Order of battle of the Imperial Russian Army (1812)

The Imperial Russian Army in June 1812 consisted of three main armies and other military formations. The Commander in Chief of the Army was Emperor Alexander I. == First Western Army == General of the Infantry Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly 1st Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Count Peter Wittgenstein Corps Artillery: Nine companies, two pontoon and one pioneer companies 1st Cavalry Division: Major General Pyotr Kahovskiy 1st and 5th Cavalry Brigades Riga and Yamburg Dragoon Regiments, Grodno Hussar Regiment and three Cossack Regiments 2nd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Baggovut Corps Artillery: Seven companies Elizabethgrad Hussar Regiment 3rd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Nikolai Tuchkov Corps Artillery: Eight companies Life Guard Cossack Regiment and one Cossack regiment 4th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Count Pavel Shuvalov Corps Artillery: Six companies 5th Reserve Guards Infantry Corps: Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia Corps Artillery: Four foot and two horse companies, one pioneer company 6th Infantry Corps: General of infantry Dmitry Dokhturov Corps Artillery: Seven companies Sumy Hussar Regiment 1st Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Fyodor Uvarov 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade Life Guard Dragoon, Life Guard Hussar and Life Guard Uhlan Regiments Brigade Kazan and Nezhin Dragoon Regiments Corps Artillery: One company 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Baron Fyodor Korf 6th Cavalry Brigade Pskov and Moscow Dragoon Regiments 7th Cavalry Brigade Kargopol and Ingermanland Dragoon Regiments Brigade Izyum Hussar and Polish Uhlan Regiments Corps Artillery: One company 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Peter Petrovich Pahlen Brigade Courland and Orenburg Dragoon Regiments Brigade Siberia and Irkutsk Dragoon Regiments Brigade Mariupol Hussar Regiment Corps Artillery: One company Artillery Reserve: Count Kutaisov 21 foot and five horse artillery companies Flying Cossack Corps: General of Cavalry Count Matvei Platov Source: Pivka, Otto von (1979).

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Order of battle of the Imperial Russian Army (1812)

The Imperial Russian Army in June 1812 consisted of three main armies and other military formations. The Commander in Chief of the Army was Emperor Alexander I. == First Western Army == General of the Infantry Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly 1st Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Count Peter Wittgenstein Corps Artillery: Nine companies, two pontoon and one pioneer companies 1st Cavalry Division: Major General Pyotr Kahovskiy 1st and 5th Cavalry Brigades Riga and Yamburg Dragoon Regiments, Grodno Hussar Regiment and three Cossack Regiments 2nd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Baggovut Corps Artillery: Seven companies Elizabethgrad Hussar Regiment 3rd Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Nikolai Tuchkov Corps Artillery: Eight companies Life Guard Cossack Regiment and one Cossack regiment 4th Infantry Corps: Lieutenant General Count Pavel Shuvalov Corps Artillery: Six companies 5th Reserve Guards Infantry Corps: Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia Corps Artillery: Four foot and two horse companies, one pioneer company 6th Infantry Corps: General of infantry Dmitry Dokhturov Corps Artillery: Seven companies Sumy Hussar Regiment 1st Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Fyodor Uvarov 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade Life Guard Dragoon, Life Guard Hussar and Life Guard Uhlan Regiments Brigade Kazan and Nezhin Dragoon Regiments Corps Artillery: One company 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps: General aide-de-camp Baron Fyodor Korf 6th Cavalry Brigade Pskov and Moscow Dragoon Regiments 7th Cavalry Brigade Kargopol and Ingermanland Dragoon Regiments Brigade Izyum Hussar and Polish Uhlan Regiments Corps Artillery: One company 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Peter Petrovich Pahlen Brigade Courland and Orenburg Dragoon Regiments Brigade Siberia and Irkutsk Dragoon Regiments Brigade Mariupol Hussar Regiment Corps Artillery: One company Artillery Reserve: Count Kutaisov 21 foot and five horse artillery companies Flying Cossack Corps: General of Cavalry Count Matvei Platov Source: Pivka, Otto von (1979).

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