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Vilna Military District

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Military Districts of the Russian Empire, 1913

Vilno Military District (‹See Tfd›Russian: Ви́ленский вое́нный о́круг) was a Russian military district of the Imperial Russian Army.

In the Russian Empire, military districts were first formed by Dmitry Milyutin in 1862–64 to replace the pre-existing Military Inspectorates. The military districts were organised to include civilian administration regions of gubernyas and uyezds.

The Vilno Military District comprised the following gubernyas:

The corps headquarters were in Riga.

Units based at Vilno Military District at the outbreak of the First World War: