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Composition and Strength of the Russian Armies at the
Beginning of 1812: The First Army of the West
By Alexander
Mikaberidze, Chairman of the Napoleonic Society of
Georgia
Commander-in-Chief: General Baron Barclay de
Tolly, Minister of War
Chief-of-Staff: General Lieutenant Lavrov, from 12
July - Major General Ermolov
Quartermaster-General: Major General Mukhin, from
11 July - Colonel Carl von Toll
(Note: Numbers in brackets indicate the number of
Battalions and Squadrons)
1st Infantry Corps: General Lieutenant Count
Wittgenstein
5th Infantry Division: Major General
Berge
1st Brigade: Major General Kazachkovsky
Sievesk Infantry Regiment (2)
Kaluga Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Major General Prince Sibirsky
Perm Infantry Regiment (2)
Mohiliev Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade: Colonel Frolov
23rd Jager Regiment (2)
24th Jager Regiment (2)
Combined Grenadier Battalions (2)
Artillery - Vice-Colonel Muruzi
5th Position Battery
9th Light Battery
10th Light Battery
14th Infantry Division: Major General
Sasonov
1st Brigade: Colonel Harpe
Tula Infantry Regiment (2)
Navaginsk Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Colonel Helfreich
Tenginsk Infantry Regiment (2)
Eastland Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade:Colonel Denis'ev'
25th Jager Regiment (2)
26th Jager Regiment (2)
Combined Grenadier Battalions (2)
Artillery - Colonel Staden
14th Position Battery
26th Light Battery
27th Light Battery
1st Cavalry Division: Major General
Kakhovsky
Major General Balk
Riga Dragoon Regiment (4)
Jambourg Dragoon Regiment (4)
Major-General Koulnev
Grodno Hussar Regiment (8)
Cossacks
Don Cossack Regiment (Rodionov's)
Don Cossack Regiment (Platov IV)
Don Cossack Regiment (Selivanov II)
Division Artillery
27th Position Battery
1st Horse Battery
3rd Horse Battery
Pontooner Companies (2)
Pioneer company (1)
1st Artillery Reserve Brigade
Total: 28 Battalions, 16 Squadrons, 3 Cossack
Regiments, 9 Artillery Batteries, 2 Pontooneer and 1 Pioneer
Companies.
2nd Corps: General Lieutenant Baggovut
4th Infantry Division: Major General Prince
Eugene of Württemberg
1st Brigade: Major General Rossi
Tobolsk Infantry Regiment (2)
Volynsnk Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Major General Pishnitsky
Krementchuk Infantry Regiment (2)
Minsk Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade: Colonel Pillar
4th Jager Regiment (2)
34th Jager Regiment (2)
Artillery - Colonel Voeikov
4th Position Battery
7th Light Battery
8th Light Battery
17th Infantry Division: General Lieutenant
Olsufyev
1st Brigade: Major General Count Ivelich
Ryazan Infantry Regiment (2)
Brest Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Major General Tuchkov III
Belozersk Infantry Regiment (2)
Wilmanstrand Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade: Colonel Potyemkin
30th Jager Regiment (2)
48th Jager Regiment (2)
Elizavetgrad Hussars Regiment - Major General
Vsevolozhsky (8)
Artillery - Colonel Ditterikh II
17th Position Battery
32nd Light Battery
33rd Light Battery
4th Horse Battery
Total: 24 Battalions, 8 Squadrons, 7 Artillery
Batteries
3rd Infantry Corps:General Lieutenant Tuchkov
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1st Grenadier Division: General
Lieutenant Count Stroganov
1st Brigade: Colonel Zheltukhin
Arakcheyev Grenadier Regiment (2)
Lieb Grenadier Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Major General Tsvilenev'
Pavlov Grenadier Regiment (2)
Ekaterinoslav Grenadier Regiment
3rd Brigade: Major General Phock I
St. Petersburg Grenadier Regiment (2)
Tauride Grenadier Regiment (2)
Artillery - Colonel Glukhov
1st Position Battery
1st Light Battery
2nd Light Battery
3rd Infantry Division: General Lieutenant
Konovnitsin
1st Brigade: Major General Tuchkov IV
Muromsk Infantry Regiment (2)
Revel Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Colonel Voeikov
Tchernigov Infantry Regiment (2)
Koporsk Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade: Major GeneralPrince Shakhovsky
20th Jager Regiment (2)
21st Jager Regiment (2)
Leib Guard Cossacks Regiment (2)
Chernomorsk Regiment (2)
Tentyarsk I Regiment (5)
Artillery - Vice Colonel Tornov
3rd Position Battery
5th Light Battery
6th Light Battery
2nd Horse Battery of the 1st Artillery Reserve
Brigade
Total: 24 Battalions, 9 Squadrons, 7 Artillery
Batteries
4th Infantry Corps: General Lieutenant Shouvalov,
from 12 July - General Lieutenant Count Osterman-Tolstoy
