Russian Army order of battle (1812)

The Imperial Russian Army in 1812 consists of 3 main armies and other military formations. Commander in Chief Emperor of the Army was Alexander I

1st Army of the West

General of infantry Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly [Michael de Tolly was appointed the commander-in-chief of the 1st Army on 19 March 1812. However, after arrival of Emperor Alexander I in Vilnius, the latter became de-jure and de-facto a commander-in-chief.] )
** 1st Infantry Corps [In June 1812 the 1st Infantry Corps was excluded from the 1st Army and left by the Northern Dvina for protection of Saint Petersburg] (Lieutenant General Count Peter Wittgenstein)
*** 5th Infantry Division (Major General Gregor von Berg);
*** 14th Infantry Division (Major General Ivan Sazonov);
** 2nd Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Baggehufvud)
*** 4th Infantry Division (Major General Duke Eugene of Württemberg);
*** 17th Infantry Division (Major General Zakhar Olsufiev);
** 3rd Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Nikolai Tuchkov)
*** 1st Grenadier Division (Major General Count Pavel Stroganov);
*** 3rd Infantry Division (Major General Pyotr Konovnitsin);
** 4th Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Count Pavel Shuvalov)
*** 11th Infantry Division (Major General Nikolai Bakhmetiev);
*** 23rd Infantry Division (Major General Alexey Bakhmetiev);
** 5th Reserve Guards Infantry Corps (Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia)
*** Guard Infantry Division (Major General Alexey Yermolov);
*** 1st Cuirassier Division (Major General Nikolay Depreradovich);
** 6th Infantry Corps (General of infantry Dmitry Dokhturov)
*** 7th Infantry Division (Lieutenant General Pyotr Kaptsevich);
*** 24th Infantry Division (Major General Pyotr Likhachyov);
** 1st Reserve Cavalry Corps (General aid-de-camp Fyodor Uvarov);
** 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps (General aid-de-camp Baron Fyodor Korf);
** 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps (Major General Count Pyotr von der Pahlen);
** The "flying" Cossack Corps (General of cavalry Count Matvei Platov);

2nd Army of the West

General of infantry Prince Pyotr Bagration
** 7th Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Nikolay Raevsky);
** 8th Infantry Corps (Lieutenant General Nikolay Borozdin);
** 4th Reserve Cavalry Corps (Major General Count Karl Sivers);
** Cossack detachment of (General Major Nikolay Ilovaisky Vth)

3rd Reserve Army of Observation

General of cavalry Alexander Tormasov
** Corps of General of infantry Sergei Kamenskii;
** Corps of Lieutenant General Evgeniy Markov;
** Corps of Lieutenant General Baron Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken;
** Cavalry Corps of Major General Count Charles de Lambert;

Danube Army

Admiral Pavel Chichagov
** 1st Corps (General of cavalry Count Andrault de Langeron);
** 2nd Corps (Lieutenant General Count Pyotr Essen);
** 3rd Corps (Lieutenant General Alexander Voinov);
** 4th Corps (Lieutenant General Andreas Burchard Friedrich von Saß (Andrey Pavlovich Zass));
** Reserve of the Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Sabaneev)

eparate Corps and detachments

* Corps of Riga (Lieutenant General Magnus Gustav (Ivan) von Essen);
* Corps of Finland (Lieutenant General (Faddey) Fabian Steinheil);
* 1st Reserve Corps (General aid-de-camp Baron Yegor Meller-Zakomelsky);
* 2nd Reserve Corps (Lieutenant General Fyodor Ertel);
* Bobruysk detachment (Major General Gavriil Ignaiev);
* Smolensk Reserve Corps (General aid-de-camp Baron Ferdiniand Wintzingerode);
* Kaluga Reserve Corps (General of infantry Count Mikhail Miloradovich;
* 27th Infantry Division (Major General Dmitri Neverovskii);
* Serbian detachment (Major General Nikolai Liders)

ee also

* French invasion of Russia (1812)
* La Grande Armée
* List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812

References

External links

* [http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/War/Sostav_rus/index.html The Russian Army in June 1812] by Aleksandr Podmazo