five horse artillery companies
- Flying Cossack Corps: General of Cavalry Count Matvei Platov
Source: Pivka, Otto von (1979). Armies of the Napoleonic Era. New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing. pp. 216–217. ISBN 0-8008-5471-3.
Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. p. 391. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
Second Western Army
General of the Infantry Prince Pyotr Bagration
- 7th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Nikolay Raevsky
- 12th Infantry Division: Major General Illarion Vasilievich Vasilchokov
- 1st Brigade
- Smolensk and Narva Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Alexopol and New Ingermanland Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 6th and 41st Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- 26th Infantry Division: Major General Ivan Paskevich
- 1st Brigade
- Ladoga and Poltava Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Nishegorod and Orel Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 3rd, 5th and 42nd Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- Corps Artillery: Unknown
- 12th Infantry Division: Major General Illarion Vasilievich Vasilchokov
- 8th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Nikolay Borozdin
- 2nd Grenadier Division: Major General Prince Karl von Mecklenburg
- 1st Grenadier Brigade
- Crimea and Moscow Grenadier Regiments
- 2nd Grenadier Brigade
- Astrakhan and Fanagoria Grenadier Regiments
- 3rd Grenadier Brigade
- Siberia and Little Russia Grenadier Regiments
- 1st Grenadier Brigade
- 27th Infantry Division: Major General Dmitri Petrovich Neverovsky
- 1st Brigade
- Odessa and Zhitomir (or Tarnopol) Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Vilna and Simbirsk Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 49th and 50th Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- 3rd Grenadier Division
- 22 combined grenadier battalions
- Corps Artillery: Five companies
- 2nd Cuirassier Division: Major General Ilya Mikhailovich Duka
- 2nd Cavalry Brigade
- Ekaterinoslav and Military Order Cuirassier Regiments
- 3rd Cavalry Brigade
- Gluchov, Little Russia and Novgorod Cuirassier Regiments
- 2nd Cavalry Brigade
- 2nd Grenadier Division: Major General Prince Karl von Mecklenburg
- 4th Reserve Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Karl Sivers
- 12th Cavalry Brigade
- Kharkov and Chernigov Dragoon Regiments
- 13th Cavalry Brigade
- Kiev and New Russian Dragoon Regiments
- Cavalry Brigade
- Achtyrsk Hussar and Lithuanian Uhlan Regiments
- Corps Artillery: One company
- 12th Cavalry Brigade
- Cossack detachment: Major General Ivan K. Krasnov
Source: Pivka, Otto von (1979). Armies of the Napoleonic Era. New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing. pp. 216–217. ISBN 0-8008-5471-3.
Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. pp. 391–392. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
3rd Reserve Army of Observation
General of cavalry Alexander Tormasov
- Infantry Corps: General of Infantry Sergei Kamenskii
- 18th Infantry Division
- 1st Brigade
- Vladimir and Tambov Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Kostroma and Dneiprovsk Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 28th and 32nd Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- Combined Grenadier Division
- 18 combined grenadier battalions
- Corps Artillery: Four companies
- Pavlovgrad Hussar Regiment
- 18th Infantry Division
- Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov
- 9th Infantry Division
- 1st Brigade
- Nascheburg and Yakutsk Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Apscheron and Riazhsk Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 10th and 38th Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- 15th Infantry Division
- 1st Brigade
- Koslov and Vitebsk Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Brigade
- Kura and Kolyvan Infantry Regiments
- 3rd Brigade
- 13th and 14th Jäger Regiments
- 1st Brigade
- Corps Artillery: Seven companies
- Alexandria Hussar Regiment
- 9th Infantry Division
- Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Baron Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken
- 36th Infantry Division
- Unknown composition
- 11th Cavalry Division
- Lubny Hussar Regiment, other units unknown
- Corps Artillery: Two companies
- 36th Infantry Division
- Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Charles de Lambert
- 5th Cavalry Division
- 15th Cavalry Brigade
- Starodub and Tver Dragoon Regiments
- 16th Cavalry Brigade
- Arsamass and Zhitomir Dragoon Regiments
- 17th Cavalry Brigade
- Vladimir, Taganrog and Serpuchov Dragoon Regiments and Tartar Uhlan Regiment
- 15th Cavalry Brigade
- Nine Cossack regiments
- 5th Cavalry Division
Source: Pivka, Otto von (1979). Armies of the Napoleonic Era. New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing. ISBN 0-8008-5471-3.
Danube Army
Admiral Pavel Chichagov
- 1st Corps (General of cavalry Count Andrault de Langeron); made up of the:
- 22nd Infantry Division
- 2nd Corps (Lieutenant General Count Pyotr Essen);
- 3rd Corps (Lieutenant General Alexander Voinov);
- 4th Corps (Lieutenant General Andreas Burchard Friedrich von Saß (Andrey Pavlovich Zass)); made up of the:
- 8th Infantry Division
- 7th Cavalry Division
- Reserve of the Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Sabaneev)
Separate Corps and detachments
- Corps of Riga (Lieutenant General Magnus Gustav (Ivan) von Essen);
- Corps of Finland (Lieutenant General (Faddey) Fabian Steinheil);
- 1st Reserve Corps (General aide-de-camp Baron Yegor Meller-Zakomelsky);
- 2nd Reserve Corps (Lieutenant General Fyodor Ertel);
- Bobruysk detachment (Major General Gavriil Ignatiev (Ignatyev));
- Smolensk Reserve Corps (General aide-de-camp Baron Ferdinand von Wintzingerode);
- Kaluga Reserve Corps (General of infantry Count of Serbian origin Mikhail Miloradovich);
- 27th Infantry Division (Major General Dmitri Neverovskii);
- Serbian detachment (Major General Nikolai Liders)
See also
- French invasion of Russia (1812)
- La Grande Armée
- List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812
References
- ↑ Michael de Tolly was appointed the commander-in-chief of the 1st Army on 19 March 1812. However, after arrival of Emperor Alexander I in Vilnius, the latter became de jure and de facto a commander-in-chief.
- ↑ In June 1812 the 1st Infantry Corps was excluded from the 1st Army and left by the Northern Dvina for protection of Saint Petersburg
- ↑ Riehn, Richard (1991). 1812: Napoleon's Russian Campaign. United States: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 444–464. ISBN 0-471-54302-0.
- ↑ the correct name for both the town and the regiment is "Kargopol"
External links
- (Russian) The Russian Army in June 1812 by Aleksandr Podmazo
- (English) The Russian Army of 1812