The 15th Infantry Division was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of what?
15th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) The 15th Infantry Division (Russian: 15-я пехотная дивизия , "15-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya") was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. The division was based in Odessa in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.
Friedrich Caspar von Geismar Friedrich Caspar von Geismar (also known as Fyodor Geismar, Russian: Фёдор Клементьевич Гейсмар ; 1783-1848) was an Austrian-German military officer who spent the best part of his career in the service of Imperial Russian Army. He eventually rose to the rank of General and became an adjutant to tsar Nicholas I of Russia.