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2nd Guards Infantry Division
Active	1855—1914
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Type	Artillery Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Saint Petersburg

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. ^[1]

Organisation

(Titles in English)

Organisation of the division just before mobilisation for World War I; ^[1]

• 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

References