Vilna Gubernia Military Records

Military records identify people who served in the military or who were eligible for service.

Russian State Military Historical Archive
If your ancestor served in the military, you may be able to find additional records in the Russian State Military Historical Archive (Российский государственный военно-исторический архив).

In order to search for archival collections, you must know the following information:

17th Century to the 1860s 1860s to 1917 For more information about research in the military archives see the Genealogical and Biographical Research page on their site.
 * Surname, given name, and patronymic.
 * Rank.
 * Time and place of service - military unit or institution/military department.
 * For officers and generals:
 * Surname, given name, and patronymic.
 * Rank.
 * Approximate time of service.
 * For soldiers, military officials, etc.
 * Surname, given name, patronymic.
 * Rank.
 * Time and place of service - military unit or institution/military department.

Lithuanian Central State Archives
The Lithuanian Central State Archives contains photographs of 1,222 Jewish Russian Army conscripts from 1900-1914. See the Vilna Gubernia Archives and Libraries page for the archive's contact information.

World War I (1914-1918)

 * Памяти героев Беликой войны WWI 1914-1918 (https://gwar.mil.ru/), text in Russian. Database of war heroes.
 * The First World War, 1914-1918 (https://1914.svrt.ru/), text in Russian. Database of soldiers.