The 3rd Narva Infantry Regiment (Russian: Нарвский 3-й пехотный полк) is an infantry regiment of the Imperial Russian Army. It was established in 1703 and was disbanded in 1918 during the collapse of the Russian Empire. From 1833, it was part of the 1st Infantry Division.

History

The regiment was formed on December 6th, 1703. The regiment then was sent to fight in the Siege of Narva. On August 25 to August 26 of 1812 the regiment was sent to fight at the Battle of Borodino. In 1814, the regiment was deployed to the Battle of Laon. On January 28th 1833, during the general reorganization of the infantry army, the 1st (formerly the 20th) Jaeger Regiment was annexed by the 3rd Narva Infantry Regiment and was repurposed into its 3rd, 4th and 6th reserve battalions. In the Battle of Tannenberg, the regiment and the entirety of the 13th Army Corps which the regiment belonged to, was completely obliterated by the German Army.А. С. Солженицын. Узел I. Август Четырнадцатого (гл. 52) // Красное Колесо / Н. Д. Солженицына (ред.-сост.). — М.: Время, 2007. — Т. VIII (), кн. II. — С. 33. — 536 с. — ISBN 5-94117-167-6.Golovine, Nicholas N. (1931). The Russian army in the World War. Oxford University Press. It was dissolved by the Bolsheviks in 1918 and some of its members fought for the White movement in the Russian Civil War.

Organization In 1914, the regiment was a part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, which belongs to the 1st Infantry Division of the 13th Corps.

Commanders

1703 — 1705 — Adam Andreevich von Schanobek 1705 — 1708 — Gavriil Golovkin 1708 — 1727 — Lieutenant Colonel (from 12.07.1709 Colonel) Semyon Ivanovich Sukin 26.11.1727 — 29.04.1728 — Colonel Prince Karl of Hesse-Homburg 1730 — 1731 — Colonel Fyodor Weideng 29.12.1731 — 1734 — Colonel Yakov Yakovlevich Protasov 19.04.1734 — 08.11.1737 — Colonel Andrey Adamovich (Heinrich Ernst) von Ponickau 1737 — 1749 — Colonel Samoylo Yakovlevich Karathel 25.04.1749 — 1751 — Colonel Ivan Fedorovich Vietinghoff-Scheel 25.04.1752 — 25.12.1755 — Colonel Sevastyan Angorn de Hartvis 25.12.1755 — 01.06.1758 — Colonel Christopher Yuryevich von Essen 01.06.1758 — 1761 — Colonel Karl Yuryevich (Ernst Karl) von Dunten 25.12.1761 — 24.03.1765 — Colonel Fyodor Ivanovich Dmitriev-MamonovDmitriev-Mamonov, F.I. The Nobleman-Philosopher: "Izvestia," Handwritten Books, Medals, and Systems (1770-1780). With Materials for His Biography and Comments by M. Osokina.  Moscow : B.S.G. Press, 2019.  1224  p. 19.04.1765 — 1769 — Colonel Vasily Ushakov 30.10.1769 — 01.03.1774 — Colonel Prince Ivan Borisovich Golitsyn 15.03.1774 — 24.11.1780 — Colonel Ivan Andreevich Tatishchev 1782 — 1784 — Colonel Mikhail Afanasyevich Mashkov 1784 — 05.02.1790 — Brigadier Khristofor Ivanovich von Benckendorff 11.02.1790 — 01.01.1795 — Colonel Khristofor Ivanovich Miller 01.01.1795 — 16.11.1797 — Colonel Nikolai Ivanovich Borisov 12.08.1798 — 05.10.1798 — Colonel Danila Ivanovich Stremoukhov 24.12.1798 — 21.03.1800 — Major Matvey Antonovich Stoessel 21.03.1800 — 30.01.1805 — Major General Pyotr Spiridonovich Cheremisinov 30.01.1805 — 20.11.1805 — Colonel Prince Aleksandr Vasilyevich Sibirsky 20.11.1805 — 04.05.1808 — Colonel Aleksandr Andreevich Rakovsky 30.08.1808 — 21.01.1809 — Colonel Vasily Ivanovich Harpe 21.01.1809 — 30.09.1809 — Colonel Nikolai Semyonovich Kuzikov 30.09.1809 — 20.01.1811 — Colonel Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov 20.01.1811 — 17.06.1815 — Major General Andrey Vasilyevich Bogdanovsky 17.06.1815 — 19.01.1816 — Colonel Ivan Stepanovich Bukhvostov 19.01.1816 — 03.07.1817 — Colonel Pyotr Mikhailovich Kamensky 02.10.1817 — 05.02.1823 — Colonel Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev 28.03.1823 — 01.02.1831 — Colonel Varfolomey Konstantinovich Tarlovsky 01.02.1831 — 05.06.1843 — Major General Ivan Nikolaevich Khotyaintsev 03.07.1843 — 06.07.1845 — Colonel Ivan Danilovich Gushchin 06.07.1845 — 23.01.1852 — Major General Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy 23.01.1852 — 11.10.1854 — Colonel (from 30.03.1852 Major General) Evgeny Mikhailovich Zhukovsky 11.10.1854 — 15.05.1855 — Colonel Burgard Adolfovich Nat 15.05.1855 — 03.01.1857 — Lieutenant Colonel (from 30.08.1855 Colonel) Baron Fyodor Maksimovich Bilsky 03.01.1857 — 24.05.1863 — Colonel Baron Eduard Karlovich Delingshausen 24.05.1863 — 13.04.1866 — Colonel Vasily Ivanovich Irdibenev 13.04.1866 — 20.02.1870 — Colonel Yakov Stepanovich Krizhanovsky 20.02.1870 — 30.10.1874 — Colonel Aleksandr Kondratyevich Sheleikhovsky 30.10.1874 — 31.10.1877 — Colonel Albert Gustavovich Rut 31.10.1877 — 23.04.1881 — Colonel Dmitry Nikolaevich Leslie 23.04.1881 — 22.10.1886 — Colonel Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dametti 01.11.1886 — 16.09.1889 — Colonel Boleslav Matveevich Rutkovsky 06.10.1889 — 14.03.1894 — Colonel Aleksandr Ivanovich Vatropin 24.03.1894 — 03.01.1895 — Colonel Iosif Fyodorovich Schamberger 13.01.1895 — 14.01.1898 — Colonel Vladimir Vladimirovich Aleksandrov 04.02.1898 — 22.02.1904 — Colonel Nil Aleksandrovich Yashchin 07.03.1904 — 05.09.1904 — Colonel Aleksandr Nikolaevich Stupin 04.10.1904 — 07.10.1907 — Colonel Alexander von Taube 13.10.1907 — 16.11.1912 — Colonel Ivan Alekseevich Voskresensky 16.11.1912 — 15.08.1914 — Colonel Nikolai Grigoryevich Zapolsky 27.01.1916 — 07.02.1917 — Colonel Konstantin Lavrentyevich Dymman 27.03.1917 — 27.06.1917 — Colonel Baron Dmitry Nikolaevich Pritvits 27.06.1917 — after 28.08.1917 — Colonel Nikolai Pavlovich Samovolov

13.10.1907 — 16.11.1912 — Colonel Voskresensky, Ivan Alekseevich 16.11.1912 — 15.08.1914 — Colonel Zapolsky, Nikolai Grigoryevich 27.01.1916 — 07.02.1917 — Colonel Dymman, Konstantin Lavrentyevich 27.03.1917 — 27.06.1917 — Colonel Baron Pritvits, Dmitry Nikolaevich 27.06.1917 — after 28.08.1917 — Colonel Samovolov, Nikolai Pavlovich

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