8th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)

The 8th Infantry Division (Russian: 8-я пехотная дивизия, 8-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 Warsaw in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.^[2][3]

8th Infantry Division
8-я пехотная дивизия
Active	1806 – c. 1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Infantry
Size	approx. 20,000[1]
Garrison/HQ	Warsaw
Engagements	World War I

Organization

Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades and one artillery brigade.^[1] The 8th Infantry Division was part of the 15th Army Corps.^[3]

• 1st Brigade (HQ Warsaw):
  • 29th Chernigov Infantry Regiment
  • 30th Poltava Infantry Regiment
• 2nd Brigade (HQ Warsaw):
  • 31st Aleksopol Infantry Regiment
  • 32nd Kremenchug Infantry Regiment
• 8th Artillery Brigade

Rank insignia

Officer ranks

Description	Rank insignia as to the design 1904–1906
Shoulder straps
Rank designation	Polkovnik (en: colonel)	Podpolkovnik (lieutenant colonel)	Kapitan (en: captain)	Stabs-kapitan	Poruchik	Podporuchik	Praporshchik
Rrank group	Shtab-ofitsery (en: staff officers)			Ober-ofitsery (en: upper, superior, or higher officers)

Non-commissioned officers and enlisted ranks

Description	Rank insignia as to the design 1904–1906
Shoulder straps
Rank designation	Zauryad-praporshchik (generated from feldfebel rank)	Feldfebel	Starshy unter-оfitser (en: senior NCO)	Мladshy unter-оfitser (en: junior NCO)	Yefeytor (en: Private first class)	Ryadovoy (en: Private)
Rank group	Unter-ofitsery (en: Non-commissioned officers)				Ryadovye (en: enlisted men)

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

• 1834-1849: Fedor Panyutin
• 1905: Nikolai Grigorievich Mikhailov^[4]
• 1906-1907: Eduard Ekk
• 1909: Evgeny Emilievich Fitingof (baron)^[4]

References

1. Handbook of the Russian Army, 1914. London: Imperial War Museum (originally British General Staff). 1996. p. 263. ISBN 978-1870423670.
2. "8-я пехотная дивизия". Regiment.ru (in Russian). 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
3. Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
4. 8-я пехотная дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil