The 15th Infantry Division (, 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.

Organization

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

15th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

Commanders (Division Chiefs) 1840-1851: Peter Andreivich Dannenberg 1854-1856: Nikolai Engelhardt 1896-1900: Vladimir Nikolayevich Filipov 1905: Nikolai Martinovich Ivanov 1909: Dmitry Nikolaevich Bezradetsky 1915-1917: Pyotr Lomnovsky

15th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

Chiefs of Staff

1860-1863: Johan Ehrnrooth

1885-1889: Dejan Subotić

1903-1905: Maciej Sulkiewicz

1909: Alexander Pavlovich Khanukov

January-April 1917: Mikhail Drozdovsky

April 1917-March 1918: Evgeny Messner

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

1905: Sergei Petrovich Nekrasov

1909: Stanislav Abakanovich

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

1905: Mikhail Golembatovsky

1909: Polikarp Kuznetsov

References

Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire

Military units and formations disestablished in 1918

15th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)