1st Army Corps (Russian Empire)

The 1st Army Corps (‹See Tfd›Russian: 1-й армейский корпус) was a formation in the Imperial Russian Army, formed in the 1870s. 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 around 1918.^[1]

The following is a list of units that made up the 1st Army Corps at different points during its existence:^[1]

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

Officers that commanded the corps during its existence:^[1]

• List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units