8th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

8th Infantry Division
8-я пехотная дивизия
Active1806 – c. 1918
Country Russian Empire
Branch Russian Imperial Army
RoleInfantry
Sizeapprox. 20,000[1]
Garrison/HQWarsaw
EngagementsWorld War I

The 8th Infantry Division (Russian: 8-я пехотная дивизия, 8-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 Warsaw in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.[2][3]

Organization

Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades and one artillery brigade.[1] The 8th Infantry Division was part of the 15th Army Corps.[3]

Rank insignia

Officer ranks

Description Rank insignia as to the design 1904–1906
Shoulder straps
Rank
designation 		Polkovnik
(en: colonel) 		Podpolkovnik
(lieutenant colonel) 		Kapitan
(en: captain) 		Stabs-kapitan Poruchik Podporuchik Praporshchik
Rrank group Shtab-ofitsery
(en: staff officers) 		Ober-ofitsery
(en: upper, superior, or higher officers)

Non-commissioned officers and enlisted ranks

Description Rank insignia as to the design 1904–1906
Shoulder straps
Rank
designation 		Zauryad-praporshchik
(generated from
feldfebel rank) 		Feldfebel Starshy
unter-оfitser
(en: senior NCO) 		Мladshy
unter-оfitser
(en: junior NCO) 		Yefeytor
(en: Private
first class) 		Ryadovoy
(en: Private)
Rank group Unter-ofitsery
(en: Non-commissioned officers) 		Ryadovye
(en: enlisted men)

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

References

  1. ^ a b Handbook of the Russian Army, 1914. London: Imperial War Museum (originally British General Staff). 1996. p. 263. ISBN 978-1870423670.
  2. ^ "8-я пехотная дивизия". Regiment.ru (in Russian). 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b 8-я пехотная дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil