HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION
OF THE CLOTHING AND
ARMS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY
A.V. VISKOVATOV
Compiled by Highest direction
Saint Petersburg, Military Typography Office, 1851
[TRANSLATED BY MARK CONRAD, 1993]
VOLUME 10a
Organization
1801-1825
Changes in the Composition and Nomenclature of All Forces,
from 1801 to 1825:
Military Land Forces
on 12 March, 1801.
I. Army
Infantry.
II. Army Cavalry.
III. Army
Artillery.
IV. Army Sappers and
Pioneers.
V. Army Train.
VI. Garrison Regiments and
Battalions.
VII. Invalid Companies and
Commands.
VIII. Gendarme Battalions and Commands.
IX. Artillery Garrisons.
X. Engineer
Commands.
XI. Military Labor and Craftsmen
Battalions and Companies.
XII. Guards
Infantry.
XIII. Guards
Cavalry.
XIV. Guards Artillery.
XV. Guards Sappers and
Pioneers.
XVI. Guards Train.
XVII. Guards Garrison and
Invalids.
XVIII. Separate Units of the War
Department.
XIX. Instructional Troops.
XX. Military-Educational
Institutions.
XXI. Military Orphans Detachments
and Detachments of Military Cantonists.
XXII. Cossacks and Irregular Forces
in General.
XXIII. Temporary Forces, Formed Under Special
Wartime Conditions.
XXIV. State Companies and
Commands.
XXV. Mines
Troops.
Notes.
IN THE
COMPOSITION AND NOMENCLATURE OF ALL FORCES,
FROM 1801 TO 1825.
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On the day of Alexander I’s ascension to the Throne, 12 March, 1801, the Military Land forces of the Russian Empire consisted of the following troops:
I.) Guards Infantry: Leib-Gvardii EGO IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA polk [Life-Guards HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY’S Regiment] (formerly the Preobrazhenskii] – of four (five-company) Grenadier battalions and two flank companies [fligel-roty]; Leib-Gv. Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva Aleksandra Pavlovicha polk [Life-Gds. His Imperial Highness Alexander Pavlovich’s Regiment] (formerly the Semenovskii) – of three (five-company) Grenadier battalions and one flank company; L.-Gv. Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva Nikolaya Pavlovicha polk [L.-Gds. His Imperial Highness Nicholas Pavlovich’s Regiment] (formerly the Ismailovskoe) – of three (five-company) Grenadier battalions and one flank company; Leib-Gv. Yegerskii batalion [Life-Gds. Jäger Battalion] – of four companies; and the Leib-Gvardii Garnizonnyi batalion [Life-Guards Garrison Battalion] – of three companies.
II.) Guards Cavalry: Kavalergardskii polk [Chevalier Guards Regiment] – of three squadrons; L.-Gv. Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva Konstantina Pavlovicha polk [L.-Gds. His Imperial Highness Constantine Pavlovich’s Regiment] (formerly the Leib-Gv. konnyi polk [Life-Gds. Horse Regiment]) – of five squadrons; Leib-Gvardii Gusarskii polk [Life-Guards Hussar Regiment] – of two five-squadron battalions; and the Leib-Kazachii polk [Life-Cossack Regiment] – of three squadrons.
III.) Guards Artillery: Artilleriiskii Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva Mikhaila Pavlovicha batalion [His Imperial Highness Michael Pavlovich’s Artillery Battalion] (formerly the Leib-Gvardii Artilleriiskii batalion] – of five foot companies [peshiya roty] and one horse company [konnaya rota], and three commands [komandy]: the Pionernaya, Pontonnaya, and Furshtatskaya [Pioneer, Pontoon, and Supply-Train].
IV.) Grenadier Regiments [Grenaderskie polki]: Leib [Life], Kerbitsa [Kerbits’] (formerly the Pavlovskii), Palintsyna [Palintsyn’s] (formerly the Yekaterinoslavskii, later the Pskovskii), Sakena 1-go [Saken 1st’s] (formerly the S.-Peterburgskii), Naslednago Printsa Meklenburgskago [The Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg’s] (formerly the Astrakhanskii), Passeka [Passek’s] (formerly the Kievskii), Printsa Karla Meklenburgskago [Prince Carl of Mecklenburg’s] (formerly the Moskovskii [Moscow]), Berkha [Berkh’s] (formerly the Malorossiiskii [Little Russia, or Ukraine]), Bakhmeteva 3-go [Bakhmetev 3rd’s] (formerly the Sibirskii [Siberia]), Mamaeva [Mamaev’s] (formerly the Fanagoriiskii [Phanagoria]), Titova 1-go [Titov 1st’s] (formerly the Khersonskii), Danzasa [Danzas’] (formerly the Tavricheskii [Taurica]), and Tuchkova 2-go [Tuchkov 2nd’s] (formerly the Kavkazskii [Caucasus]); the first being of four Grenadier battalions and the rest of two Fusilier battalions and two Grenadier, or flank, companies, while the battalions were of five companies.
V.) Musketeer Regiments [Mushketerskie polki]: Sedmoratskago [Sedmoratskii’s] (formerly the Belozerskii), Yermolova [Yermolov’s] (formerly the Nasheburgskii), Essena 1-go [Essen 1st’s] (formerly the Chernigovskii), Barona Rozena [Baron Rozen’s] (formerly the Novoingermanlandskii [New Ingermanland]), Lasunskago 1-go [Lasunskii 1st’s] (formerly the Yaroslavskii), Miloradovicha [Miloradovich’s] (formerly the Apsheronskii), Repninskago [Repninskii’s] (formerly the Smolenskii), Grafa Lanzherona [Graf Langeron’s] (formerly the Ryazhskii), Prshibyshevskago [Prshibyshevskii’s] (formerly the Kurskii), Maksheeva [Maksheev’s] (formerly the Kozlovskii), Serbina [Serbin’s] (formerly the Sevastopolskii), Mansurova 1-go [Mansurov 1st’s] (formerly the Belevskii), Loveiki [Loveika’s] (formerly the Aleksopolskii), Izmailova [Izmailov’s] (formerly the Shlisselburgskii [Schlüsselburg]), Lidersa [Liders’] (formerly the Bryanskii), Borozdina 2-go [Borozdin 2nd’s] (formerly the Troitskii), Sukina 2-go [Sukin 2nd’s] (formerly the Ladozhskii [Ladoga]), Tinkova [Tinkov’s] (formerly the Polotskii), Kamenskago 2-go [Kamenskii 2nd’s] (formerly the Arkhangelogorodskii [Archangel]), Engelgardta [Englegardt’s] (formerly the Staroingermanlandskii [Old Ingermanland]), Fertcha [Fertch’s] (formerly the Novgorodskii), Khitrovo [Khitrovo’s] (formerly the Nizhegorodskii [Nizhnii-Novgorod]), Musina-Pushkina [Musin-Pushkin’s] (formerly the Vitebskii), Selekhova [Selekhov’s] (formerly the Azovskii), Brunova [Brunov’s] (formerly the Orlovskii [Orel]), Khotuntseva [Khotuntsev’s] (formerly the Revelskii [Reval]), Drekselya [Dreksel’s] (formerly the Tulskii [Tula]), Yefimovicha [Yefimovich’s] (formerly the Yeletskii), Golenishcheva-Kutuzova [Golenishchev-Kutuzov’s] (formerly the Pskovskii), Fershtera [Fershter’s] (formerly the Tambovskii), Mitskago [Mitskii’s] (formerly the Rostovskii), Petrovskago [Petrovskii’s] (formerly the Muromskii), Bykova [Bykov’s] (formerly the Staroskolskii [Staryi-Oskol]), Garina [Garin’s] (formerly the Tobolskii), Leonteva [Leontev’s] (formerly the Tiflisskii), Arseneva [Arsenev’s] (formerly the Voronezhskii), Knorringa 2-go [Knorring 2nd’s] (formerly the Kazanskii), Fensha [Fensh’s] (formerly the Moskovskii [Moscow]), Gulyakova [Gulyakov’s] (formerly the Kabardinskii [Kabarda]), Rozenberga [Rosenberg’s] (formerly the Vladimirskii), Gersdorfa [Gersdorf’s] (formerly the Uglitskii [Uglich]), Tuchkova 1-go [Tuchkov 1st’s] (formerly the Sevskii), Rodgofa [Rodhof’s] (formerly the Narvskii), Konovicha [Konovich’s] (formerly the Dneprovskii [Dnieper]), Manteifelya [Manteuffel’s] (formerly the Vyatskii [Vyatka]), Shenshina [Shenshin’s] (formerly the Suzdalskii), Verderevskago [Verderevskii’s] (formerly the Keksgolmskii [Kexholm]), Ganzhi 1-go [Gandzha 1st’s] (formerly the Vyborgskii [Viborg]), Alekseeva [Alekseev’s] (formerly the Ryazanskii), Knyazya Gorchakova 1-go [Prince Gorchakov 1st’s] (formerly the Nevskii [Neva]), Kastelliya [Kastellii’s] (formerly the Velikolutskii [Velikie-Luki]), Nechaeva [Nechaev’s] (formerly the Sofiiskii [Sofiya]), Lavrova [Lavrov’s] (formerly the Shirvanskii), Rittera [Ritter’s] (formerly the Permskii), Gr. Shembeka [Graf Shembek’s] (formerly the Nizovskii), Malyshkina [Malyshkin’s] (formerly the Butyrskii), Tsybulskago [Tsybulskii’s] (formerly the Ufimskii [Ufa]), Bakhmeteva 1-go [Bakhmetev 1st’s] (formerly the Rylskii), Pevtsova [Pevtsov’s] (formerly the Yekaterinburgskii), Kupfershmita [Kupferschmit’s] (formerly the Selenginskii), Knyazya Vyazemskago [Prince Vyazemskii’s] (formerly the Tomskii), Kn. Shcherbatova [Prince Shcherbatov’s] (formerly Arkharova 1-go [Arkhorov 1st’s]), Runicha 1-go [Runich 1st’s] (formerly Pavlutskago [Pavlutskii’s]), Kashkina [Kashkin’s] (formerly Branta [Brant’s]), Nesvetaeva [Nesvetaev’s] (formerly Leitnera [Leitner’s]), Millera 1-go [Miller 1st’s] (formerly of the same name), Anikeeva [Anikeev’s] (formerly Marklovskago [Marklovskii’s]), Baklanovskago [Baklanovskii’s] (formerly Berkha [Berkh’s]), and Ushakova [Ushakov’s] (formerly the Senatskii [Senate]); each—of two Musketeer battalions and two Grenadier companies, with each battalion—of five companies.
VI.) Jäger Regiments [Yegerskie polki]: Mikhelsona 2-go [Mikhelson 2nd’s] (formerly the 2nd Jäger Regiment), Gvozdeva [Gvozdev’s] (formerly the 3rd), Barklaya-de-Tolli [Barclay-de-Tolly’s] (formerly the 4th), Bradke [Bradke’s] (formerly the 5th), Alfimova [Alfimov’s] (formerly the 6th), Grafa Ivelicha 3-go [Graf Ivelich 3rd’s] (formerly the 7th), Millera [Miller’s] (formerly the 8th), Priudy [Priuda’s] (formerly the 9th), Veidemeiera [Weidemeier’s] (formerly the 10th), Markova [Markov’s] (formerly the 11th), Bally [Balla’s] (formerly the 12th), Gangeblova [Gangeblov’s] (formerly the 13th), Knyazya Vyazemskago [Prince Vyazemskii’s] (formerly the 14th), Shtedera [Shteder’s] (formerly the 15th), Shtempelya [Shtempel’s] (formerly the 16th), Likhacheva [Likhachev’s] (formerly the 17th), Lazareva [Lazarev’s] (formerly the 18th), Voeikova [Voeikov’s] (formerly the 19th), and Kornitskago [Kornitskii] (formerly the 20th), each—of four battalions, and each battalion—of five companies.
VII.) Cuirassier Regiments [Kirasirskie polki]: Leib EGO VELICHESTVA [Life HIS MAJESTY’S], Leib EYA VELICHESTVA [Life HER MAJESTY’S], Knyazya Golitsyna 5-go [Prince Golitsyn 5th’s] (formerly Voennago Ordena [of the Military Order]), Grafa Saltykova 2-go [Graf Saltykov 2nd’s] (formerly the Yekaterinoslavskii), Grafa Golovina [Graf Golovin’s] (formerly the Kazanskii), Brinkena [Brinken’s] (formerly the Glukhovskii), Zabolotskago [Zabolotskii’s] (formerly the Kievskii), Voinova [Voinov’s] (formerly the Starodubovskii), Musina-Pushkina [Musin-Pushkin’s] (formerly the Chernigovskii), Printsa Aleksandra Virtembergskago [Prince Alexander of Württemberg’s] (formerly the Rizhskii [Riga]), Kozensa [Kozens’s] (formerly the Kharkovskii), Knyazya Romadanovskago-Ladyzhenskago [Prince Romadanovskii-Ladyzhenskii’s] (formerly the Malorossiiskii [Little Russia, or Ukraine]), and Tsorna [Tsorn’s] (formerly of the same name); each—of five squadrons.
VIII.) Dragoon Regiments [Dragunskie polki]: Printsa Yevgeniya Virtembergskago [Prince Eugene of Württemberg’s] (formerly the Pskovskii), Engelgardta [Engelgardt’s] (formerly the S.-Peterburgskii), Mikhelsona 1-go [Mikhelson 1st’s] (formerly the Smolenskii), Voevodskago [Voevodskii’s] (formerly the Orenburgskii), Khomyakova [Khomyakov’s] (formerly the Ingermanlandskii [Ingermanland, or Ingria]), Bezobrazova [Bezobrazov’s] (formerly the Moskovskii [Moscow]), Grafa Palena 3-go [Graf Pahlen 3rd’s] (formerly the Kargopolskii), Miller 2-go [Miller 2nd’s] (formerly Shreidersa [Schreider’s]), Shepeleva [Shepelev’s] (from the former Vladimirskii and Taganrogskii), Portnyagina [Portnyagin’s] (from the former Narvskii and Nizhegorodskii [Narva and Nizhnii-Novgorod]), and Skalona [Skalon’s] (from the former Irkutskii and Sibirskii [Siberia]); the last three—of ten squadrons, and the rest—of five.
IX.) Hussar Regiments [Gusarskie polki]: Boura [Bour’s] (formerly the Pavlogradskii), Grafa Zubova [Graf Zubov’s] (formerly the Sumskii [Sumy]), Melissino [Melissino’s] (formerly the Mariupolskii), Kashinskago [Kashinskii’s] (formerly the Aleksandrovskii), Grafa Palena 2-go [Graf Pahlen 2nd’s] (formerly the Izyumskii), Borchugova [Borchugov’s] (formerly the Akhtyrskii [Akhtyrka]), Sakena 3-go [Saken 3rd’s] (formerly the Yelisavetgradskii), and Chaplygina [Chaplygin’s] (formerly the Olviopolskii); each—of two five-squadron battalions.
XI.) Artillery Regiments [Artilleriiskie polki]: 1-i, 2-i, 3-i, 4-i, 5-i, 6-i, 7-i, and 8i; the last being horse [konnyi] and the rest foot [peshii]; each—of five companies; Pionernyi polk [Pioneer Regiment]:—of two battalions, and a battalion—of one company of Miner-Sappers [Miner-Sapery] and five companies of Pioneers [Pionery]; and Pontonnyya Depo [Pontoon Depots]: the S.-Peterburgskoe, Rizhskoe [Riga], Smolenskoe, Kievskoe, Khersonskoe, Azovskoe, Kazanskoe, and Moskovskoe [Moscow].
XI.) Artillery Garrison Companies [Artilleriiskiya Garnizonnyya roty]: the Rochensalmskaya, Akhtiarskaya, Nikolaevskaya, and Kamenets-Podolskaya; and Garrison Artillery Commands [Garnizonnyya Artilleriiskiya komandy]: the Novodvinskaya, Neishlotskaya [Nyslott], Vilmanstrandskaya [Villmanstrand], Fridrikhsgamskaya [Fredrikshamn], Keksgolmskaya [Kexholm], Vyborgskaya [Viborg], S.-Peterburgskaya, Marientalskaya, Kronshtadtskaya [Kronstadt], Narvskaya [Narva], Pskovskaya, Velikolutskskaya [Velikie-Luki], Shlisselburgskaya [Schlüsselburg], Kazanskaya, Orenburgskaya, na Orenburgskoi linii [Orenburg, on the Orenburg Line], Gurevskaya, Tsaritsynskaya, Chernoyarskaya [Chernyi Yar], Astrakhanskaya, Yenotaevskaya, Krasnoyarskaya, Kizlyarskaya, Mozdokskaya, Kavkazskaya, na Kavkazskoi linii [Caucasus, on the Caucasian Line]. Kievskaya, Ukrainskaya, Yelisavetgradskaya, Samarskaya [Samara], Dmitrievskaya, Ochakovskaya, Kinburnskaya, Tiraspolskaya, Khersonskaya, Taganrogskaya, Azovskaya, Yeiskaya, Petropavlovskaya, (u Azovskago morya) [Petropavlovsk, (on the Sea of Azov)], Aleksandrovskaya, Nikolaevskaya, Odesskaya [Odessa], v Korfu [in Corfu], Rizhskaya Tsitadelskaya [Riga Citadel], Rizhskaya Gorodovaya [Riga Town], Dinamindskaya [Dünamünde], Pernovskaya [Pernau], Arensburgskaya, Revelskaya, Baltiiskaya [Baltic (Port)], Smolenskaya, Tobolskaya, Selenginskaya, Nerchinskaya, Irkutskaya, Zhelezinskaya, Petropavlovskaya, (v kr. Sv. Petra) [Petropavlovsk, (in the St.-Peter Fortress)], Omskaya, Yamyshevskaya, Biiskaya, Semipalatnaya [Semipalatinsk], Ust-Kamenogorskaya, and Petropavlovskaya, (v Kamchatke) [Petropavlovsk, (in Kamchatka)].
