2nd Guards Corps (Russian Empire)

The 2nd Guards Corps was a formation of the Imperial Russian Army that saw service in World War I. It was founded in November 1915 and disbanded in early 1918.

Composition

It participated in military operations on the South-Western and Western fronts.

Commanders

12/08/1915 - 05/27/1916 - General of Infantry Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov
05/27/1916 - 04/02/1917 - Lieutenant General Georgy Ottonovich Rauch
04/02/1917 - 04/29/1917 - Major General Georgy Nikolaevich Viranovsky
04/29/1917 - 08/19/1917 - Lieutenant General Georgy Nikolaevich Viranovsky
08/25/1917 - 04/1918 - Lieutenant General Vsevolod Vladimirovich Chernavin

Literature

Zalessky K. A. The First World War. Rulers and Warlords: A Biographical Encyclopedic Dictionary. - M.: Veche, 2000.-- 576 p. -. -.
Military Encyclopedic Dictionary. M., Military Publishing House, 1984. Southwestern Front 1914–1917, p. 838