The division was formed in 1910.[1]: 127 On 11 June 1910, Lieutenant GeneralSergei Nekrasov took command of the division. Nekrasov was still the division commander on 1 June 1911. The division was headquartered atOmsk from at least February 1913. From at least 1 January 1913, its 1st Brigade was atTomsk with the 41st Siberian Rifle Regiment. From at least February 1913, its 2nd Brigade was headquartered at Omsk.[2] In 1914, the division was part of theOmsk Military District. It consisted of the 1st Brigade at Omsk with the 41st (Novonikolayevsk) and 42nd (Tomsk) Siberian Rifle Regiments, and the 2nd Brigade atNikolayevsk with the 43rd (Omsk) and 44th (Omsk) Siberian Rifle Regiments. The division also included the 11th Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade, a Siberian Separate Mountain Horse-Artillery Battery and a Siberian Separate Howitzer Battery.[3]
After the beginning ofWorld War I, the division was moved to the front in mid-August 1914 and became part of the1st Turkestan Army Corps. The corps, part of the10th Army, advanced from theOsowiec Fortress againstLyck during late September. On 22 September the division and the rest of the corps reached the German border, and two days later captured Lyck. Advancing father to the north, they reached theKlein Oletzko lake, 30 kilometers north of the border. To the south, on 28 September, the 11th Division advanced through Pisanitsa while attacking towardsProstki. However,Northwestern Front commanderNikolai Ruzsky decided to withdraw the 10th Army back to Russian territory. On 29 September, the main forces of the corps withdrew toShchuchyn andGrajewo in Russian territory. The corps was then moved to the area ofRuzhany andPułtusk.[4]
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