11th Infantry Division: Major General
Bakhmet'ev II
1st Brigade: Major General Choglokov
Kexholm Infantry Regiment (2)
Pernov Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Major General Philisov
Polotsk Infantry Regiment (2)
Eyletzk Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade: Colonel Bistrom I
1st Jager Regiment (2)
33rd Jager Regiment (2)
Artillery - Vice Colonel Kotlyarov
11th Position Battery
3rd Light Battery
4th Light Battery
23rd Infantry Division: Major General Bakhmetev
I
1st Brigade: Major General Okunev'
Rilsk Infantry Regiment (2)
Ekaterinburg Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Major General Aleksopol'
Seleginsk Infantry Regiment (2)
18th Jager Regiment (2)
Combined Grenadier Battalions of the 11th and 23rd
Divisions (3)
Izumsk Hussars Regiment - Major General Dorokhov
(8)
Artillery - Vice Colonel Goulewitch
23rd Position Battery
43rd Light Battery
44th Light Battery
Total: 23 Battalions, 8 Squadrons, 6 Artillery
Batteries
5th Infantry (Reserve) Corps: H.M. Grand Duke
Constantine
Guard Infantry Division: Major General
Ermolov, on 12 July appointed as Head of Staff of the 1st
Western army. Instead of him - General Lieutenant Lavrov
1st Brigade: Major General Baron Rosen
Preobrazhenski Lifeguard Regiment (3)
Semyenovskyi Lifeguard Regiment (3)
2nd Brigade: Colonel Udom
Ismailov Lifeguard Regiment (3)
Lithuanian Lifeguard Infantry Regiment (3)
3rd Brigade: Colonel Bistrom III
Lifeguard Jager Regiment (3)
Finland Lifeguard Regiment (3)
Guard Artillery Equipage
2 Guard Position Batteries
2 Guard Light Batteries
2 Guard Horse Batteries
1st Combined Grenadier Division
Combined Grenadier Battalions of the 1st,
3rd, 4th and 17th Divisions (7 Battalions total)
Pioneer Company (1)
1st Cuirassier Division: General Lieutenant
Depreradovitch
1st Brigade: Major General Chevitch
Chevalier Guard Regiment (4)
Horse Lifeguard Regiment (4)
2nd Brigade: Major General Borodin II
Emperor Cuirassier Regiment (4)
Empress Cuirassier Regiment (4)
Astrakhan Cuirassier Regiment (4)
Total: 26 Battalions, 20 Squadrons, 4 Artillery
Batteries, 2 Horse Artillery Batteries, 1 Pioneer
company.
6th Infantry Corps: General of Infantry
Dokhturov
7th Infantry Division: General Lieutenant
Kaptsevitch
1st Brigade: Colonel Lyapunov
Moscow Infantry Regiment (2)
Pskov Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Major General Balmen'
Libau Infantry Regiment (2)
Sofia Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade: Major General Balla
11th Jager Regiment (2)
36th Jager Regiment (2)
Artillery - Vice Colonel Devel'
7th Position Battery
12th Light Battery
13th Light Battery
24th Infantry Division: Major General
Likhachev
1st Brigade: Major General Tsibul'sky
Ufa Infantry Regiment (2)
Shirvan Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade: Colonel Denisyev'
Tomsk Infantry Regiment (2)
Butirsky Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade: Colonel Wuitch
19th Jager Regiment (2)
40th Jager Regiment (2)
Sumsk Hussars Regiment (8)
Artillery - Vice Colonel Efremov
24th Position Battery
45th Light Battery
46th Light Battery
7th Horse Battery
Total: 24 Battalions, 8 Squadrons, 7 Artillery
Batteries
1st Cavalry Corps: General Admiral Uvarov
1st Brigade: Major General Chalikov
Lifeguard Dragoon Regiment (4)
Lifeguard Uhlan Regiment (4)
Lifeguard Hussar Regiment (4)
2nd Brigade: Major General Chernysh'
Izhinsk Dragoons Regiment (4)
Kazan Dragoon Regiment (4)
5th Horse Battery
Total: 20 Squadrons, 1 Horse battery
2nd Cavalry Corps: General Admiral Baron Korff
1st Brigade: Colonel Davidov
Pskov Dragoon Regiment (4)
Moscow Dragoon Regiment (4)
2nd Brigade: Major General Panchulidze II
Kargopol Dragoon Regiment (4)
Ingermanland Dragoon Regiment (4)
Polish Uhlan Regiment (8)
6th Horse Battery
Total: 24 Squadrons, 1 Horse battery
3rd Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Pahlen
1st Brigade: Major General Skalon
Irkutsk Dragoon Regiment (4)
Siberia Dragoon Regiment (4)
2nd Brigade: Colonel Klebeck
Orenburg Dragoon Regiment (4)
Kurland Dragoon Regiment (4)
Marioupol Hussar Regiment (8)
9th Horse Battery
Total: 24 Squadrons, 1 Horse Artillery
Cossack Corps: General of Cavalry, Don Cossack
Ataman M.I. Platov
14 Cossack Regiments
1st Don Horse Battery
Total in the 1st Western Army:
150 Infantry Battalions
132 Cavalry Squadrons
18 Cossack Regiments
49 Artillery Batteries
19 Position
22 Light
11 Horse
2 Pioneer Companies
2 Pontooner Companies
Placed on the Napoleon Series: November
2000
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