15th Infantry Division
15-я пехотная дивизия
Active	1806 – c. 1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Odessa
Engagements	World War I

The 15th Infantry Division (Russian: 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.^[1][2]

Organization[edit]

The 15th Infantry Division was part of the 8th Army Corps. Its order of battle in 1914 was as follows:^[2]

• 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)[edit]

• 1840-1851: Peter Andreivich Dannenberg
• 1854-1856: Nikolai Engelhardt
• 1896-1900: Vladimir Nikolayevich Filipov
• 1905: Nikolai Martinovich Ivanov
• 1909: Dmitry Nikolaevich Bezradetsky^[3]
• 1915-1917: Pyotr Lomnovsky

Chiefs of Staff[edit]

• 1860-1863: Johan Ehrnrooth
• 1885-1889: Dejan Subotić
• 1903-1905: Maciej Sulkiewicz
• 1909: Alexander Pavlovich Khanukov^[3]
• January-April 1917: Mikhail Drozdovsky
• April 1917-March 1918: Evgeny Messner

Commanders of the 1st Brigade[edit]

• 1905: Sergei Petrovich Nekrasov
• 1909: Stanislav Abakanovich^[3]

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade[edit]

• 1905: Mikhail Golembatovsky
• 1909: Polikarp Kuznetsov^[3]

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