The 1st Army Corps () was a formation in the Imperial Russian Army that was formed in 1810 as the 1st Infantry Corps. 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 late 1917.
Composition The following is a list of units that made up the 1st Army Corps at different points during its existence:1-й армейский корпус | 1st Army Corps regiment.ru (In Russian)
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 ?
See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units
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