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Russian Army Southwest Front 1 September 1915

Commanding Officer: Genera Ivanov

8th Army: Brussilov XXXIX Corps: 102nd Infantry 405th Ligov Infantry Regiment 406th Shchegrov Infantry Regiment 407th Sarai Infantry Regiment 408th Kuznits Infantry Regiment 105th Infantry Division 417th Lugan Infantry Regiment 418th Alexandrov Infantry Regiment 419th Atkars Infantry Regiment 420th Serdob Infantry Regiment 4th Rifle Division 13th Rifle Regiment 14th Rifle Regiment 15th Rifle Regiment 16th Rifle Regiment XII Corps: 12th Proskurov Infantry Division 45th Azov Infantry Regiment 46th Dnieper Infantry Regiment 47th Infantry Regiment 48th Infantry Regiment 19th Uman Infantry Division 73rd Infantry Regiment 74th Stavropol Infantry Regiment 75th Infantry Regiment 76th Kuban Infantry Regiment VIII Corps: 13th Sevastopol Infantry Division 49th Brest Infantry Regiment 50th Bailystok Infantry Regiment 51st Lithuania Infantry Regiment 52nd Vilna Infantry Regiment 15th Odessa Infantry Division 57th Modlin Infantry Regiment 58th Praga Infantry Regiment 59th Lublin Infantry Regiment 60th Zamosc Infantry Regiment XVII Corps: 3rd Kaluga Infantry Division 9th Old Ingria Infantry Regiment 10th New Ingria Infantry Regiment 11th Pskov Infantry Regiment 12th Veliki-Louki Infantry Regiment 35th Ryazan Infantry Division 137th Nezhin Infantry Regiment 138th Bolkhov Infantry Regiment

1 139th Morshansk Infantry Regiment 140th Sarai Infantry Regiment VII Corps: 13th Sevastopol Infantry Division 49th Brest Infantry Regiment 50th Bailystok Infantry Regiment 51st Lithuania Infantry Regiment 52nd Vilna Infantry Regiment 34th Ekaterinoslav Infantry Division 133rd Infantry Regiment 134th Infantry Regiment 135th -Enikol Infantry Regiment 136th Taganrog Infantry Regiment Independent Units: Unknown (40th?) Opolochenie Brigade Velyassev Cavalry Corps 11th Dubno Cavalry Division Dragoon Regiment Chuguliev Uhlan Regiment Isoum Hussar Regiment 12th Don Cossack Regiment Cossack Division (organization unknown) 3rd Don Cossack Division 18th Don Cossack Regiment 20th Don Cossack Regiment 30th Don Cossack Regiment 32nd Don Cossack Regiment Rerberg Cavalry Corps: 7th Vladimir Volynsk Cavalry Division Kinburn Dragoon Regiment Olviopol Uhlan Regiment White Hussar Regiment 11th Don Cossack Regiment 2nd Independent Don Cossack Brigade (organization unknown) Reinforcements: Gillerschmidt Cavalry Corps: 2nd Suwalki Cavalry Division Pskov Dragoon Regiment Courland Uhlan Regiment Pavlograd Hussar Regiment 2nd Don Cossack Regiment 3rd Kovno Cavalry Division New Russia Dragoon Regiment Smolensk Uhlan Regiment Elisavetgrad Hussar Regiment 3rd Don Cossack Regiment

2 16th Cavalry Division Chernigov Hussar Regiment Nezhin Hussar Regiment Novo Archangel Uhlan Regiment Novomirgorod Uhlan Regiment 3rd Caucasian Cossack () Division 1st Ekaterinoslav Cossack Regiment Ossetina Cavalry Half Regiment 1st Kizlyar-Greben Cossack Regiment 1st Dagestan Cavalry Regiment 2nd Vinnitsa Combined Cossack Division 16th Don Cossack Regiment 17th Don Cossack Regiment 1st "Line" Kuban Cossack Regiment 1st (Terek) Don Cossack Regiment 3rd "Gillerschmidt" Cossack Division (orgnization unknown) 77th Infantry Division 305th Laishev Infantry Regiment 306th Mokshan Infantry Regiment 307th Spassk Infantry Regiment 308th Cheboksarsk Infantry Regiment 83rd Samar Infantry Division (most, but not all of division was sent) 11th Army: VI Corps: 4th Lomsha Infantry Division 13th White Russia Infantry Regiment 14th Olonetz Infantry Regiment 15th Schusselburg Infantry Regiment 16th Ladoga Infantry Regiment 16th Bialystok Infantry Division 61st Vladimir Infantry Regiment 62nd Suzdal Infantry Regiment 63rd Ouglitz Infantry Regiment 64th Kazan Infantry Regiment XVIII Corps: 23rd Reval Infantry Division 89th Belomorsk Infantry Regiment 90th Onezhsk Infantry Regiment 91st Dvina Infantry Regiment 92nd Pechersk Infantry Regiment 37th St. Petersburg Infantry Division 145th Novocherkask Infantry Regiment 146th Tsaritsyn Infantry Regiment 147th Infantry Regiment 148th Caspian Infantry Regiment XXII Corps: 1st Finnish Rifle Brigade 1st Finnish Rifle Regiment 2nd Finnish Rifle Regiment

