The Lithuanian separate corps is the corps of the Russian army, which existed in 1817-1831. The corps was housed in the provinces of Grodno , Minsk and Volyn and served, with the exception of the guards, as a reserve for the Polish army, located within the Kingdom of Poland .
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Composition and acquisition
The corps was formed in accordance with the decree of Alexander I of July 1, 1817 and initially consisted of two infantry divisions - the 27th (regiments: Brest , Bialystok , Lithuanian and Vilensky infantry divisions, the 47th and 48th rangers), 28- 1st (former 4th, regiments: Volyn , Minsk , Podolsky and Zhytomyr infantry, 49th and 50th rangers) and 29th artillery brigade. During the same year, the corps included the regiments of the Lithuanian Life Guards, the Volynsky Life Guards, the Podolsky Life Guards of the Cuirassier and the Ulan Caesarevich Life Guards , the Polish, the 1st and 2nd Lithuanian Grenadier and the Lithuanian Carabinier.
In 1818, the 1st Ulan Division (regiments: Polish , Tatar , Lithuanian and Volyn ) was renamed Lithuanian and included in the corps.
On April 19, 1819, the Lithuanian artillery division was formed from the 27th and 29th artillery brigades, and on August 10 and October 17 new separate batteries were formed for the Lithuanian separate corps: horse-drawn No. 3 and battery foot No. 5. In 1821, these batteries, together with battery No. 1 and light No. 2 grenadiers, formed the combined guard and grenadier artillery brigade of the Lithuanian Corps.
On May 20, 1820, the 27th and 28th Infantry Divisions were renamed the 24th and 25th, and on September 10 of the same year, another special convoy brigade was formed for the Lithuanian Corps. In 1824, the Grodno Hussar Regiment was formed for the Lithuanian Life Guard Corps. Finally, the Lithuanian Pioneer Battalion was formed during the corps.
On March 25, 1825, the 1st and 2nd Lithuanian grenadier regiments were renamed Samogit and Lutsk, and the Lithuanian carabinier regiment was renamed Nesvizh.
The commander in chief of the corps was Konstantin Pavlovich Tsesarevich, who led him only nominally.
All the infantry of the corps had a silver device, yellow collars, cuffs and edgings (the guards and grenadiers were still yellow lapels) and black leggings . The Ulan division was also distinguished by a silver device, and applied cloth on uniforms and hats on the shelves: raspberry, white, yellow and blue. The artillery had black lapels (velvet for officers).
Only the guards of the Lithuanian corps consisted of Russians , while the rest were manned from Poles and Lithuanians .
Polish uprising and the dissolution of the corps
After the war of 1828-29, the Lithuanian separate corps was renamed VI [1] , and after the Polish uprising of 1830-1831 the corps was disbanded. At the same time, the Life Guards Podolsky Cuirassier Regiment was annexed to the Life Guards Cuirassier ; The Polish grenadier regiment was then disbanded; Lutsk grenadier in 1833 was included in half in the Rostov and Pernovsky grenadier regiments; The Nesvizh carabinieri was abolished in 1831, and its battalions became part of the regiments: 1st Carabinieri Field Marshal Prince Barclay de Tolly and the Samogit Grenadier ; The Polish Ulan Regiment was disbanded, and the Tatar Ulan Regiment was included in the Kharkov Ulan Regiment . The combined guards and grenadier artillery brigade was renamed the 3rd guards and grenadier.
Commander-in-Chief of the Corps
- Cesarevich Konstantin Pavlovich
Corps commanders
 | Dovre Fedor Filippovich | Lieutenant General, Infantry General (since 1826) | 1819-February 1827 |
 | Ozharovsky Adam Petrovich | Cavalry General | February-October 1827 |
 | Rosen Grigory Vladimirovich | General from Infantry | since October 28, 1827 |
Links
- Lithuanian Separate Corps // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
- Lithuanian Separate Corps // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Nekrashevich, V.A. The participation of the Separate Lithuanian Corps in the suppression of the uprising of 1830 - 1831. / V.A. Nekrashevich // Praca gіstarychnaga faculty of BDU: navuk. zb. Vol. 9 / redkal .: U.K. Korshuk (adk. Red.) [І інш.]. - Мn .: BDU, 2014 .-- p. 85 - 94
Notes
- ↑ According to other sources, already during the uprising of 1830-1831: February 14, 1831 (see: Nekrashevich, V.A. Participation of the Separate Lithuanian Corps in the suppression of the uprising of 1830 - 1831 / V.A. Nekrashevich // Priests of the History Department of the BDU Faculty: Naval Science Library, Issue 9 / Redkal: U.K. Korshuk (ad. Red.) [I insh.]. - Mn .: BDU, 2014.- p. 87 - 88.