2nd Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 2nd Guards Infantry Division was a division of the Imperial Russian Army. Before mobilisation for World War I, the division was based in St-Petersburg under the Guards Corps, also headquartered in St-Petersburg.

Organisation
(Titles in English)

Organisation of the division just before mobilisation for World War I;


 * Divisional Headquarters and Staff
 * 1st Brigade
 * Brigade Headquarters and Staff
 * The Moscow Life Guards Regiment
 * Life Grenadier Guards
 * 2nd Brigade
 * Brigade Headquarters and Staff
 * Pavlovski Life Guard Grenadiers
 * Finnish Life Guards Regiment
 * 2nd Guards Artillery Brigade
 * Regiment Headquarters and Staff
 * 1st Division (battalion)
 * 2nd Division (battalion)

Commanders

 * 1855–1857: Alexander von Wrangel
 * 1858–1860: KA Belgard
 * 1878–1881: Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov
 * 1881–1885: Timofeyev
 * 1891–1895: Stepan Vasilyevich Rykachev
 * 1897–1899: Richard Troyanovich Meves
 * 1900–1904: Nikolay F Meshetich
 * 1905–1906: Vladimir Danilov
 * 1906–1907: Ivan Romanenko
 * 1907–1908: Adlerberg
 * 1908–1910: Mikhnevich
 * 1910–1912: Leonid Lesh
 * 1912–1913: Vasily Flug
 * 1913–1914: Alexander Alexeyevich Resin

Chiefs of Staff

 * 1863–1865: Victor Fedorovitch Winberg
 * 1865–1866: Kozen

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

 * 1913–1914: Kisielewski

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

 * 1893–1894: Richard Troyanovich Meves

Commanders of the Artillery Brigade

 * 1901–1904: Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov