Southwestern Front (Russian Empire)

The Southwestern Front was a major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War. It was established on 19 August 1914.

Armies deployed on the Southwestern Front

• 3rd Army (July 1914 - June 1915 and June 1916 - July 1916)
• 5th Army (July 1914 - September 1914)
• 8th Army (July 1914 - August 1917)

• 4th Army (August 1914 - June 1915)
• 9th Army (August 1914 - December 1916 )

• 7th Army (October 1914 – early 1918)
• 11th Army (October 1914 – early 1918)

• Special Army (September 1916 - November 1916 and July 1917 - early 1918)
• 1st Army (July 1917 – September 1917)

Commanders of the Southwestern Front

• 19.07.1914-17.03.1916 — General of Infantry Nikolai Ivanov
• 17.03.1916-21.05.1917 — General of Cavalry Aleksei Brusilov
• 22.05.1917-10.07.1917 — Lieutenant General Aleksei Gutor
• 10.07.1917-18.07.1917 — General of Infantry Lavr Kornilov
• 24.07.1917-31.07.1917 — Lieutenant General Peter Baluev
• 02.08.1917-29.08.1917 — Lieutenant General Anton Ivanovich Denikin
• 29.08.1917-09.09.1917 — Lieutenant General Fyodor Ogorodnikov
• 09.09.1917-24.11.1917 — Lieutenant General Nicholai Volodenko
• 11.1917-12.1917 — Lieutenant General Nikolai Stogov

See also

• List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units