1st Artillery Brigade (Russian Empire)

The 1st Artillery Brigade (1-я артиллерийская бригада) was an artillery regiment of the Imperial Russian Army. The regiment's main base was just outside of Moscow in Vyazma.

Regiment
The 1st Artillery Brigade was originally formed in 1811 from the 25th Field Artillery Brigade attached to the 25th Infantry Division it then consisted of: 25th Battery, 1st Light Battery, 1st Support Battery, 2nd Light Battery and 3rd Light Battery. By 1814 the artillery corps were reorganised and the regiment then consisted of: 25th, 49th, and 50th Companies Batteries. By 1819 the brigade was redesignated as the 1st Artillery Division, and the next year the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. By 1833 the brigade was renamed as the 1st Artillery Brigade and attached to the 1st Infantry Division.

During 1877 and 1878 the regiment took part in the Russo-Turkish War where they participated in the Battle of Ablovo. By the start of World War I the regiment was still attached to the division and was based in Smolensk.

Assignments

 * 1914—1914 13th Army Corps
 * 1914—1915 Separate Artillery Division
 * 1915—1915 Separate Infantry Brigade
 * 1915—1915 5th Army
 * 1915—1915 37th Army Corps
 * 1915—1915 13th Army Corps
 * 1916—1916 132nd Artillery Division

Commanders

 * 1889—1901 Major General Ludwig-Severin Ivanovich Shukevich
 * 1901—1906 Major General Vladimir Danilovich Bodzento-Belyatsky
 * 1906—1907 Major General Major General Petrovich Mezentsov Vladimir
 * 1907—1910 Major General Dmitry Alexandrovich Razvadovsky
 * 1910—1912 Major General Ivan Fedorovich Oguretsky
 * 1912—1916 Major General Pyotr Aleksandrovich Polzikov
 * 1916—1917 Major General Alexander Stepanovich Milkovsky