15th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 15th Infantry Division (15-я пехотная дивизия, 15-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. The division was based in Odessa in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.

Organization
The 15th Infantry Division was part of the 8th Army Corps. Its order of battle in 1914 was as follows:
 * 1st Brigade (HQ Mykolaiv)
 * 57th Modlin Infantry Regiment
 * 58th Prague Infantry Regiment
 * 2nd Brigade (HQ Odessa)
 * 59th Lublin Infantry Regiment
 * 60th Zamosc Infantry Regiment
 * 15th Artillery Brigade

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

 * 1840-1851: Peter Andreivich Dannenberg
 * 1854-1856: Nikolai Engelhardt
 * 1896-1900: Vladimir Nikolayevich Filipov
 * 1905: Nikolai Martinovich Ivanov
 * 1909: Dmitry Nikolaevich Bezradetsky
 * 1915-1917: Pyotr Lomnovsky

Chiefs of Staff

 * 1860-1863: Johan Ehrnrooth
 * 1885-1889: Dejan Subotić
 * 1903-1905: Maciej Sulkiewicz
 * 1909: Alexander Pavlovich Khanukov
 * January-April 1917: Mikhail Drozdovsky
 * April 1917-March 1918: Evgeny Messner

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

 * 1905: Sergei Petrovich Nekrasov
 * 1909: Stanislav Abakanovich

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

 * 1905: Mikhail Golembatovsky
 * 1909: Polikarp Kuznetsov