6th Siberian Rifle Division (Russian Empire)

The 6th Siberian Rifle Division was a Division of the Imperial Russian Army.

History
The 6th Siberian Rifle Division were originally formed sometimes before 1900 as the 2nd East Siberian Infantry Brigade. In July 1900 the brigade was renamed as the 6th East Siberian Rifle Brigade. In 1904 it was again renamed to 6th East Siberian Rifle Division and six years later becoming the 6th Siberian Rifle Division. Just before the outbreak of World War I the division was under the 5th Siberian Army Corps stationed in Khabarovsk.

1914
Just before mobilization the division had the following structure:
 * Divisional Headquarters at Khabarovsk
 * 1st Brigade
 * Brigade headquarters at Nikolsk-Ussuriysky
 * Her Majesty Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's 21st Siberian Rifle Regiment
 * 22nd Siberian Rifle Regiment
 * 2nd Brigade
 * Brigade headquarters
 * 23rd Siberian Rifle Regiment
 * 24th Siberian Rifle Regiment
 * 6th Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade
 * Headquarters
 * 1st Division
 * 2nd Division
 * 3rd Division

1918
After being reformed in the White Army the division had the following structure:
 * Divisional Headquarters
 * 1st Brigade
 * 21st Siberian Rifle Regiment
 * 22nd Siberian Rifle Regiment
 * 2nd Brigade
 * 23rd Siberian Rifle Regiment
 * 24th Siberian Rifle Regiment
 * 6th Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade
 * 6th Siberian Artillery Park
 * Divisional Wagon Train
 * 1st Infirmiry
 * 2nd Infirmiry
 * Dressing Squad
 * Disinfection Squad

Commanders
Different Commanders of the division have included:

Chiefs

 * 1904 - Major General Vladimir Alexandrovich Romanov III
 * 1904–1905 Major General later Lieutenant General Vladimir Nikolaevich Danilov
 * 1905–1906 Major General Platon Alekseevich Lechitsky
 * 1909 Lieutenant General Nikolai Andreevich Zernets
 * 1912–1913 Lieutenant General Nikolai Mikhailovich Voronov
 * 1916 Major General Aleksandrovich Lavdovsky Vladimir
 * 1917–Mutiny Major General Fedor Andreevich Petrov
 * 1917 Colonel Kudelsky

Headquarters Chiefs of Staff

 * 1896–1902 Colonel Nikolay Yaovlevich Lisovsky
 * 1900–1901 Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Mikhailovich Manakin
 * 1902–1904 Colonel Ilya Zurabovich Odishelidze
 * 1906–1908 Colonel Petr Nikolaevich Lomnovsky
 * 1908–1912 Colonel Richard Iosifovich Termen
 * 1913 Colonel Sytin
 * 1915–1916 Colonel Porfiry Grigorievich Kisly

1st Brigade

 * ????–1905 Major General Nil Alexandrovich Yatsynin
 * 1905–1905 Colonel Konstantin Gerasimovich Nekrasov
 * 1905–1906 Major General Platon Alekseevich Lechitsky
 * 1906–1913 Major General Peter Nikolaevich Korovin
 * 1913–1914 Major General Leonid Nikolaevich Bykov

2nd Brigade

 * 1905–1905 Colonel Konstantin Gerasimovich Nekrasov
 * 1911–after Mutiny Major General Sulevich