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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 (1915 - November 1916, April 1917 - 1918) and Western (November 1916 - April 1917) 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 (acting)
• 04/29/1917 - 08/19/1917 - Lieutenant General Georgy Nikolaevich Viranovsky
• 08/25/1917 - 04/1918 - Lieutenant General Vsevolod Vladimirovich Chernavin

References

• Русская армия в Великой войне: Картотека формирований

Literature

• Zalessky K. A. The First World War. Rulers and Warlords: A Biographical Encyclopedic Dictionary. - M .: Veche, 2000 .-- 576 p. - (Military secrets of the XX century). - ISBN 5-7838-0627-7.
• Military Encyclopedic Dictionary. M., Military Publishing House, 1984. Southwestern Front 1914–1917, p. 838

v t e Ground forces of the Russian Empire during World War I
Senior administration	Imperial Main Headquarters Stavka of the Supreme Commander Ministry of War
Fronts	Northwestern (to 1915, then: Northern and Western) Southwestern Romanian Caucasus
Field armies	Numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Dobruja Danube Caucasus Special
Army corps	Guards 1 2 Grenadier Army 1st – 9th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10th – 19th 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th – 29th 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30th – 39th 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40th – 50th 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Caucasus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Terek-Kuban Siberian 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Turkestan 1 2 Polish I II III Ukrainian 1 2 Volunteer Czechoslovak Romanian Armenian Georgian Serbian Cavalry Numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Caucasus Native 1 2 Guards Combined Miscellaneous Gendarmes Feldjäger Expeditionary

• Corps of the Russian Empire
• Military units and formations established in 1915
• Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
• Russian Imperial Guard