XII.) Three Siege Depots of the Corps of Engineers [Tri Osadnyya Depo Inzhenernago Korpusa] and Fortress Engineer Commands [Krepostnyya Inzhenernyya komandy]: the Novodvinskaya, Neishlotskaya [Nyslott], Vilmandstrandskaya [Villmanstrand], Fridrikhsgamskaya [Fredrikshamn], Davydovskaya, Rochensalmskaya, Keksgolmskaya [Kexholm], Vyborgskaya [Viborg], S.-Petersburgskaya, Kronshtadtskaya [Kronstadt], Narvskaya [Narva], Shlisselburgskaya [Schlüsselburg], Orensburgkaya, Gurevskaya, Tsaritsynskaya, Chernoyarskaya [Chernyi Yar], Astrakhanskaya, Yenotaevskaya, Kizlyarskaya, Mozdokskaya, Ust-Labinskaya, Kavkazskaya, Georgievskaya, Kamenets-Podolskaya, Smolenskaya, Kievskaya, Azovskaya, Dmitrievskaya, Ochakovskaya, Kinburnskaya, Tiraspolskaya, Ovidiopolskaya, Perekopskaya, Akmechetskaya, Akhtiarskaya, Kerch-Yenikolskaya [Kerch-Yenikale], Fanagoriiskaya [Phanagoria], Khersonskaya, Odesskaya [Odessa], Moskovskaya [Moscow], Korfinskaya [Corfu], Rizhskaya [Riga], Dinamindskaya [Dünamünde], Pernovskaya [Pernau], Arensburgskaya, Revelskaya, Petropavlovskaya, (v, kr., Sv., Petra) [Petropavlovsk, (in the St.-Peter Fortress)], Omskaya, Irkutskaya, Selenginskaya, Yamyshevskaya [Yamyshevo], Zverinogolovskaya, Kefskaya [Kefe, or Kaffa], Biiskaya, Kuznetskaya, Semipalatnaya [Semipalatinsk], and Ust-Kamenogorskaya.
XIII.) Garrison Regiments [Garnizonnye polki]: Reikhenberga [Reichenberg’s] (in Moscow) – of eight battalions; Bulgakova [Bulgakov’s] (in Riga) – of four; Ukolova [Ukolov’s] (in Kronstadt) – of four; Vyrubova 1-go [Vyrubov 1st’s] (in Narva, Novgorod, Pskov, and Tver) – of four; Plutalova [Plutalov’s] (in Schlüsselburg, Villmanstrand, Kexholm, and Nyslott) – of four; Essena 3-go [Essen 3rd’s] (in Viborg and Fredrikshamn) – of four; Bolotnikova [Bolotnikov’s] (in Rochensalm and Arensburg) – of four; Balasheva [Balashev’s] (in Reval and Pernau) – of four; Knyzya Giki [Prince Gika’s] (in Dünamünde, Smolensk, Vitebsk, and Mogilev) – of four; Masse [Masse’s] (in Kiev and Kherson) – of four; Kosheleva [Koshelev’s] (in Nikolaev, Perekop, and Sevastopol) – of four; Olvintseva [Olvintsev’s] (in the St.-Dimitrii Fortress [kr. Sv. Dimitriya] and Azov) – of four; Leven 3-go [Leven 3rd’s] (in Astrakhan, Tsaritsyn, and Simbirsk) – of four; Lebedeva [Lebedev’s] (in Orenburg, Tambov, and Voronezh) – of four; Korfa 1-go [Korf 1st’s] (in Saratov, the Orsk Fortress, Zverinogolovskoe, and Kizilsk Fortress) – of four; Tsyzyreva [Tsyzyrev’s] (in Semipalatinsk, the St.-Peter Fortress, Verkhne-Uralsk, and the Troitsk Fortress) – of four; Retyunskago [Retyunskii’s] (in Omsk, Biisk, Tomsk, and Zhelezinsk) – of four; Letstsano [Letstsano’s] (in Irkutsk and Selenginsk) – of four; Pushchina 1-go [Pushchin 1st’s] (in Kazan and Tobolsk) – of four; Livena 1-go [Liven 1st’s] (in Archangel, Vladimir, and Nizhnii-Novgorod) – of four; Somova [Somov’s] (in Nizhne-Kamchatsk) – of one, and Gogoleva [Gogolev’s] (in the Corfu Fortress [krep. Korfu]) – of one; with the battalions—of five Musketeer companies, except the Archangel, Selenginsk, Nizhne-Kamchatsk, and Corfu garrisons, of which the first two consisted of two grenadier companies and the last two—of one; additionally, there were four such companies detached from the Omsk, Biisk Tomsk, and Zhelezinsk garrisons which made up a temporary combined battalion [vremennyi svodnyi batalion] in the town of Tara. The Astrakhan, Dimitrievsk, Narva, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, Taganrog, Azov, Tsaritsyn, Simbirsk, Vladimir, and Nizhnii-Novgorod garrisons were maintained on an internal footing [vnutrennee polozhenie] while all the rest were on a field establishment [polevoe polozhenie].
XIV.) Invalid Companies [Invalidnyya roty], manned according to the personnel table [shtat] of 5 January, 1798, at garrisons on an internal establishment: Astrakhan, Dimitrievsk, Narva, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, Taganrog, Azov, Tsaritsyn, Simbirsk, Vladimir, and Nizhnii-Novgorod: at Astrakhan – 3 companies, at Dimitrii – 2, and at the rest of the garrisons – 1 each.
XV.) Invalid Companies [Invalidnyya roty], remaining over and beyond the authorized strength [za shtatom], at garrisons which in 1798 and 1800 were transferred from an internal status to a field establishment: at Vitebsk, Mogilev, Tambov, and Voronezh – 1 company each, and at Tobolsk – 2 companies.
XVI.) Invalid Companies [Invalidnyya roty], remaining in towns and fortresses after the disbandment in 1800 of garrisons: at Kizlyar – 2 companies, and at Yelizavetgrad, Bakhmut, the Aleksandrovsk and Petrovsk fortresses, Sudak, Stavropol, Polotsk, Staryi-Bykhov, and Mozdok – 1 each.
XVII.) Invalid Company [Invalidnaya rota] in Bakhchisarai, moved there from Balaklava after the garrison battalion there was directed (3 September, 1799) to the Corfu Fortress.
XVIII.) Invalid Commands [Invalidnyya komandy], still left since 1796 and 1797 under the control of garrisons as over and beyond the authorized strength, one command each: at Moscow, Kronstadt, Villmanstrand, Kexholm, Fredrikshamn, Arensburg, Reval, Pernau, Dünamünde, Smolensk, Saratov, Orsk, Zverinogolovsk, Kizilsk, Semipalatinsk, Petrovsk, Verkhne-Uralsk, Troitsk, Omsk, Biisk, Tomsk, Zhelezinka, Irkutsk, and Selenginsk.
XIX.) Invalid Commands [Invalidnyya komandy], remaining, one each, after the disbandment in 1800 of garrisons at: the St.-Petersburg Fortress, Dünaburg [Dinaburg], and Baltic Port [Baltiiskii port].
XX.) Military-Educational Institutions [Voenno-Uchebnyya zavedeniya]: 1-i, 2-i, and Shklovskii Kadetskie korpusa [1st, 2nd, and Shklov Cadet Corps] and the Imperatorskii Voenno-Sirotskii dom [Imperial Military Orphans Home].
XXI.) Military Orphans Detachments [Voenno-Sirotskiya otdeleniya]: the S.Peterburgskoe, Moskovskoe [Moscow], Narvskoe [Narva], Novgorodskoe, Arkhangelskoe, Nizhegorordskoe [Nizhnii-Novgorod], Tverskoe, Simbirskoe, Vladimirskoe, Tambovskoe, Smolenskoe, Pskovskoe, Kievskoe, Tsaritsynskoe, Kazanskoe, Verkhneuralskoe [Verkhne-Uralsk], Saratovskoe, Tobolskoe, Omskoe, Petropavlovskoe, Irkutskoe, Selenginskoe, Kronshtadtskoe [Kronstadt], Shlisselburgskoe [Schlüsselburg], Rizhskoe [Riga], Revelskoe, Dinamindskoe [Dünamünde], Pernovskoe [Pernau], Arensburgskoe, Vitebskoe, Rogachevskoe, Vyborgskoe [Viborg], Fridrikhsgamskoe [Fredrikshamn], Vilmanstrandskoe [Villmanstrand], Keksgolmskoe [Kexholm], Neishlotskoe [Nyslott], Khersonskoe, Taganrogskoe, Balaklavskoe [Balaklava], Nikitinskoe, Kirilovskoe [Kirillov], Perekopskoe, Astrakhanskoe, Dimitrievskoe, Azovskoe, Orenburgskoe, Orskoe, Kizilskoe, Troitskoe, Zverinogolovskoe, Biiskoe, Tomskoe, Semipalatinskoe, and Nizhne-Kamchatskoe.
