12th Army Corps (Russian Empire) explained

The 12th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army.

The corps was established on 1 November 1876.^[1] The corps was a part of the Kiev Military District and the 7th Army of the Southwestern Front.

Composition

• 12th Infantry Division
• 19th Infantry Division
• 12th Cavalry Division

Part of

• 8th Army

1914–1915

• 3rd Army

1915

• 8th Army: 1915
• 9th Army

1915–1916

• 7th Army

1916–1917

• 8th Army: 1917
• 7th Army: 1917

Commanders

• 1876–1877: Pyotr Vannovskiy
• 1877–1878: Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
• 1879–1881: Pyotr Vannovskiy
• 1893–1896: Mikhail Batyanov
• 1904–1905: Vladimir Alexandrovich Bekman
• 1913–1914: Aleksei Brusilov
• 1914–1915: Leonid Lesh
• 1915: Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan

Notes and References

1. Web site: 12-й армейский корпус — Офицеры русской императорской армии . 2024-07-09 . www.ria1914.info.