Rifle troops
The rifles troops (Russian: стрелковые войска, English transliteration - strelkovie voiska) often called rifle troops in English, is name for the Russian infantry combat Arm of Service that, since 1857, had been armed with rifles (currently assault rifles) as their primary firearm. The name applies equally to the Arm of Service and its individual units (rifles Russian: стрелки) or an individual soldier (Russian: стрелoк).
Imperial Rifles troops
By the First World War the Imperial Russian Army had a large number of territorially based rifle corps (not to be confused with the corps as a formation), including:
Leib-Guard Rifles regiments (four)(The Life-Guards Yegersky Regiment although a light infantry unit in name, was numbered among the guard and not the rifles regiments)
Dismounted rifles regiments of the Guard cavalry divisions (three)
The Rifles Corps (32 regiments and the Rifles officer school regiment)
Finnish Rifles Corps (24 regiments)
Caucasus Rifles Corps (24 regiments)