Armed Forces and Units

Imperial Russian Army

Also Known As Russian Imperial Army

Modern, Russian Empire

Citation Formats

General Reference

War and Military Atlas. "Imperial Russian Army." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-military.interactiveatlas.org/armed-forces/imperial-russian-army.

APA Style

War and Military Atlas. (n.d.). Imperial Russian Army. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-military.interactiveatlas.org/armed-forces/imperial-russian-army

BibTeX

@misc{warandmilitaryatlas-imperial-russian-army,
  author = {War and Military Atlas},
  title = {Imperial Russian Army},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-military.interactiveatlas.org/armed-forces/imperial-russian-army},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Imperial Russian Army was the standing land force of the Russian Empire, founded November 2, 1721, and organized around regular troops alongside Cossack and Muslim auxiliary forces. It bore the brunt of Napoleon's 1812 invasion and, under Nicholas I, numbered over 1.1 million troops at the start of the Crimean War in the 1850s, before dissolving with the empire in 1917.

Facts

Force Type

standing army with Cossack and Muslim auxiliary troops 1

Founded Year

1721 1

Country

Russian Empire 1

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