# 3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire)

The 3rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army formed on 19 February 1877.
Its headquarters were in Vilnius.

## Composition

The Army Corps composition as of 18 July 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, was:
* 25th Infantry Division headquartered at Dvinsk
** 1st Brigade
*** 97th Livonia Infantry Regiment [ru] (headquarters Dvinsk)
*** 98th Yuriev Infantry Regiment [ru] (headquarters Dvinsk)
** 2nd Brigade (headquarters Dvinsk)
*** 99th Ivangorod Infantry Regiment [ru] (headquarters Dvinsk)
*** 100th Ostrovsky Infantry Regiment [ru] (headquarters Dvinsk)
** 25th Artillery Brigade
* 27th Infantry Division (headquarters Vilnius)
** 1st Brigade
*** 105th Orenburg Infantry Regiment [ru]
*** 106th Ufa Infantry Regiment [ru]
** 2nd Brigade
*** 107th Troitsky Infantry Regiment [ru]
*** 108th Saratov Infantry Regiment [ru]
** 27th Artillery Brigade
* 5th Rifle Brigade
** 17th Rifle Regiment
** 18th Rifle Regiment
** 19th Rifle Regiment
** 20th Rifle Regiment
** 5th Rifle Artillery Division
* 3rd Cavalry Division (headquarters Kaunas)
** 1st Cavalry Brigade
*** 3rd Novorossiysk Dragoon Regiment [ru]
*** 3rd Smolensk Uhlan Regiment [ru]
** 2nd Cavalry Brigade
*** 3rd Elisavetgradsky Hussar Regiment [ru]
*** 3rd Don Cossack Regiment [ru]
** 3rd Horse Artillery Battalion
*** 5th Horse Artillery Battery
*** 6th Horse Artillery Battery
* 3rd Mortar-Artillery Division
* 3rd Engineer Battalion
* 4th Pontoon Battalion
* 2nd Communications Company

## Personnel
### Commanders

| No. | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Den, Karl-Andrey EfimovichLieutenant-General Karl-Andrey Efimovich Den [ru] | 19 February 1877 | 23 April 1878 | 1 year, 63 days |
| 2 | von Möller, Karl EduardLieutenant-General Karl Eduard von Möller [ru] | 4 May 1878 | 5 August 1878 | 93 days |
| 3 | von Dellingshausen, Karl Eduard Ludwig FreiherrLieutenant-General Eduard Karlovich Dellingshausen | 15 August 1878 | 1885 | 6 years, 139 days |
| 4 | Alkhazov, Yakov KaihosrovichLieutenant-General Yakov Kaihosrovich Alkhazov [ru] | 6 July 1885 | 19 October 1894 | 9 years, 105 days |
| 5 | Dmitrovsky, Viktor IvanovichLieutenant-General Viktor Ivanovich Dmitrovsky [ru] | 28 October 1894 | 1 January 1898 | 3 years, 65 days |
| 6 | Maksimovich, Vasily NikolaevichLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 6 December 1898 Vasily Nikolaevich Maksimovich [ru] | 1 January 1898 | 29 May 1899 | 1 year, 148 days |
| 7 | Tchaikovsky, Mitrofan PetrovichLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 1 January 1901 Mitrofan Tchaikovsky | 6 November 1899 | 25 March 1903 | 3 years, 139 days |
| 8 | Razgonov, Konstantin IosifovichLieutenant-General Konstantin Iosifovich Razgonov | 16 April 1903 | 22 June 1904 | 1 year, 67 days |
| 9 | Prescott, Alexander EduardovichLieutenant-General Aleksandr Eduardovich Prescott [ru] | 22 June 1904 | 16 December 1904 | 177 days |
| 10 | Volkenau, Ivan VasilievichLieutenant-General Ivan Vasilievich Volkenau | 12 January 1905 | 5 December 1906 | 1 year, 327 days |
| 11 | von Rennenkampf, PaulLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 6 December 1910 Paul von Rennenkampf | 27 December 1906 | 20 January 1913 | 6 years, 24 days |
| 12 | Epanchin, NikolaiLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 4 April 1913 Nikolai Epanchin | 29 January 1913 | 6 February 1915 | 2 years, 8 days |
| 13 | Zegelov, AleksandrLieutenant-General General of the Infantry after 22 March 1915 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zegelov [ru] | 14 February 1915 | 22 August 1915 | 189 days |
| 14 | Alftan, VladimirLieutenant-General Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan | 22 August 1915 | 16 April 1916 | 238 days |
| 15 | Oganovsky, PyotrGeneral of the Infantry Pyotr Oganovsky | 16 April 1916 | 11 September 1916 | 148 days |
| 16 | Yanushevsky, GrigoryLieutenant-General Grigory Yanushevsky [ru] | 11 September 1916 | 3 April 1917 | 204 days |
| 17 | Nadyozhny, DmitryMajor-General Lieutenant-General after 29 April 1917 Dmitry Nadyozhny | 7 April 1917 | 12 October 1917 | 188 days |
| 18 | Dzichkanets, BorisLieutenant-General Boris Dzichkanets [ru] | 22 October 1917 | |

### Chiefs of Staff

* 24 February 1877 — 15 May 1885 — Colonel (Major-General after 1 January 1878) Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kozen [ru]
* 15 May 1885 — 9 December 1892 — Major-General Ivan Ivanovich Tyvalovich
* 11 January 1893 — 5 January 1898 — Major-General Stanislav Stanislavovich Novogrebelsky
* 5 January 1898 — 20 October 1899 — Major-General Nikolai Nilovich Lavrov
* 2 November 1899 — 17 February 1904 — Major-General Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov
* 24 March 1904 — 12 October 1904 — Major-General Nikolai Sergeyevich Berdyaev
* 22 October 1904 — 16 June 1906 — Major-General Alexander Frantsevich Ragoza
* 23 July 1906 — July 1908 — Major-General Baron Aleksandr Georgyevich Ikskul-von-Gildebant
* 9 July 1908 — 19 October 1914 — Major-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Chagin
* 14 December 1914 — 17 July 1915 — Major-General Viktor Viktorovich Eggert
* 18 July 1915 — 7 February 1917 — Major-General Nikolai Dimitryevich Chausov
* 8 February 1917 — 4 May 1917 — Major-General Vladimir Nikolayevich Yegoryev
* 12 May 1917 — 7 August 1917 — Major-General Mikhail Vasilyevich Lebedev
* 12 August 1917 — 1918 — Major-General Andrey Nikolayevich Suvorov

### Chiefs of Artillery

* 19 March 1877 - 5 December 1889 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 30 August 1881) Yakov Mikhailovich Kostogorov
* 9 January 1890 - 4 February 1893 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 30 August 1892) Aleksandr Nikitich Fedortsov-Malysh
* 4 February 1893 - 19 January 1898 - Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Nikolayevich Skvortso [ru]
* 19 January 1898 - 10 April 1901 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 5 April 1898) Dmitry Andreyevich Topornin [ru]
* 30 May 1901 - 9 July 1906 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 12 June 1903) Aleksey Stepanovich Shepilov
* 25 July 1906 - 26 October 1913 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 22 April 1907) Dmitry Ivanovich Nevadovsky
* 18 December 1913 - 16 April 1916 - Major-General (Lieutenant-General from 12 June 1914) Count Viktor Viktorovich Dolivo-Dobrovolsky-Yevdokimov [ru]
* 13 May 1916 - 18 February 1917 - Major-General Konstantin Konstantinovich Pilkin
* From 18 February 1917 - Major-General Ivan Nikanorovich Andreyev [ru]

### Corps quartermasters

* 17 February 1898 - 19 July 1900 - Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Lang,
* 23 July 1900 - 1905 - state councilor Mikhail Ivanovich Levandovsky
* 13 November 1905 - 8 August 1910 - Lieutenant-Colonel (Colonel from 12 June 1906) Zenon Avgustinovich Vorotnitsky
* 16 August 1910 - after 1 March 1914 - Lieutenant-Colonel (Colonel from 14 April 1913) Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vishnyakov