Western Front (Russian Empire)
The Western Front (Russian: Западный фронт) was a major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War.
It was established in August 1915 when the Northwestern Front was split into the Northern Front and Western Front. It was disbanded in 1918.[1]
Composition
Field Office (HQ)
- 1st Army (August 1915 - April 1916)
- 2nd Army (August 1915 - the beginning of 1918)
- 3rd Army (August 1915 - June 1916, July 1916 - early 1918)
- 4th Army (August 1915 - October 1916)
- 10th Army (August 1915 - the beginning of 1918)
- Special Army (August - September 1916, November 1916 - July 1917)
Supreme Commanders
- 04.08.1915 — 18.08.1915 — Mikhail Alekseyev
- 23.08.1915 — 11.03.1917 — Alexei Evert
- 11.03.1917 — 31.03.1917 — Vladimir Smirnov
- 31.03.1917 — 23.05.1917 — Vasily Gurko
- 31.05.1917 — 30.07.1917 — Anton Denikin
- 31.07.1917 — 05.08.1917 — Piotr Lomnowski
- 05.08.1917 — 12.11.1917 — Pyotr Baluyev
References
- ↑ "Armies of the World War I Participants (Russian)
See also
- List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units