17th Turkestan Rifle Battalion (Russian Empire)

The 17th Turkestan Rifle Battalion (17-й Туркестанский Стрелковый батальон) was a rifle battalion of the Imperial Russian Army assigned to Russian Turkestan.

History
In 1867, the Orenburg Line was reformed. The 3rd Orenburg Line Battalion was redesignated as the 3rd Turkestan Line Battalion and was assigned and headquartered in Ura-Tyube. By 1870, the battalion moved to Samarkand. By 1884, the battalion joined the 2nd Turkestan Line Brigade and the next year moved to Aymak-Djar, on the Caspian Sea. In 1886, the battalion was assigned to the new formed 2nd Turkestan Line Brigade. By 1886 the 2nd Turkestan Line Brigade had been reorganised and renamed as the 2nd Transcaspian Rifle Brigade and as a result, the battalion moved to Charjui in the Bukhara Khanate. Again in 1888, the battalion joined a new brigade this time the 4th Turkestan Line Brigade.