XXII.) Regular Cossack Troops [Regulyarnyya Kazachi voiska]: the Chuguevskii polk [Chuguev Regiment], 1-i and 2-i Teptyarskie polki [1st and 2nd Teptyar Regiments], and Leib-Uralskaya sotnya [Life-Ural Sotnia].
XXIII.) Irregular Cossack Hosts [Irregulyarnyya Kazachi voiska]: the Donskoe, Chernomorskoe [Black Sea], Sibirskoe [Siberian], Orenburgskoe, Uralskoe, and Astrakhanskoe.
XXIV.) Settled Caucasian Cossacks [Poselennye Kavkazskie kazaki]: the Grebenskie, Terskie [Terek], Semeinye [Family], Khoperskie, Volzhskie [Volga], Kizlyarskie, and Mozdokskie, and the Stavropolskie kreshchenye Kalmyki [Stavropol baptized Kalmucks].
XXV.) National Troops [Natsionalnyya voiska]: the Gorskaya Mozdokskaya komanda [Mozdok Mountaineer Command], Balaklavskii Grecheskii pekhotnyi batalion [Balaklava Greek Infantry Battalion], Litovskii-Tatarskii Glovenskago polk [Glovenskii’s Lithuanian-Tatar Regiment], and Polskii konnyi Knyazya Ratieva polk [Prince Ratiev’s Polish Horse Regiment]; the second—of four companies, and the rest—of ten squadrons.
XXVI.) Mines [Gornozavodskie]: the Kolyvano-Voskresenskii and Nerchinskii bataliony; two companies at the Yekaterinburg gold works; two companies at the Goroblagodatsk and Kamsk mines and one at the Olonetsk-Petrovsk works.
XXVII.) Commands of Non-Serving Invalids [Komandy nesluzhashchikh invalidov]: the L.-Gv. [Life-Guards], Muromskaya, Kasimovskaya, Arzamasskaya, Shatskaya, Tambovskaya, Penzinskaya [Penza], Lebedyanskaya, Kozmodemyanskaya, Kadomskaya, Alatyrskaya, Temnikovskaya, Kerenskaya, Saranskaya, Nizhnelomovskaya [Nizhnii-Lomov], Insarskaya, Putivlskaya, Pronskaya, Kozelskaya, Ryazhskaya, Bezhetskaya, Zaraiskaya, Syzranskaya, Urzhumskaya, Yadrinskaya, Kurmyshskaya, Slobodskaya, Kozlovskaya, Sviyazhskaya, Verkhnelomovskaya [Verkhnyi-Lomov], and Vyatskaya [Vyatka].
XXVIII.) State Companies [Shtatnyya roty] in provincial [gubernskii] towns and State Commands [Shtatnyya komandy] in district [uezdnyi] towns: in St.-Petersburg Province [guberniya] – 7, in Moscow – 11, in Novgorod – 12, in Tver – 9, in Pskov – 6, in Smolensk – 9, in Tula – 9, in Kaluga – 9, in Yaroslavl – 9, in Kostroma – 9, in Vladimir – 10, in Nizhnii-Novgorod – 10, in Vologda – 10, in Archangel – 8, in Vyatka – 10, in Kazan – 10, in Perm – 12, in Orenburg – 10, in Simbirsk – 10, in Penza – 10, in Astrakhan – 10, in Voronezh – 10, in Saratov – 10, in Tambov – 10, in Ryazan – 9, in Kursk – 10, in Orel – 10, in Slobodsko-Urkraina – 10, in New Russia [Novorossiiskaya guberniya] – 12, in Little Russia [Malorossiiskaya guberniya] – 12, in Minsk – 10, in Belorussia [Belorusskaya guberniya] – 16, in Volhynia – 12, in Podolia – 12, in Kiev – 12, in Lithuania [Litovskaya guberniya]– 19, in Courland [Kurlyandskaya guberniya] – 8, in Viborg – 6, in Estonia [Estlyandskaya guberniya] – 4, in Livonia [Liflyandskaya guberniya] – 5, in Tobolsk – 16, and in Irkutsk – 17.
Such were the military land forces of Russia upon the death of Emperor Paul I. During the twenty-five year reign of Emperor Alexander I, noteworthy both for its great military events and the important improvements in the internal and external composition of the military structure, the numerous and varied forces of the Russian Empire underwent the following changes in their composition and nomenclature:
16 March 1801 – The Mushketerskii General-Maiora Knyzya Vyazemskago polk (formerly the Tomskii) is named the Mushketerskii General-Maiora Stellikha polk [Major General Stellikh’s Musketeer Regiment] (1) .
29 March 1801 – All Grenadier, Musketeer, and Jäger regiments, named after their chefs, are renamed:
a) Grenadier Regiments:
Kerbitsa (formerly the
Pavlovskii) — as the Pavlovskii Grenaderskii
polk.
Palitsyna (formerly the
Yekaternoslavskii, then
the Pskovskii) — as the
Yekaterinoslavskii.
Sakena 1-go (formerly the
S.-Peterburgskii) — as the
S.-Peterburgskii.
Naslednago Printsa
Meklenburgskago (formerly the
Astrakhanskii) — as the
Astrakhanskii.
Passeka
(formerly the Kievskii) — as the
Kievskii.
Printsa Meklenburgskago Karla
(formerly the Moskovskii) — as the
Moskovskii.
Berkha (formerly the
Malorossiiskii) — as the
Malorossiiskii.
Bakhmeteva 3-go
(formerly the Sibirskii) — as the
Sibirskii.
Mamaeva (formerly the
Fanagoriiskii) — as the
Fanagoriiskii.
Titova 1-go
(formerly the Khersonskii) — as the
Khersonskii.
Danzasa (formerly the
Tavricheskii) — as the Tavricheskii.
Tuchkova 2-go (formerly
the Kavkazskii) — as the
Kavkazskii.
b) Musketeer Regiments:
Sedmoratskago
(formerly the Belozerskii) —
as the Belozerskii Mushketerskii
polk.
Yermolova
(formerly the Nasheburgskii) — as the
Nasheburgskii.
Essena 1-go (formerly the
Chernigovskii) — as the
Chernigovskii.
Barona Rozena (formerly
the Novoingermanlandskii) — as the
Novoingermanlandskii.
Lasunskago 1-go (formerly
the Yaroslavskii) — as the
Yaroslavskii.
Miloradovicha 1-go
(formerly the Apsheronskii) — as the
Apsheronskii.
Repninskago (formerly the
Smolenskii) — as the
Smolenskii.
Grafa Lanzherona (formerly
the Ryazhskii) — as the
Ryazhskii.
Prshibyshevskago (formerly
the Kurskii) — as the Kurskii.
Maksheeva (formerly the
Kozlovskii) — as the
Kozlovskii.
Serbina (formerly the
Sevastopolskii) — as the
Sevastopolskii.
Mansurova (formerly the
Belevskii) — as the Belevskii.
Lidersa (formerly the Bryanskii) — as the Bryanskii.
Izmailova (formerly the
Shlisselburgskii) — as the
Shlisselburgskii.
Loveiki (formerly the
Aleksopolskii) — as the
Aleksopolskii.
Borozdina 2-go (formerly
the Troitskii) — as the
Troitskii.
Sukina 2-go (formerly the
Ladozhskii) — as the
Ladozhskii.
Tinkova (formerly the
Polotskii) — as the Polotskii.
Grafa Kamenskago (formerly
the Arkhangelogorodskii) — as the
Arkhangelogorodskii.
Engelgardta (formerly the
Staroingermanlandskii) — as the
Staroingermanlandskii.
Fertcha (formerly the
Novgorodskii) — as the
Novgorodskii.
Khitrovo (formerly the
Nizhegorodskii) — as the
Nizhegorodskii.
Musina-Pushkina
(formerly the Vitebskii) — as the
Vitebskii.
Selekhova (formerly the
Azovskii) — as the Azovskii.
Brunova (formerly the
Orlovskii) — as the Orlovskii.
Khotuntseva (formerly the
Revelskii) — as the Revelskii.
Drekselya (formerly the
Tulskii) — as the Tulskii.
Yefimovicha (formerly the
Yeletskii) — as the Yeletskii.
Golenishcheva-Kutuzova (formerly the
Pskovskii) — as the Pskovskii.
