3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire)

3rd Army Corps
Active	1877-1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Size	~20,000
HQ	Vilnius
Engagements	Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) World War I Battle of Tannenberg

The 3rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army formed on 19 February 1877.

Its headquarters was located in Vilnius.

Composition

• 25th Infantry Division headquartered at Dvinsk

• 1st Brigade

97th Infantry Regiment Livonia (headquarters Dvinsk)

98th Infantry Regiment Yuriev, (headquarters Dvinsk)

• 2nd Brigade, (headquarters Dvinsk)

99th Infantry Regiment of Ivangorod , (headquarters Dvinsk)

100th Infantry Regiment Ostrovsky , (headquarters Dvinsk)

• 27th Infantry Division (headquarters Vilnius)
• 3rd Cavalry Division (headquarters Kaunas)

Commanders

• 1906-1913: Paul von Rennenkampf
• 1913-1915: Nikolai Epanchin

Chief of Staff

• 1904-1906: Alexander Ragoza
• February 8 - May 4, 1917: Vladimir Yegoryev

Chief of Artillery

• 1898-1901: D. A. Topornin

See also

• List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units