title: Imperial Russian Army formations and units (1914)
text: # Imperial Russian Army formations and units (1914)
  
  This article lists Imperial Russian Army formations and units in 1914 prior to the mobilisation for the Russian invasion of Prussia and the offensive into the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia.
  
  The prewar chain of command was: military district, corps (or Army corps), then to division, brigade, regiment, and then the regiment's battalions.
  
  After mobilisation in the event of war the chain of command of the Imperial Russian Army ran from Stavka, the Russian general headquarters, which was created during mobilization, to Front-level (Army group) also created during mobilization, to the Army level. Army headquarters were created during mobilization by transformation of the military district headquarters. Below Army level the chain was the same as in peace-time; corps (or Army corps (terms used interchangeably), division, brigade, and regiment.
  
  ## Abbreviations used
  
  * ACorps = Army Corps (ak = armeysky korpus)
  * MD = Military district (VO = voenny okrug)
  * GrenCorps = Grenadier Corps (Gren. k = Grenadersky korpus)
  * LGrd = Lifeguard (l.-gv. = leyb-gvardi)
  * SibCorps = Siberian Corps (Sib. k = Sibirsky korpus)
  * TurkCorps = Turkestan Corps (Turk. k = Turkestansky korpus)
  
  ## Fronts
  
  * Northwestern Front (until August 1915)
     * Northern Front (from August 1915)
     * Western Front (from August 1915)
  * Southwestern Front
  * Romanian Front
  * Caucasus Front
  
  ## Armies
  
  see List of Russian armies in World War I
  
  ## The Guards
  
  ### 1st Guards Corps
  
  Located in Saint Petersburg and surroundings — Pushkin, Petergof and Gatchina, excepted the 3rd Infantry Division (3 ID) and the Independent Cavalry Brigade (ICavBr), located in Warsaw and subordinated to the XXIII AC
  
  | Formation, unit | established |
  | - | - |
  | Infantry ||
  | 1st Guards Infantry Division | |
  | LGrd Preobrazhensky Regiment | 1683 |
  | LGrd Semyonovsky Regiment | 1683 |
  | LGrd Izmaylovsky Regiment | 1730 |
  | LGrd Jaeger Regiment | 1796 – battalion (1806) |
  | 2nd Guards Infantry Division | |
  | LGrd Moscow Regiment | 1811 (established as LGrd Litovsky Regiment, in 1817 — renamed to LGrd Moscow Regiment) |
  | LGrd Grenadier Regiment | 1756 – 1st -й Grenadier Regiment (1813) |
  | LGrd Pavlovsky Regiment | 1796, under the patronage of Paul I of Russia (ru: Pavel), received the name of the Imperator, as Pavlovsky Regiment (1813) |
  | LGrd Finland Regiment | 1806 – Battalion of the Imperial Militsiya (1808) |
  | 3rd Guards Infantry Division | |
  | Guards Rifle Brigade | from 1915 Division |
  | Cavalry ||
  | 1st Guards Cavalry Division | |
  | 2nd Guards Cavalry Division | |
  | Independent Guards Cavalry Brigade | in Warsaw |
  | LGrd Uhlan Regiment | 1817 |
  | LGrd Grodnensky Hussars Regiment | 1824 |
  