# 1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian: 1-я гварде́йская пехо́тная диви́зия) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army which was part of the Imperial Guard. It was headquartered in Saint Petersburg and was part of the Guards Corps. It took part in fighting against Napoleonic invasion of Russia in 1811 shortly after its formation. It was expanded in July 1914 upon the mobilization of the Russian Imperial Army, and took part in fighting on the Eastern Front of World War I. The division was demobilized in 1918 after the Russian Revolution.

## History

The unit was initially formed on 15 June 1807 as the 1st Infantry Division. It was renamed "Guards" Infantry Division on 11 November 1811. For most of its history it was stationed in St Petersburg and was part of the Petersburg Military District upon its creation.

## Order of battle upon formation

When it was founded in 1807 the unit consisted of the following:
* Preobrazhensky Regiment
* Semyonovsky Regiment
* Izmaylovsky Regiment
* Egersky Regiment
In 1811 it was expanded and grew to include:
* 1st Brigade
** Preobrazhensky Leib Guard Regiment
** Semyonovsky Leib Guard Regiment
* 2nd Brigade
** Izmaylovsky Leib Guard Regiment
** Lithuanian Leib Guard Regiment
* 3rd Brigade
** Egersky Leib Guard Regiment
** Finnish Leib Guard Regiment

## Order of battle in 1914

From the early 1900s to 1917 the division consisted of the following:
* 1st Brigade
** Preobrazhensky Leib Guard Regiment
** Semyonovsky Leib Guard Regiment
* 2nd Brigade
** Izmaylovsky Leib Guard Regiment
** Egersky Leib Guard Regiment
* 1st Life Guards Artillery Brigade

## Known officer staff
### Commanders

The list is incomplete.
| | Name | From | To |
| 1 | Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich | 3 March 1825 | ? |
| 2 | Adjutant General Nikolai Islenev | 22 July 1837 | 22 September 1841 |
| 3 | Lieutenant General Alexei Arbuzov | 1841 or 1842 | ? |
| 4 | Lieutenant General Alexander von Moller | January 1846 | May 1855 |
| 5 | Adjutant General Alexander Gildenshtubbe | 30 August 1855 | 1862 |
| 6 | Lieutenant General Alexander Drenteln | 1862 | 1 March 1871 |
| 7 | Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich | 23 February 1870 | 30 August 1874 |
| 8 | Adjutant General Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich | 30 August 1874 | 17 August 1880 |
| 9 | Adjutant General Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg | 17 September 1880 | 5 June 1884 |
| 10 | Lieutenant General Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov | 5 January 1884 | 19 January 1889 |
| 11 | Lieutenant General Duke Nikolai Obolensky | 20 January 1890 | After 1 September 1890 |
| 12 | Lieutenant General Oskar Grippenberg | 7 April 1897 | 12 May 1898 |
| 13 | Lieutenant General Georgy Vasmund | 1898 | 1898 |
| 14 | Lieutenant General Georgy Bobrikov | 24 August 1898 | 15 November 1901 |
| 15 | Lieutenant General Alexander Evreinov | 15 November 1901 | 11 December 1902 |
| 16 | Lieutenant General Count German Stenbok | 1903 | 1904 |
| 17 | Lieutenant General Baron Anton Zaltsa | 14 April 1904 | 1 August 1905 |
| 18 | Major General Platon Lechitsky | 21 July 1906 | 26 August 1908 |
| 19 | Lieutenant General Iosif Mrozovsky | 26 August 1908 | 21 May 1912 |
| 20 | Lieutenant General Vladimir Olokhov | 30 May 1912 | 28 December 1914 |
| 21 | Major General Alexander Gertsyk | 16 January 1915 | 3 July 1915 |
| 22 | Lieutenant General Vladimir von Notbek | 3 July 1915 | 25 April 1917 |
| 23 | Major General Count Nikolai Ignatev | 29 April 1917 | 31 July 1917 |

### Chiefs of staff

This list is incomplete.
| | Name | From | To |
| 1 | Colonel Mikhail Shidlovsky | 1857 | March 1858 |
| 2 | Colonel Christopher Roop | 6 April 1858 | 18 November 1860 |
| 3 | Colonel Arkady Skugarevsky | 2 November 1881 | 17 July 1888 |
| 4 | Colonel Nikolai Epanchin | 16 June 1895 | 11 September 1900 |
| 5 | Colonel Vsily Butovich | 25 April 1903 | 13 February 1908 |
| 6 | Colonel Alexander Khristiani | 26 February 1908 | 31 July 1913 |
| 7 | Colonel Oleksander Hrekov | 14 July 1915 | August 1917 |