22nd Army Corps
22-й армейский корпус
Active1905–1918
CountryRussian Empire Russian Empire
BranchRussian Empire Imperial Russian Army
TypeOperational Formation
SizeArmy Corps
Corps HQHelsingfors
EngagementsWorld War I

The 22nd Army Corps, (Russian: 22-й армейский корпус, romanized: 22-y Armeyskiy Korpus) was a tactical formation of the Imperial Russian Army based in the Grand Duchy of Finland before the beginning of the First World War. After seeing much service during the war, the corps was disbanded following the October Revolution.

Russian Empire

In 1905, as part of the ongoing re-organisation of the Imperial Russian Army's higher-up fighting review, the 22nd Army Corps was formed with its headquarters in Helsingfors, today the Finnish capital of Helsinki. This new corps was known as the "Finnish/Finland Corps", as its troops were exclusively from the Grand Duchy of Finland, a sub-division of the Russian Empire. On formation, the new corps was assigned to the Saint Petersburg Military District, itself headquartered just over the border in the capital; Saint Petersburg.[1][2][3]

When the First World War began, the corps was placed under the command of the 9th Army and transferred from army to army while seeing action of the Eastern Front. In November 1917, just after the October Revolution, the corps joined the new Western Front.[2][3]

In 1917, the corps transferred control to the new Russian Republic, and later that year after the October Revolution, was disbanded.[1][2][3]

Composition

1914

The below organisation is that of the corps on formation:[1][2][3][4]

1916

The structure of the corps after its 1916 reorganisation was:[5][3]

Commanders

Divisional Commanders[6]

Assignments

Imperial Russian Army

Assignments of the corps during the First World War included;[6]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Official Russian Archives, КОРПУСА ПЕРИОДА ПЕРВОЙ МИРОВОЙ ВОЙНЫ (2006). Russian State Military Historical Archive, Russian Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d 22-й армейский корпус at History of the Russian Imperial Army, Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e "22-й армейский корпус — Офицеры русской императорской армии". ria1914.info. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  4. ^ Cornish, pp. 12–14.
  5. ^ "Форум "1914 год" : Первая Мировая и Гражданская войны : История и реконструкция". Форум "1914 год" (in Russian). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. ^ a b 22-й армейский корпус at Офицеры русской императорской армии, Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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