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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Campaigns]] &gt;&gt; [[1761 - Russian campaign in Pomerania]] &gt;&gt; Russian OOB</small> ==Order of battle of the Russian army at the beginning of 1761== Commander-in-chief: feldmarschal Buturlin *1st Division under the command of count Fermor assisted by generals Mordvinov, Panin, Jakov, Tolstoj, Jakovlev, Palmbach; and major-general Saltykov **9 infantry rgts ***[[1st Grenadier]] ***[[Butyrskiy Infantry|Butyrskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Schlusselburgskiy Infantry|Schlusselburgskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Smolenskiy Infantry|Smolenskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Rostovskiy Infantry|Rostovskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Vologdaskiy Infantry|Vologdaskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Kegsgolmskiy Infantry|Kegsgolmskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Kurinskiy Infantry|Kurinskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Nasheburgskiy Infantry|Nasheburgskiy]] (2 bns) **6 cavalry rgts under prince Volkovyski assited by general Haugrewen and brigadiers Liebel and count Brjus ***Leib Cuirassiers (Lifeguards) ***Altesse Impériale Cuirassiers ***3rd Cuirassier ***Kazanskiy Cuirassiers ***Kievskiy Cuirassiers ***Novotroitskiy Cuirassiers *2nd Division under the command of count Golitsyn assisted by brigadier-generals Olic, Leontiev, Plemniakov, prince Chovansky, Fulerton and brigadier Bachman **8 infantry rgts ***[[2nd Grenadier]] ***[[Ladozskiy Infantry|Ladozhskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Sibyrskiy Infantry|Sibyrskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Arkhangelogorodskiy Infantry|Arkhangelogorodskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Narvskiy Infantry|Narvskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Azovskiy Infantry|Azovskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Nizegorodskiy Infantry|Nizegorodskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Riazanskiy Infantry|Riazanskiy]] (2 bns) **2 cavalry rgts ***Tverskiy Dragoons ***Narvskiy Horse Grenadiers *3rd Division under the command of count Dolgoruki assisted by general prince Lubomirski, Berg, Rosen, Dalke and brigadier Hanzer **8 infantry rgts ***[[Uglitskiy Infantry|Uglitskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Pskovskiy Infantry|Pskovskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Nizovskiy Infantry|Nizovskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Troitskiy Infantry|Troitskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Kazanskiy Infantry|Kazanskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Permskiy Infantry|Permskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Suzdalskiy Infantry|Suzdalskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Chernigovskiy Infantry|Chernigovskiy]] (2 bns) **1 dragoon rgt ***Nizegorodskiy Dragoons *''Corps Volant'' under Chernichev assisted by Nummers, Dolgoruki, Melgunov, baron Yelmat and Bekendorf **7 infantry rgts ***[[4th Grenadier]] ***[[Sankt-Peterburgskiy Infantry|Sankt-Peterburgskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Nevskiy Infantry|Nevskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[2nd Moscowskiy Infantry|2nd Moscowskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Vyborgskiy Infantry|Vyborgskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Viatskiy Infantry|Viatskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Apsheronskiy Infantry|Apsheronskiy]] (2 bns) **3 cavalry rgts ***Sankt-Peterburgskiy Horse Grenadiers ***Rizhskiy Horse Grenadiers ***Ryazanskiy Horse Grenadiers *Artillery Corps under general Chlebov **Bombardiers **1st Cannoniers **Fusiliers **Grenadiers (from regiments below) *Tottleben Corps assisted by brigadier Beketov **3 infantry rgts ***[[Kievskiy Infantry|Kievskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Viatskiy Infantry|Viatskiy]] (2 bns) ***[[Muromskiy Infantry|Muromskiy]] (2 bns) **1 cavalry rgt ***Kargopolskiy Horse Grenadiers **6 hussars rgts ***Vengerskiy (Hungarian) Hussars ***Serbskiy (Serbian) Hussars ***Moldavskiy (Moldavian) Hussars ***Slavianoserbskiy Hussars (???Shevich or Preradovich???) ***1st Novoserbskiy (Horvat) Hussars ***Zeltiy (Yellow) Hussars **8 cossack pulks *Rumyantsev Corps assisted by general Yeropkin, brigadiers Nieviadomski, Durnov, Brandt, Yelczanov, Krasnoczekov, engineer-colonel Gerbel, and general-quartermaster-lieutenant Viazemski **4 infantry rgts ***[[3rd Grenadier]] (2 bns for a total of 2,500 men) ***[[Voronejskiy Infantry|Voronejskiy]] (2 bns for a total of 1,911 men) ***[[Bjeloserskiy Infantry|Bjeloserskiy]] (2 bns for a total of 1,918 men) ***[[Novgorodskiy Infantry|Novgorodskiy]] (2 bns for a total of 1,915 men) **2 dragoon rgts ***Tobolskiy Dragoons (5 sqns for a total of 1,092 men) ***Arkhangelogorodskiy Dragoons (5 sqns for a total of 1,047 men) **2 hussar rgt ***Gruzinskiy (Georgian) Hussars (5 sqns for a total of 836 men) ***Slobodskiy (Slovakian) Hussars **Krasnoczekov Cossacks (2 pulks for a total of about 1,000 men) **reinforcements received during the campaign ***Durnov brigade (9 bns): made a junction with Rumyantsev's corps on August 12. Upon arrival, part of these 9 inexperienced battalions were used to reinforce Rumyantsev's depleted regiments, only 4 out of these 9 bns remaining independent. ***Nieviadomski (15 weak third battalions): these new troops were incorporated into Rumyantsev's units, every musketeer regiment receiving troops drafted from these third battalions ****from the 1st Division: *****[[Rostovskiy Infantry|Rostovskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Butyrskiy Infantry|Butyrskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Schlusselburgskiy Infantry|Schlusselburgskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Nasheburgskiy Infantry|Nasheburgskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Vologdaskiy Infantry|Vologdaskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Kegsgolmskiy Infantry|Kegsgolmskiy]] (1 bn) ****from the 3rd Division *****[[Voronejskiy Infantry|Voronejskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Bjeloserskiy Infantry|Bjeloserskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Novgorodskiy Infantry|Novgorodskiy]] (1 bn) ****from other corps *****[[2nd Moscowskiy Infantry|2nd Moscowskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Sankt-Peterburgskiy Infantry|Sankt-Peterburgskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Nevskiy Infantry|Nevskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Vyborgskiy Infantry|Vyborgskiy]] (1 bn) *****[[Apsheronskiy Infantry|Apsheronskiy]] (1 bn) *Reserve under the command of Suvorov **[[Shirvanskiy Infantry|Shirvanskiy]] (3 bns) **14 Depot Battalions (14 bns) ''these were the 3rd battalions of regular line infantry regiments'' **Makedonskiy Hussars ==References== Masslowskij D., ''Der Siebenjahrige Krieg nach Russischer Darstellung'', tl. A. Drygalski, t. 3, Berlin 1893. Masslowskij D., ''Zapiski po Istorii Wojennavo Iskusstwa w Rossji'', t. 2, Sankt Petersburg 1894 '''Acknowledgments''' Tomasz Karpiński (student at the Institute of History, University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, Poland) for the initial version of this article [[Category:Campaign]]

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