Unit Name: | 4th Infantry Division 4th Infantry Shock Division |
Native Name: | 4-я пехотная дивизия |
Dates: | 1806 – c. 1918 |
Branch: | Russian Imperial Army |
Role: | Infantry |
Size: | approx. 20,000[1] |
Garrison: | Łomża |
Battles: | World War I |
The 4th Infantry Division (Russian: 4-я пехотная дивизия, 4-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. When the war broke out in 1914 it was based in Łomża. In June 1917, it was designated as the 4th Infantry Shock Division (4-я пехотная ударная дивизия) upon being reformed as a shock troop unit and the following month it became known as the 4th Infantry Shock Division of Death (4-я пехотная ударная дивизия смерти).[2]
The division was formed in 1806. In 1916, during World War I, the 4th Infantry Division took part in the Brusilov Offensive and was later reorganized as a "death" shock troop unit by General Aleksei Brusilov. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.
Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade. The 4th Infantry Division was part of the 6th Army Corps as of 1914.[3]
Name | From | To | ||
1 | 14.07.1872 | 4.11.1883 | ||
2 | 4.11.1883 | 1.04.1884 | ||
3 | 1.01.1886 | ? | ||
4 | 11.08.1891 | after 1.01.1893 | ||
5 | 21.02.1896 | 26.07.1899 | ||
6 | 5.08.1899 | 9.03.1900 | ||
7 | 24.11.1901 | 10.12.1902 | ||
8 | 10.12.1902 | 18.04.1903 | ||
9 | 6.04.1907 | 15.05.1912 | ||
10 | 7.06.1912 | 1.04.1914 | ||
11 | 6.09.1914 | 29.09.1915 |
Name | From | To | ||
1 | 27.09.1893 | 27.07.1894 | ||
2 | 14.08.1894 | 27.08.1900 | ||
3 | 12.09.1902 | 14.12.1904 | ||
4 | Colonel Tokarev | 1.02.1913 | ? | |
5 | Colonel Serbinovich | 1.04.1914 | ? | |
6 | 6.01.1915 | after 1.01.1916 | ||
7 | 27.04.1916 | 3.01.1917 |