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Vilno Military District (Russian Empire)

Vilno Military District (Russian: Ви́ленский вое́нный о́круг) was a Russian military district of the Imperial Russian Army.

In the Russian Empire, military districts were first formed by Dmitry Milyutin in 1862–64 to replace the pre-existing Military Inspectorates. The military districts were organised to include civilian administration regions of gubernyas and uyezds.

The Vilno Military District comprised the following gubernyas:

  • Vilno
  • Grodno
  • Kovno
  • Kurland
  • Livonia (without Pernov, Fellinskiy, Valkskiy and Verrosskiy uyezds)
  • Vitebsk
  • Mogilev
  • Minsk
  • Suwałki (without the Shchuchinsk uyezd)

    • The corps headquarters were in Riga.

    Units based at Vilno Military District at the outbreak of the First World War:

  • 20th Army Corps

    • References

    Vilno Military District (Russian Empire) Wikipedia
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