1st Guards Corps (Russian Empire)

The 1st Guards Corps (1-й Гвардейский корпус) was a corps-level command in the Russian Imperial Army that existed in the decades leading up to and during World War I. Stationed in St Petersburg, it included some of the oldest and best known regiments of the Emperor of All Russia's Imperial Guard.

History
The corps was established on 20 August 1874 as the "Guard Corps" and was renamed to the 1st Guard Corps in November 1915. The corps was dissolved in 1918, though some of its members went on to join the Volunteer Army of the White movement.

Organization
As of 1914, the corps included the following:
 * 1st Guards Infantry Division
 * Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment
 * Life Guards Semyonovsky Regiment
 * Life Guards Izmaylovsky Regiment
 * Life Guards Egersky Regiment
 * 1st Life Guards Artillery Brigade
 * 2nd Guards Infantry Division
 * Life Guards Moscow Regiment
 * Life Guards Grenadier Regiment
 * Life Guards Pavlovsky Regiment
 * Life Guards Finland Regiment
 * 2nd Life Guards Artillery Brigade
 * Guards Rifle Division (until 1915: brigade)
 * 1st His Majesty's Own Life Guards Rifle Regiment
 * 2nd Tsarskoye Selo Life Guards Rifle Regiment
 * 3rd His Majesty's Own Life Guards Rifle Regiment
 * 4th Imperial Family Life Guards Rifle Regiment
 * Life Guards Rifle Artillery Division
 * 1st Guards Cavalry Division
 * Chevalier Guards Regiment
 * Horse Guards Regiment
 * His Majesty's Own Cuirassier Life Guards Regiment
 * Her Majesty the Empress Maria Feodorovna's Own Life Guards Regiment
 * His Majesty's Own Cossack Life Guards Regiment
 * His Imperial Highness the Tsarevich's Ataman Cossack Life Guards Regiment
 * Combined Cossack Life Guards Regiment
 * 1st Life Guards Horse Artillery Division
 * 2nd Guards Cavalry Division
 * Horse Grenadier Life Guards Regiment
 * Her Majesty the Empress Alexandra Feodorovona's Lancer Life Guards Regiment
 * Dragoon Life Guards Regiment
 * His Majesty's Hussar Life Guards Regiment
 * 2nd Life Guards Horse Artillery Division

Commanders

 * Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia 1831
 * Friedrich von Rüdiger 1855-1856
 * Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891) 1862-1864
 * Alexander III of Russia 1874-1880
 * Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia 1880-1881
 * Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov 1881-1885
 * Duke Alexander of Oldenburg 1885-1889
 * Nikolai Obolensky 1897-1898
 * Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia 1898-1902
 * Sergei Vasilchikov 1902-1906
 * Vladimir Danilov 1906-1912
 * Vladimir Besobrasow (19.01.1912 — 25.08.1915)
 * Vladimir Olohov (25.08.1915 - 08.12.1915)
 * Georgi Rauch (08.12.1915 — 27.05.1916)
 * Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (27.05.1916 — end 1916)
 * Pavel Pototsky (end 1916 - 02.04.1917)
 * Nikolai Ilkevich (02.04.1917 - 07.1917)
 * Vladimir May-Mayevsky (07.1917 — 01.1918)