1st Engineer Regiment (Russian Republic)

The 1st Engineer Regiment (1-й Инженерный полк) was an engineer regiment of the Imperial Russian Army and later the White Army.

History
The 1st Engineer Regiment was first formed in 1856 as the Finnish Engineer Demi-Battalion in two companies. In 1857 the battalion absorbed two new companies from the former 1st Reserve Sapper Battalion. After this merger, the battalion joined the Consolidated Sapper Brigade based in St Petersburg. In 1860 the battalion was awarded their first colours which belonged to the, now disbanded, Training Sapper Battalion.. In 1863 the battalion was renamed as the Finnish Sapper Battalion now with 4 companies. In 1864 as part of the reorganisation of the army, the battalion was renamed as the 7th Sapper Battalion. By 1866 the battalion moved and was now based in Medved in St Petersburg. In 1876 the battalion was renamed as the 1st Sapper Battalion and joined the now renamed 1st Sapper Brigade under the St Petersburg Military District. In 1877 as the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 started one of the companies were detached to reform the 1st Reserve Sapper Battalion. After the end of the war, the company returned to the battalion and returned to their headquarters in St Petersburg.

In 1880 the 5th Sapper Company was formed and in 1883 the 2nd Company was seperated from the battalion to form the 12th Sapper Battalion.