3 3rd Finnish Rifle Regiment 4th Finnish Rifle Regiment 3rd Finnish Rifle Brigade 9th Finnish Rifle Regiment 10th Finnish Rifle Regiment 11th Finnish Rifle Regiment 12th Finnish Rifle Regiment

9th Army: Leschitzky XI Corps: 11th Infantry Division 41st Seleguinsk Infantry Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 43rd Okhotsk Infantry Regiment 44th Kamchatka Infantry Regiment 32nd Rovno Infantry Division 125th Kursk Infantry Regiment 126th Rylsk Infantry Regiment 127th Putivl Infantry Regiment 128th Staro Oskol Infantry Regiment XXX Corps: 71st Ekaterinoslav Infantry Division 281st New Infantry Regiment 282nd Alexandria Infantry Regiment 283rd Pavlograd Infantry Regiment 284th Vengrov Infantry Regiment 80th Pensa Infantry Division 317th Drissa Infantry Regiment 318th Chernoyan Infantry Regiment 319th Bugumil Infantry Regiment 320th Chembarsk Infantry Regiment 2nd Rifle Division 5th Rifle Regiment 6th Rifle Regiment 7th Rifle Regiment 8th Rifle Regiment XXXIII Corps: 1st Trans-Amur Border Watch Division 1st Trans-Amur Border Watch Regiment 2nd Trans-Amur Border Watch Regiment 3rd Trans-Amur Border Watch Regiment 4th Trans-Amur Border Watch Regiment 2nd Trans-Amur Border Watch Division 5th Trans-Amur Border Watch Regiment 6th Trans-Amur Border Watch Regiment 20th Turkestan Rifle Regiments 22nd Turkestan Rifle Regiments 74th St. Petersburg Infantry Division 293rd Izhora Infantry Regiment 294th Berezina Infantry Regiment

4 295th Svirsk Infantry Regiment 296th Grazovets Infantry Regiment 1st Kuban Plastun Brigade 1st Kuban Plastun Battalion 2nd Kuban Plastun Battalion 3rd Kuban Plastun Battalion 4th Kuban Plastun Battalion 5th Kuban Plastun Battalion 6th Kuban Plastun Battalion 2nd Kuban Plastun Brigade 7th Kuban Plastun Battalion 8th Kuban Plastun Battalion 9th Kuban Plastun Battalion 10th Kuban Plastun Battalion 11th Kuban Plastun Battalion 12th Kuban Plastun Battalion 82nd Infantry Division 325th Tsarev Gurev Infantry Regiment 326th Bielgerazh Infantry Regiment 327th Korvan Infantry Regiment 328th Novo Uzen Infantry Regiment XXXII Corps 101st Infantry Division 401st Kurachev Infantry Regiment 402nd Ust Medvidit Infantry Regiment 403rd Volsk Infantry Regiment 404th Kamishin Infantry Regiment 103rd Infantry Division 409th Novo Knoper Infantry Regiment 410th Usman Infantry Regiment 411th Infantry Regiment 412nd Slavyansk Infantry Regiment Nahchitshevan Khan (II) Cavalry Corps: 9th Kiev Cavalry Division Kazan Dragoon Regiment Bug Uhlan Regiment Kiev Hussar Regiment 1st Ural Cossack Regiment 12th Proskurov Cavalry Division Starodub Dragoon Regiment Belogorod Uhlan Regiment Akhtyrsk Hussar Regiment 3rd Orenburg Cossack Regiment Caucasian Native Cavalry Division 1st Daghestan Cavalry Regiment Kabardine Tartar Regiment Chechsk Cavalry Regiment Circassian Cavalry Regiment Ingash Cavalry Regiment Keller (III) Cavalry Corps: 10th Kharkov Cavalry Division Novgorod Dragoon Regiment Odessa Uhlan Regiment Ingria Hussar Regiment 1st Orenburg Cossack Regiment

5 1st Kuban Cossack Division 2nd Uman Cossack Regiment 2nd Cossack Regiment 2nd Taman Cossack Regiment Terek Cossack Division 2nd Gors-Mozdok Cossack Regiment Sunzhen-Vladikavkaz Cossack Regiment 2nd Volga Cossack Regiment 2nd Kizlyar-Greben Cossack Regiment Other: 3-4 Opolochenie Brigades 1 Combined Cavarly Division 1 Combined Cavarly Brigade

Note: During July and August the Southwest Front sent the fol- lowing to the Northwest Front.

- XXVII Corps (60th Div & 3rd Rifle) - V Caucasian Corps (2nd & 4th Finnish Brigades) - 58th, 65th, 69th and 78th Infantry Divisions - one cavarly division, probably the 3rd Don Cossack Division

November Reinforcements: (to 8th Army) - XXIV Corps (48th & 49th Divisions) (to new 7th Army) - V Caucasian Corps (2nd & 4th Finnish Divisions) - II Corps (26th & 43rd Divisions) - XVI Corps (41st & 47th Divisions)

Note: This OB was originally on a divisional level and the regimental details were added from the known structure of the divisions. It does not list the artillery or other corps level units because they were not provided, nor were they as consistant as the assignment of infantry regiments to divisions.

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