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Russian Army OOBs

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Russian Army OOBs

Postby James A Pratt III on 27 Aug 2012 23:53

I am looking for the OOBs of the Russian Imperial Army in battles of the following wars:
Crimean war (regiment level)
Russo-Turkish war (regiment level)
Russo-japanese war (regimental level)
WW I (division level)
Thanks in advance.

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Re: Russian Army OOBs

Postby Art on 28 Aug 2012 18:13

On what date/for what formations?

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Re: Russian Army OOBs

Postby James A Pratt III on 05 Sep 2012 22:43

Sorry for being too vague but I think I saw somewhere on the net someone who posted alot of OOBs of Russian armies. Here is what i am looking for:
148th Caspian Inf Rgt WW I 37th Inf Div/XVIII I believe it remained with this corps throughout the war. Did this unit see combat in the R-J or the other wars mentioned.
9th kazan Dragoons 3rd army 1914 II cav Corps 1916 did this unit see combat in any of the other wars mentioned part of the 9th cav div WW I
8th Vozshank lancers 8th army then 9th army 1914 with the 8th cav div
3rd yelisatgrad hussars WW I 3rd Cav div 3rd army 1914 Jan 1915 10th army masturian lakes Mar 1917 6th army
5th Aleksandriya hussars 4th army 1914, fall 1917 Northern front
I would like to know if any of the above 3 regiments saw combat in any of the above mentioned wars
other units I am interested in on what they did in WW I:
Kuban Plastuni Brigade I believe in fought in the Caucasus front during WWI and did very well. Does anyone have any information on this unit/
The Guards rifle regiments there was a Guards rifle Bde in 1914 of 4 two battalion regiments and I believe it was badly mauled in the fall of 1914 later on in the war it was expanded to a division, does anyone know when? and was made a part of the II Guards corps in late 1915, I believe. If anyone has any more information please post it. Thanks in advance.

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Re: Russian Army OOBs

Postby Art on 08 Sep 2012 15:55

James A Pratt III wrote:148th Caspian Inf Rgt WW I 37th Inf Div/XVIII I believe it remained with this corps throughout the war. Did this unit see combat in the R-J or the other wars mentioned.

The regiment was formed in 1863 from a part of the 48 Odessa Infantry Regiment. So no service in the Crimean War, although the parent Odessa Regiment did. The Regiment took part in the battles of Shakho and Mukden in the RJW.
If I remember correctly no regular cavalry units took part in the Russo-Japanese War, only Cossacks.

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Re: Russian Army OOBs

Postby pugsville on 08 Sep 2012 16:30

Mark Conrads website springs to mind as one you should check out.

I think it might have all your answers, 1914 OB was pretty detail have not checked out the earilier stuff.


http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/#1914

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Re: Russian Army OOBs

Postby James A Pratt III on 20 Sep 2012 21:25

Thanks for the help. I managed to find George Nafziger's OOB from 1620-1945 while searching around. I also went through Mark Russian Military page and found some usefull information as well. Note on this page I found a few errors: The life Guards Lancers should have Alexandra as the chef not Maria.
3rd Hussars in 1914should be the: 3rd Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Nikolavena's Yelisavetgrad Hussar regiment.
8th Lancers has Tatania Nikolaevich (male) when it should be Nicholavena (female). Tatania definatly was female!
Nafzigers OOBs look like they are accurate and I believe everyone should find them usefull for the armies of the period covered.

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