Fershtera (formerly the
Tambovskii) — as the
Tambovskii.
Mitskago (formerly the
Rostovskii) — as the
Rostovskii.
Petrovskago (formerly the
Muromskii) — as the Muromskii.
Bykova (formerly the
Staroskolskii) — as the
Staroskolskii.
Garina (formerly the
Tobolskii) — as the Tobolskii.
Leonteva (formerly the
Tiflisskii) — as the
Tiflisskii.
Arseneva (formerly the
Voronezhskii) — as the
Voronezhskii.
Knorringa 2-go (formerly
the Kazanskii) — as the
Kazanskii.
Fensha (formerly the
Moskovskii) — as the
Moskovskii.
Gulyakova (formerly the
Kabardinskii) — as the
Kabardinskii.
Rozenberga (formerly the
Vladimirskii) — as the
Vladimirskii.
Gersdorfa (formerly the
Uglitskii) — as the Uglitskii.
Tuchkova 1-go (formerly
the Sevskii) — as the Sevskii.
Rodgofa (formerly the
Narvskii) — as the Narvskii.
Konovicha (formerly the
Dneprovskii) — as the
Dneprovskii.
Manteifelya (formerly the
Vyatskii) — as the Vyatskii.
Shenshina (formerly the
Suzdalskii) — as the
Suzdalskii.
Verderevskago (formerly
the Keksgolmskii) — as the
Keksgolmskii.
Ganzhi (formerly the
Vyborgskii) — as the
Vyborgskii.
Alekseeva (formerly the
Ryazanskii) — as the
Ryazanskii.
Knyazya Gorchakova 2-go
(formerly the Nevskii) — as the
Nevskii.
Kastelliya (formerly the
Velikolutskii) — as the
Velikolutskii.
Nechaeva (formerly the
Sofiiskii) — as the Sofiiskii.
Lavrova (formerly the
Shirvanskii) — as the
Shirvanskii.
Barona Vimpfena (formerly
the Permskii) — as the
Permskii.
Shembeka (formerly the
Nizovskii) — as the Nizovskii.
Malyshkina (formerly the
Butyrskii) — as the Butyrskii.
Bakhmeteva 1-go (formerly
the Rylskii) — as the Rylskii.
Tsybulskago (formerly the
Ufimskii) — as the Ufimskii.
Pevtsova (formerly the
Yekaterinburgskii) — as the
Yekaterinburgskii.
Stellikha (formerly the
Tomskii) — as the Tomskii.
Kupfershmita (formerly the
Selenginskii) — as the
Selenginskii.
Knyazya Shcherbatova
(formerly Arkharova 1-go) — as the
Tenginskii.
Runicha (formerly
Pavlutskago) — as the
Navaginskii.
Nesvetaeva (formerly
Leitnera) — as the Saratovskii.
Kashkina (formerly
Branta) — as the Olonetskii.
Millera 1-go (formerly of
the same name) — as the Kolyvanskii.
Anikeeva (formerly
Marklovicha 1-go) — as the
Poltavskii.
Baklanovskago (formerly
Berkha) — as the Ukrainskii.
Ushakova (formerly the
Senatskii) — as the
Litovskii.
c) Jäger Regiments:
Mikhelsona
(formerly the 2-i) — as the Pervyi Yegerskii
polk [First Jäger Regiment].
Gvozdeva (formerly the
3-i) — as the Vtoroi
[Second].
Barklaya-de-Tolli
(formerly the 4-i) — as the
Tretii [Third].
Bradke (formerly the 5-i) — as the Chetvertyi [Fourth].
Alfimova (formerly the
6-i) — as the Pyatyi [Fifth].
Grafa Ivelicha 3-go
(formerly the 7-i) — as the
Shestoi [Sixth].
Millera 3-go (formerly the
8-i) — as the Sedmoi [Seventh].
Priudy (formerly the 9-i) — as the Vosmoi [Eighth].
Veidemeiera (formerly the
10-i) — as the Devyatyi [Ninth].
Markova 2-go (formerly
the 11-i) — as the Desyatyi [Tenth].
Bally (formerly the 12-i) — as the Odinnadtsatyi [Eleventh].
Gangeblova (formerly the
13-i) — as the Dvenadtsatyi [Twelfth].
Knyazya Vyazemskago (formerly
the 14-i) — as the Trinadtsatyi
[Thirteenth].
Shtedera (formerly the
15-i) — as the Chetyrnadtsatyi
[Fourteenth].
Shtempelya (formerly the
16-i) — as the Pyatnadtsatyi [Fifteenth].
Likhacheva 1-go (formerly
the 17-i) — as the Shestnadtsatyi
[Sixteenth].
Lazareva (formerly the
18-i) — as the Semnadtsatyi [Seventeenth].
Voeikova (formerly the
19-i) — as the Vosemnadtsatyi
[Eighteenth].
Kornitskago (formerly the
20-i) — as the Devyatnadtsatyi [Nineteenth]
(2).
All these regiments were assigned to the following fourteen Inspectorates [Inspektsii]:
IN THE FINLYANDSKAYA [FINLAND] INSPEKTSIYA — Velikie-Luki, Neva, and Ryazan Musketeers, and 1st
and 2nd Jägers.
—
S.-PETERBURGSKAYA — Life and Pavlovsk Grenadiers; Yelets, Kexholm,
Belozersk, Tenginsk, and Lithuania [Litovskii]
Musketeers.
— LIFLYANDSKAYA
[LIVONIA] — St.-Petersburg and Taurica Grenadiers; Sevsk,
Sofiya, Reval, Tobolsk, Dnieper, and Chernigov Musketeers, and 3rd
Jägers.
— LITOVSKAYA
[LITHUANIA] — Yekaterinoslavl Grenadiers; Tula, Pskov, Murom,
Rostov, Nizovsk, and Archangel Musketeers, and 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th
Jägers.
— BRESTSKAYA —
Old Ingermanland, Ryazhsk, Viborg, Apsheron, and Azov Musketeers, and 8th
Jägers.
— UKRAINSKAYA
— Little Russia and Kiev Grenadiers, and Smolensk and Bryansk
Musketeers.
— DNESTROVSKAYA
[DNIESTER] — Kherson and Siberia Grenadiers; Ladoga, Vladimir,
New Ingermanland, Aleksopol, Kozlov, Yaroslavl, and Nizhnii-Novgorod Musketeers,
and 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Jägers.
— KRYMSKAYA [CRIMEA]
INSPEKTSIYA — Belev, Sevastopol, Troitsk, and Vitebsk Musketeers,
and 14th and 15th Jägers.
— KAVKAZSKAYA
[CAUCASUS] — Caucasus Grenadiers; Suzdal, Tiflis, Karbarda,
and Caucasus Musketeers, and 16th and 17th
Jägers.
— SMOLENSKAYA
— Moscow and Phanagoria Grenadiers, and Polotsk, Perm, Uglich, Kursk,
and Voronezh Musketeers.
— KIEVSKAYA — Moscow,
Butyrskii, Kolyvan, Novgorod, Vyatka, Narva, and Poltava
Musketeers.
—MOSKOVSKAYA [MOSCOW]
— Astrakhan Grenadiers and Navaginsk, Tambov, Ukraine,
Schlüsselburg, Nasheburg, Orel, Saratov, Staryi-Oskol, and Olonets
Musketeers.
— ORENBURGSKAYA
— Rylsk, Ufa, and Yekaterinburg Musketeers.
— SIBIRSKAYA
[SIBERIA] — Shirvan, Tomsk, and Selenginsk Musketeers, and 18th
and 19th Jägers
(3).
30 April 1802 – All Army infantry regiments are ordered to consist of three four-company battalions: the Life Grenadiers – of three Grenadier battalions; other Grenadiers – of one Grenadier and two Fusilier [Fuzelernyi] battalions; Musketeers – of one Grenadier and two Musketeer battalions; Jägers – of three Jäger battalions (4).
29 December 1802 – a new Musketeer regiment is established, called the Kurinskii [Kura] Mushketerskii polk and coming under the Moscow Inspectorate, while from this last the Saratov Musketeers are transferred to the Caucasus Inspectorate (5).
16 May 1803 – New regiments are established: the Petrovskii, Koporskii [Kopore], Volynskii [Volhynia], Podolskii [Podolia], Galitskii [Galich], Krymskii [Crimea], and Vologodskii [Vologda] Mushketerskie polki, and the 20-i Yegerskii polk, assigned to Inspectorates:
Petrovsk to the
St.-Petersburg Inspectorate.
Kopore — Livonia.
Volhynia — Lithuania.
Podolia — Brest.
Galich — Ufa [sic, should
be Ukraine – M.C.].
Crimea —
Dniester.
Vologda —
Caucasus.
20th Jägers —
St.-Petersburg (6).
29 August 1805 – Still more new regiments are established: the Mogilevskii, Kaluzhskii [Kaluga], Kostromskii [Kostroma], Vilenskii [Vilna], Penzinskii [Penza], Estlyandskii [Estonia], and Odesskii [Odessa] Mushketerskie polki, and the 21-i and 22-i Yegerskie polki, assigned to Inspectorates:
Kaluga
to the Livonia Inspectorate.
Mogilev — Lithuania.
Kostroma — Lithuania.
Vilna — Brest.
Penza —
Brest.
Estonia —
Ukraine.
Odessa —
Livonia.
21st Jägers —
Caucasus.
22nd Jägers — Dniester
(7).
1 March 1806 – The 23-i Yegerskii polk is established (8).
4 May 1806 – From the forces of the Finland, St.-Petersburg, Livonia, Lithuania, Brest, Ukraine, Dniester, Crimea, Smolensk, Kiev, and Moscow inspectorates are formed 13 divisions [divizii], to which went, from the regiments of army infantry:
In the 1st Division—Life-Grenadiers;
Kexholm, Velikie-Luki, Neva, and Petrovsk Musketeers; 2nd
Jägers.
— 2nd
———— St.-Petersburg and Pavlovsk Grenadiers; Belozersk,
Ryazan, Rostov, Yelets, and Lithuania Musketeers; 1st
Jägers.
— 3rd
———— Taurica Grenadiers; Chernigov, Murom, and Kopore
Musketeers; 21st Jägers.
— 4th
———— Dniester, Tula, Tenginsk, Navaginsk, Tobolsk, and
Polotsk Musketeers; 4th Jägers.
— 5th
———— Uglich, Sofiya, Perm, Mogilev, Kaluga, and Sevsk
Musketeers; 20th Jägers.
— 6th
———— Kostroma, Nizovsk, Reval, Vilna, Volhynia, and
Staryi-Oskol Musketeers; 3rd Jägers.
— 7th
———— Yekaterinoslavl Grenadiers; Vladimir, Pskov, Azov,
Voronezh, and Moscow Musketeers; 5th
Jägers.
— 8th
———— Moscow Grenadiers; Viborg, Schlüsselburg, Old
Ingermanland, Archangel, and Podolia Musketeers; 7th
Jägers.
— 9th
———— Astrakhan Grenadiers; Tambov, Orel, Ukraine, Crimea,
Penza, and Galich Musketeers; 10th
Jägers.
— 10th
———— Kiev Grenadiers; Ryazhsk, Yaroslavl, Bryansk, Kursk,
and Vyatka Musketeers; 6th Jägers.
— 11th
———— Little Russia and Siberia Grenadiers; Odessa, Olonets,
Apsheron, and Nasheburg Musketeers;11th Jägers.
— 12th
———— Phanagoria Grenadiers; New Ingermanland, Narva,
Novgorod, Smolensk, and Butyrskii Musketeers; 8th Jägers.
— 13th
———— Estonia, Ladoga, Poltava, Nizhnii-Novgorod,
and Aleksopol Musketeers; 12th and 22nd Jägers.
The rest of the regiments were included in these Inspectorates:
— In the
KAVKAZSKAYA [CAUCASUS] — Caucasus and Kherson Grenadiers;
Kazan, Suzdal, Tiflis, Karbarda, Sevastopol, Saratov, Vologda, Troitsk, and
Belev Musketeers, and 9th, 15th, 16th and 17th
Jägers.
— ORENBURGSKAYA — Rylsk, Ufa, and
Yekaterinburg Musketeers.
— SIBIRSKAYA [SIBERIA] — Shirvan,
Tomsk, and Selenginsk Musketeers, and 18th and 19th
Jägers.
The 23rd Jäger Regiment, because of its still incomplete formation, and the Kozlov, Vitebsk, Kolyvan, and Kura Musketeers and the 13th and 14th Jägers, since they were outside the country in the Mediterranean Sea, were left not included in any of the divisions, pending further directions (9).
13 June 1806 – Additional Yegerskie polki are established: the 24-i, 25-i, and 26-i (10).
14 June 1806 – One more division, the 14-ya, was added to the 13 already formed, and to which were assigned from the regiments of Army infantry: from the 2nd Division – the Belozersk and Ryazan Musketeers; from the 5th Division – the Uglich and Sofiya Musketeers; and from the newly formed Jäger regiments – the 23rd and 26th. The 24th Jägers were assigned to the 2nd Division, and the 25th—to the 5th Division, and consequently the following Grenadier, Musketeer, and Jäger regiments were in the 2nd, 5th, and 14th divisions (11):
In the 2nd Division:
Pavlovsk
Grenadiers.
Rostov Musketeers.
St.-Petersburg Grenadiers.
Yelets Musketeers.
1st Jägers.
24th ——.
—
5th
——— :
Perm Musketeers.
Mogilev ———.
Kaluga ———.
Sevsk ———.
20th Jägers.
25th —— .
—
14th
—— :
Belozersk Musketeers.
Ryazan ———.
Uglich
———.
Sofiya
———.
23rd
Jägers.
26th
—— .
24 June 1806 – Seventeen more regiments were established: the Brestkii, Kremenchugskii, Minskii, Neishlotskii [Nyslott], Yakutskii, Okhotskii, Kamchatskii [Kamchatka], Mingrelskii [Mingrelia], Vilmanstrandskii [Villmanstrand], Libavskii [Libau], and Pernovskii [Pernau] Mushketerskii polki, and the 27-i, 28-i, 29-i, 30-i, 31-i, and 32-i Yegerskie polki. With the expansion of the Army by these regiments, four new divisions were formed: the 15-ya, 16-ya, 17-ya, and 18-ya, in which were included the following regiments:
In the 15th Division: Kozlov, Vitebsk,
Kura, and Kolyvan Musketeers, and 13th and 14th Jägers.
—
16th
———: Petrovsk, Libau, Kamchatka, and Mingrelia Musketeers,
and 27th and 28th Jägers.
—
17th
———: Villmanstrand, Brest, Kremenchug, and Minsk
Musketeers, and 30th and 31st Jägers.
—
18th
———: Tambov, Yakutsk, Nyslott, and Okhotsk Musketeers,
and 29th and 32nd Jägers.
The Pernau Musketeer Regiment went to the 1st Division (12).
In February 1807 – The name “Caucasus Inspectorate” was abolished, and in its place were established the 19-ya and 20-ya divizii, which included the following regiments:
In the 19th Division: Kazan, Suzdal, Vologda,
Belev, and Sevastopol Musketeers, and 16th and 17th Jägers.
—
20th
———: Kherson and Caucasus Grenadiers; Kabarda, Troitsk,
Tiflis, and Saratov Musketeers; and 9th and 15th Jägers
(13).
In June 1807 – With the inclusion of the Guards infantry regiments in the 1st Division, the Velikie-Luki, Neva, and Petrovsk Musketeers and the 2nd Jägers, which had been in that division, formed, along with Libau Musketeers from the 16th Division, the 21-ya diviziya. To replace of the Libau Regiment came the Novgorod, transferred from the 12th Division (14). Along with this, the Vyatka Regiment from the 10th Division, the Staryi-Oskol from the 11th, the Olonets from the 11th, the Viborg from the 8th, the Penza from the 9th, and the 29th Jägers, were all reassigned to the 22-ya diviziya (15).
5 February 1808 – The Orenburg Inspectorate was renamed the 23-ya diviziya, and the Siberia Inspectorate—24-ya. The first consisted of the Rylsk, Ufa, and Yekaterinburg Regiments; the second—of the Shirvan, Tomsk, and Selenginsk, and the 18th and 19th Jägers (16).
12 August 1808 – In honor of the courageous defense of the Danzig fortress, from the three combined Garrison battalions which were there it was ordered to form an Army regiment titled the Belostokskii Mushketerskii polk [Bialystok Musketeer Regiment], to be part of the 9th Division (17).
30 October 1808 – In order to avoid the deficiencies connected with the hasty distribution of recruits to regiments after their enlistment, for their call-up there were established, in various places corresponding to the permanent deployment of troops in their quarters, Replacement Recruit Depots [Zapasnyya Rekrutskiya Depo], each consisting of six infantry companies (18). It was proposed to establish these depots in: Tikhvin, Kholm, Toropets, Zaslavl, Roslavl, Ivenets, Rovno, Chudnov, Novomirgorod, Novgorod-Severskii, Olviopol, Kharkov, Yekaterinoslavl, Staraya-Russa, Glukhov, Bryansk, Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Dmitrievsk, Olonets, Akhtyrka, Ufa, Tara, Kargopol, Nizhnii-Novogorod, Dmitrovsk, Tetyushi, and Belogorodka (the small town in Kiev Province) (19); but due to difficulties encountered, the mustering of recruits in Tikhvin, Dmitrievsk, Ufa, and Tara was canceled and in their place it was directed to have two depots: in Azov and Korostyn [Korosten] (20).
