12th Army Corps (Russian Empire)

The 12th Army Corps (Russian: 12-й армейский корпус) was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army.

12th Army Corps
12-й армейский корпус
Headquarters of the 12th Army Corps, 1914
Active	1876–1918
Country	Russian Empire Russian Republic (from 1917)
Branch	Imperial Russian Army Russian Army (from 1917)
Engagements	World War I Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive

The corps was established on 1 November 1876. The corps was a part of the Kiev Military District and the 7th Army of the Southwestern Front.

Composition

• 12th Infantry Division
• 19th Infantry Division
• 12th Cavalry Division

Part of

• 8th Army: 1914–1915
• 3rd Army: 1915
• 8th Army: 1915
• 9th Army: 1915–1916
• 7th Army: 1916–1917
• 8th Army: 1917
• 7th Army: 1917

Officers of the 12th Mortar and Artillery Battalion (12th Cavalry Division) firing at targets

Commanders

• 1876–1877: Pyotr Vannovskiy
• 1877–1878: Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
• 1879–1881: Pyotr Vannovskiy
• 1893–1896: Mikhail Batyanov
• 1904–1905: Vladimir Alexandrovich Bekman
• 1913–1914: Aleksei Brusilov
• 1914–1915: Leonid Lesh
• 1915: Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan