The 4th Infantry Division (, 4-ya pekhotnaya diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1806 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. When the war broke out in 1914 it was based in à Âomà ¼a. In June 1917, it was designated as the 4th Infantry Shock Division (4-àÿõàþÃÂýðàÃÂôðÃÂýðàôøòø÷øÃÂ) upon being reformed as a shock troop unit and the following month it became known as the 4th Infantry Shock Division of Death (4-àÿõàþÃÂýðàÃÂôðÃÂýðàôøòø÷øàÃÂüõÃÂÃÂø).
The division was formed in 1806. In 1916, during World War I, the 4th Infantry Division took part in the Brusilov Offensive and was later reorganized as a "death" shock troop unit by General Aleksei Brusilov. It was demobilized around the time of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent unrest.
Russian infantry divisions consisted of a staff, two infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade. The 4th Infantry Division was part of the 6th Army Corps as of 1914.