5 April 1809 – Regiments were reassigned from one division to another:
From the 4th Division to the 6th:Tenginsk
and Tula Musketeers.
— 4th
——— 17th: Polotsk and Navaginsk Musketeers.
— 6th
——— 4th: Vilna and Volhynia Musketeers.
— 17th
——— 4th: Kremenchug and Minsk Musketeers.
After these transfers, the following regiments of Army infantry were part of the 4th Division: the Kremenchug, Minsk, Tobolsk, Volhynia, and Vilna Musketeers, and the 4th Jägers (21).
12 August 1809 – It was directed that a part of the recruits in each Recruit Depot be held for the cavalry (22).
29 September 1809 – The Life-Grenadier and the Kexholm Musketeer regiments were assigned to the 1st or Guards Division [1-ya ili Gvardeiskaya diviziya], and twenty-four divisions, divided into brigades [brigady], were formed from the rest of the regiments:
2nd Division
1st Brigade: St.-Petersburg Grenadiers and Yelets
Musketeers.
2nd —— Pavlovsk
Grenadiers and Polotsk Musketeers.
3rd —— Lithuania
Musketeers and 1st Jägers.
3rd ——
1st —— Taurica Grenadiers and
Chernigov Musketeers.
2nd —— Murom and
Kopore Musketeers.
3rd —— 20th and
21st Jägers.
4th ——
1st —— Kremenchug and Minsk
Musketeers.
2nd —— Tobolsk and
Volhynia Musketeers.
3rd —— Vilna Musketeers
and 4th Jägers.
5th ——
1st —— Sevsk and Kaluga
Musketeers.
2nd —— Perm and
Mogilev Musketeers.
3rd —— 23rd and
24th Jägers.
6th ——
1st —— Nizovsk and Azov
Musketeers.
2nd —— Uglich and
Reval Musketeers.
3rd —— Sofia Musketeers
and 3rd Jägers.
7th ——
1st —— Yekaterinoslavl Grenadiers
and Moscow Musketeers.
2nd —— Pskov and
Vladimir Musketeers.
3rd —— Podolia
Musketeers and 5th Jägers.
8th ——
1st —— Moscow Grenadiers and
Archangel Musketeers.
2nd ——
Schlüsselburg and Old Ingermanland Musketeers.
3rd —— Voronezh
Musketeers and 7th Jägers.
9th
—— 1st
—— Astrakhan Grenadiers and Bialystok Musketeers.
2nd —— Ryazhsk and
Ukraine Musketeers.
3rd —— Galich Musketeers
and 10th Jägers.
10th
—— 1st
—— Kiev Grenadiers and Crimea Musketeers.
2nd —— Kursk and
Yaroslavl Musketeers.
3rd —— Bryansk
Musketeers and 8th Jägers.
11th
—— 1st
—— Little Russia Grenadiers and Apsheron Musketeers.
2nd —— Siberia
Grenadiers and Nasheburg Musketeers.
3rd —— Odessa Musketeers
and 11th Jägers.
12th
—— 1st
—— Phanagoria Grenadiers and New Ingermanland
Musketeers.
2nd —— Smolensk
and Narva Musketeers.
3rd —— Orel Musketeers
and 6th Jägers.
13th
—— 1st
—— Nizhnii-Novgorod and Ladoga Musketeers.
2nd —— Aleksopol
and Butyrskii Musketeers.
3rd —— Poltava and
Estonia Musketeers.
4th —— 12th and
22nd Jägers.
14th ——
1st —— Graf Arakcheev’s and Tenginsk
Musketeers.
2nd —— Tula and
Navaginsk Musketeers.
3rd —— 25th and
26th Jägers.
15th ——
1st —— Kozlov and Vitebsk
Musketeers.
2nd —— Kura and
Kolyvan Musketeers.
3rd —— 13th and
14th Jägers.
16th ——
1st —— Okhotsk and Nyslott
Musketeers.
2nd —— Kamchatka
and Mingrelia Musketeers.
3rd —— Novgorod
Musketeers and 27th Jägers.
17th ——
1st —— Ryazan and Bialystok [sic,
should be Belozersk] Musketeers.
2nd —— Villmanstrand
and Brest Musketeers.
3rd —— 30th and
31st Jägers.
18th ——
1st —— Tambov and Yakutsk
Musketeers.
2nd —— Kostroma
and Dnieper Musketeers.
3rd —— 28th and
32nd Jägers.
19th ——
1st —— Kazan and Suzdal
Musketeers.
2nd ——
Belev and Sevastopol Musketeers.
3rd —— Vologda
Musketeers and 16th and 17th Jägers.
20th ——
1st —— Caucasus and Kherson
Grenadiers.
2nd——Troitsk and Tiflis
Musketeers.
3rd ——
Kabarda and Saratov Musketeers.
4th —— 9th and 15th
Jägers.
21st ——
1st —— Neva and Petrovsk
Musketeers.
2nd —— Libau and
Pernau Musketeers.
3rd —— Velikie-Luki
Musketeers and 2nd Jägers.
22nd ——
1st —— Vyatka and Staryi-Oskol
Musketeers.
2nd —— Olonets and
Viborg Musketeers.
3rd —— Penza Musketeers
and 29th Jägers.
23rd —— (of one brig.) Rylsk and Yekaterinburg Musketeers.
24th —— (of one brig.) Selenginsk Musketeers and 18th Jägers.
25th
—— 1st Brigade:
Ufa and Shirvan Musketeers.
2nd —— Tomsk Musketeers
and 19th Jägers (23).
12 October 1810 – Regiments of Army infantry
were ordered to make the following changes in their organization:
1.) In each Grenadier regiment (except the Life-Grenadiers),
instead of one Grenadier and two Fusilier battalions, there were to be three
Fusilier battalions, of one Grenadier and three Fusilier
companies.
2.) In each Musketeer regiment, instead of one Grenadier
and two Musketeer battalions, there were to be three Musketeer battalions,
of one Grenadier and three Musketeer companies.
3.) In each Jäger regiment the battalions were
to consist of one Grenadier and three Musketeer companies.
4.) In each Fusilier, Musketeer, and Jäger battalion,
the senior, or Grenadier, company was to be made up of grenadiers and marksmen
[strelki], so that the grenadiers are in the first platoon
[vzvod] and marksmen in the second.
5.) When regiments are in battle formation, the 1st,
or Grenadier, platoon of the Grenadier company was to deploy on the right
flank of its battalion, while the 2nd, or Marksmen [Strelkovyi] platoon,
was to be on the left.
6.) During wartime, when regiments move out on campaign,
the Fusilier, Musketeer, and Jäger companies of the second battalions,
having been used to fill up the other two battalions, were to remain in their
quarters and were to be termed Replacement [Zapasnyi]
battalions.
7.) The Grenadier companies of second battalions were
to set out on campaign with the first and third battalions.
8.) When all six regiments of a division were united
together, the Grenadier companies of their second battalions were to form
for it two Combined Grenadier Battalions [Svodnye Grenaderskie
bataliony], each of three companies.
9.) In each Corps [Korpus], the Combined Grenadier
Battalions were to form a Combined Grenadier Brigade [Svodnaya
Grenaderskaya brigada] and be the Reserve [Rezerv] of this
Corps.
10.) In an Army [Armiya], the Combined Grenadier
Brigades of its Corps were to form a Combined Grenadier Division
[Svodnaya Grenaderskaya diviziya] and be its Reserve
(24).
19 October 1810 – Certain Musketeer regiments were titled Jägers: the Lithuania – as the 33rd, Vilna – as the 34th, Sofiya – as the 35th, Podolia – as the 36th, Voronezh – as the 37th, Galich – as the 38th, Bryansk – as the 39th, Odessa – as the 40th, Orel – as the 41st, Estonia – as the 42nd, Novgorod – as the 43rd, Velikie-Luki – as the 44th, Penza – as the 45th, and Saratov – as the 46th. This change in titles was done so that in all divisions there would be two Jäger regiments, and with this the following brigades were ordered to be made up of the indicated regiments:
4th Div.
2nd Brigade — of the Tobolsk and Volhynia
Musketeers.
3rd ———
— 4th and 34th
Jägers.
7th ——
2nd
——— — Pskov
and Vladimir Musketeers.
3rd ———
— 5th and 36th
Jägers.
8th ——
1st
——— — Moscow
Grenadiers and Archangel Musketeers.
3rd ———
— 7th and 37th
Jägers.
9th ——
1st
——— — Astrakhan
Grenadiers and Bialystok Musketeers.
3rd ———
— 10th and 38th
Jägers.
11th
—— 1st——— — Little
Russia Grenadiers and Apsheron Musketeers.
3rd ———
— 11th and 40th
Jägers.
13th —— 3rd ——— — 12th and 22nd Jägers (25).
