The 2nd Guards Infantry Division was a division of the Imperial Russian Army. Before mobilisation for World War I, the division was based in St-Petersburg under the Guards Corps, also headquartered in St-Petersburg.
Organisation (Titles in English)
Organisation of the division just before mobilisation for World War I;
Divisional Headquarters and Staff 1st Brigade Brigade Headquarters and Staff The Moscow Life Guards Regiment Life Grenadier Guards 2nd Brigade Brigade Headquarters and Staff Pavlovski Life Guard Grenadiers Finnish Life Guards Regiment 2nd Guards Artillery Brigade Regiment Headquarters and Staff 1st Division (battalion) 2nd Division (battalion)
Commanders 1855–1857: Alexander von Wrangel 1858–1860: KA Belgard 1878–1881: Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov 1881–1885: Timofeyev 1891–1895: Stepan Vasilyevich Rykachev 1897–1899: Richard Troyanovich Meves 1900–1904: Nikolay F Meshetich 1905–1906: Vladimir Danilov 1906–1907: Ivan Romanenko 1907–1908: Adlerberg 1908–1910: Mikhnevich 1910–1912: Leonid Lesh 1912–1913: Vasily Flug 1913–1914: Alexander Alexeyevich Resin
Chiefs of Staff 1863–1865: Victor Fedorovitch Winberg 1865–1866: Kozen
Commanders of the 1st Brigade 1913–1914: Kisielewski
Commanders of the 2nd Brigade 1893–1894: Richard Troyanovich Meves
Commanders of the Artillery Brigade 1901–1904: Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov
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