26 October 1810 – With the establishment of Corps [Korpusa], they were composed of the Army Infantry regiments of the following divisions:
In the 1st Corps, regiments of the 5th
and 14th Divisions.
2nd
————— 16th, 17th,
and 21st Divisions.
3rd
————— 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
Divisions.
4th
—————
7th and 25th Divisions, and replacement or second battalions of regiments
of the 9th, 10th and 18th Divisions.
6th
—————
19th and 20th Divisions.
The composition of the 5th Corps was not laid down (26).
31 October 1810 – The changes effected on 12 October for the organization of Grenadier regiments were extended to the Life-Grenadiers, with the distinction that for that regiment all companies were titled Grenadiers (27).
3 November 1810 – The 25th Division was renamed the 24th, and the regiments which made up the latter (Rylsk, Yekaterinburg, and Selenginsk Musketeers and 18th Jägers) were left, until specially directed, under the authority of their Brigade Commanders (28).
10 November 1810 – The 2nd Battalion of the Yelets Musketeer Regiment was designated for Military Settlement [Voennoe Poselenie] in Mogilev Province, Klimovetsk District [povet], in the Bobylets tract [starostvo], and consequently took the title of Settled [Poselenyi] Battalion of the Yelets Musketeer Regiment (29).
17 January 1811 – From various Garrison regiments and battalions designated for disbandment, Army regiments were established: the Voronezhskii, Bryanskii, Litovskii [Lithuania], Podolskii [Podolia], Estlyandskii [Estonia], Orlovskii [Orel], Galitskii [Galich], Velikolutskii [Velikie-Luki], Penzinskii [Penza], and Saratovskii Pekhotnye [Infantry], and the 47-i, 48-i, and 49-i Yegerskie [Jägers], and consequently various of the divisions were ordered to reorganize:
1st Division —
of the Life, Pavlovsk, St.-Petersburg, Yekaterinoslavl,
and Taurica Grenadiers, and Graf Arakcheev’s Musketeers.
13th ———
— Galich, Velikie-Luki, Penza, and Saratov Infantry, and the
12th and 22nd Jägers.
25th ———
— 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Marines [Morskie]*; Voronezh Infantry,
and 31st and 47th Jägers.
26th ———
— Ladoga, Poltava, Nizhnii-Novgorod, and Orel Infantry
and 42nd Jägers.
* These regiments were under the Navy Department [Morskoe vedomstvo].
The Pernau and Kexholm Infantry regiments were part of the 2nd Division, the Reval – of the 3rd, the Bryansk – of the 6th, the Libau and the 49th Jägers – of the 7th, the Estonia – of the 14th, the 48th Jägers – of the 17th, the Lithuania and Podolia – of the 21st, and the Aleksopol and Butyrskii – of the 24th (30).
27 January 1811 – The Mushketerskii Grafa Arakcheeva polk was renamed the Grenaderskii Grafa Arakcheeva polk [Graf Arakcheev’s Grenadier Regiment] (31).
31 January 1811 – Of the Replacement Recruit Depots established in 1809, the Nizhnii-Novgorod was abolished, and eight others were transferred to other places: the Zaslavl – to Beloi, the Ivenets – to Vyazma, the Vladimir – toYelna, the Dmitrovsk – to Romny, the Rovno – to Izyum, the Belgorod – to Bakhmut, the Tetyushi – to Taganrog, and the Chudnov – to Chigrin [Chigirin] (32).
3 February 1811 – The Kavkazskii Grenaderskii polk was renamed the Gruzinskii Grenaderskii polk [Georgia Grenadier Regiment] (33).
7 February 1811 – The Bryansk Replacement Recruit Depot was transferred to Starodub, and the Glukhov Depot to Konotop (34).
9 February 1811 – The Rylsk, Yekaterinburg, and Selenginsk Infantry Regiments and the 18th Jägers were ordered to form the 23rd Division (35).
12 March 1811 – Replacement Recruit Depots [Zapasnyya Rekrutskiya Depo] were ordered to be called simply Recruit Depots [Rekrutskiya Depo] (36).
12 March 1811 – The 49-i Yegerskii polk was renamed the Sofiiskii Pekhotnyi polk [Sofiya Infantry Regiment] (37).
16 March 1811 – Recruit Depots, except for the one at Yaroslavl which was left pending special instructions, were directed to be considered as belonging to divisions: the Roslavl Depot – to the 2nd Division, the Vyazma – to the 3rd, the Toropets – to the 4th, the Kholm – to the 5th, the Kargopol – to the 6th, the Starodub – to the 7th, the Novomirgorod – to the 8th, the Bakhmut – to the 9th, the Yelisavetgrad – to the 10th, the Izyum – to the 11th, the Akhtyrka – to the 12th, the Ivanovo – to the 13th, the Staraya-Russa – to the 14th, the Zmiev (transferred from Kharkov) – to the 15th, the Olviopol – to the 16th, the Belev – to the 17th, the Konotop – to the 18th, the Taganrog – to the 19th, the Azov – to the 20th, the Olonets – to the 21st, the Chigrin – to the 22nd, the Yelna – to the 23rd, the Novgorod-Severski – to the 24th, the Podgoshcha (transferred from Korostin [sic, Korosten]) – to the 25th, and the Romny – to the 26th. The 1st Division did not have a Recruit Depot (38).
27 March 1811 – The Moscow and Kiev grenadier regiments were transferred to the 9th Division, and from the latter, to replace them, came infantry regiments: to the 8th Division – the Ukraine, to the 10th – the Bialystok (39).
27 March 1811 – The 2nd Division was reformed anew, from Grenadier regiments: the Kiev, Astrakhan, Moscow, Phanagoria, Siberia, and Little Russia; the former 2nd Division was renamed the 11th; and the following regiments were reassigned from certain divisions to others: the Vladimir Infantry – from the 7th Division to the 18th; the Apsheron and Nasheburg Infantry – from the 11th to the 9th; the 11th Jägers – from the 11th to the 7th; the 40th Jägers – from the 11th to the 24th; the Yakutsk – from the 18th to the 9th; and the Aleksopol Infantry – from the 24th to the 18th (40).
7 July 1811 – From the 19th and 20th Divisions, deployed in Georgia [Gruziya], there was formed the Georgia Corps [Gruzinskii Korpus] (41).
10 September 1811 – In Petrozavodsk, Novgorod, Tver, Moscow, Kaluga, Orel, Kursk, Kharkov, and Yekaterinoslavl were established Recruit Depots of the 2nd Line [Rekrutskiya Depo 2-i linii], while the previously existing ones comprised the Recruit Depots of the 1st Line and were divided into divisions and brigades:
1st Division: 1st
Brigade: Kargopol (16th Division) and Olonets (21st).
2nd ——
Podgoshcha (25th), Staraya-Russa (14th), and Kholm (5th).
3rd
—— Toropets (4th), Belev (17th), and Vyazma
(3rd).
4th ——
Yelna (23rd) and Roslavl (11th).
2nd Division: 1st Brigade: Starodub
(7th) and Novgorod-Severski (24th).
2nd ——
Konotop (18th), Romny (26th), and Akhtyrka (12th).
3rd
—— Zmiev (15th) and Izyum (9th).
4th
—— Chigrin (22nd), Novomirgorod (8th), Yelisavetgrad
(10th), and Olviopol (16th).
Separate brigade under the command of the Military Governor of New Russia: Ivanovo (13th), Taganrog (19th), and Azov (20th) (42).
6 November 1811 – New regiments were established: the Odesskii [Odessa], Vilenskii [Vilna], Tarnopolskii [Tarnopol], and Simbirskii [Simbirsk] Pekhotnye [Infantry], and the 49-i and 50-i Yegerskie [Jägers], which formed the 27-ya diviziya (41).
Thus all the Grenadier, Infantry, and Jäger regiments formed twenty-seven divisions, in the following order:
1st Division 1st Brigade:
Life-Grenadiers and Graf Arakcheev’s Grenadiers (both with the
Guards).
2nd —— Pavlovsk and Yekaterinoslavl
Grenadiers.
3rd ——
St.-Petersburg and Taurica Grenadiers.
2nd
—— 1st —— Kiev
and Moscow Grenadiers.
2nd —— Astrakhan
and Phanagoria Grenadiers.
3rd —— Siberia
and Little Russia Grenadiers.
3rd
—— 1st —— Reval
and Murom Infantry.
2nd —— Kopore
and Chernigov.
3rd —— 20th
and 21st Jägers.
4th ——
1st —— Kremenchug and Minsk Infantry.
2nd —— Tobolsk
and Volhynia.
3rd —— 4th
and 34th Jägers.
5th
—— 1st —— Sevsk
and Kaluga Infantry.
2nd —— Perm and
Mogilev.
3rd —— 23rd
and 24th Jägers.
6th
—— 1st —— Bryansk
and Nizovsk Infantry.
2nd —— Uglich
Infantry and 35th Jägers.
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