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25th Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The 25th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition *3rd Grenadier Division (Russian Empire), 3rd Grenadier Division *46th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 46th Infantry Division Part of *5th Army (Russian Empire), 5th Army: 1914 *9th Army (Russian Empire), 9th Army: 1914 - 1915 *4th Army (Russian Empire), 4th Army: 1915 *3rd Army (Russian Empire), 3rd Army: 1915 - 1916 *4th Army: 1916 *2nd Army (Russian Empire), 2nd Army: 1916 *Russian Special Army (World War I), Russian Special Army: 1916 - 1917 *11th Army (Russian Empire), 11th Army: 1917 Commanders *1910-1914: Dmitry Zuyev *1914-1915: Alexander Ragoza *1915-1916: Yuri Danilov *1916-1917: Lavr Kornilov References * {{Russian Empire Ground Forces Corps of the Russian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Army consisted of more than 900,000 regular soldiers and nearly 250,000 irregulars (mostly Cossacks). Precursors: Regiments of the New Order Russian tsars before Peter the Great maintained professional hereditary musketeer corps known as '' streltsy''. These were originally raised by Ivan the Terrible; originally an effective force, they had become highly unreliable and undisciplined. In times of war the armed forces were augmented by peasants. The regiments of the new order, or regiments of the foreign order (''Полки нового строя'' or ''Полки иноземного строя'', ''Polki novovo (inozemnovo) stroya''), was the Russian term that was used to describe military units that were formed in the Tsardom of Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian Third Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front (World War I), Eastern theatre of war. Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the Kiev Military District. The unit was disbanded in the beginning of 1918. At the beginning of the war the 3rd Army was composed of the IX, X, XI, XXI Army Corps. A detachment of two aircraft Ilya Muromets (aircraft) , "Ilya Muromets" was based at the Osovcy (air base), Bereza airfield, from the 4th aviation company based at the airfield Lida (air base), Lida. The detachment operated jointly with the 3rd Army from February 1915 and, in addition to Bereza, was also based at airfields in Brest-Litovsk and Slutsk. Military Fronts in which the 3rd Army participated * Southwestern Front (Russian Empire), Southwestern Front (July 1914 – June 1915) * Northwestern Front (Russian Empire), Northwestern Front (June–Aug. 1915) * Western Front (Russian Empire), Western Front (August 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Danilov
Yuri Nikiforovich Danilov ; – 3 February 1937) served as General of the Infantry in the Russian Army during World War I. From 1907 to 1914, Danilov was in charge of the Intelligence Section of Russian Main Staff of the Imperial Russian Army.''Secret Soldiers of the Revolution'' by Raymond W. Leonard, Greenwoodpress, 1999. At the start of World War I, Danilov was appointed Quartermaster general for the Imperial Russian Army. He was known as 'Danilov the Black'. He was third in command after Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich and his chief of staff Nikolai Yanushkevich. With the Tsar's decision to take personal command of the army at the front in August 1915, both the Grand Duke and Danilov lost their positions. Appointed to the Northern Front, Danilov served as commander of 25th corps (1915–1916), chief of staff of the Northern Front (1916–1917), and commander of the 5th Army (). After the October Revolution of 1917, he emigrated to Paris, France, where he remained un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ragoza
Alexander Frantsevich Ragoza (russian: Алекса́ндр Фра́нцевич Рагоза́, uk, Олександр Францевич Рогоза; 20 June .S. 8 June1858 – 29 June 1919), in Ukrainian Oleksandr Frantsevych Rohoza, was a Minister of Defense of the Ukrainian State. He was also a general of the infantry in the Imperial Russian Army who saw service during World War I. Biography Born on 20 June ( O.S. 8 June) 1858 in Vitebsk Governorate,Smele, p. 948. Ragoza was the eldest son of the Ukrainian nobleman Franz Martynovich Ragosa. Following the example of his father, he chose a military career and entered the Polotsk military gymnasium, after which in 1874 he continued his education at the Mikhailovsky Artillery School. Posted to the 3rd Guards Grenadier Artillery Brigade immediately after completing his studies, Ragoza received his baptism of fire immediately after graduation at the front during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. The young officer fought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Zuyev
Dmitry Petrovich Zuyev ( – 4 September 1917) was an Imperial Russian Army general. He was commander of the 1st Infantry Division from 1907 to 1910. He fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and the Eastern Front of World War I. He commanded the 25th (1910-1914) and the 29th Army Corps (1914-1915). In September 1915 he was appointed commander of the Dvinsk Military District. After the February Revolution, he was removed from office and enlisted in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Petrograd military district. He died on 4 (17) September 1917 in Petrograd. He was a recipient of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, the Order of the White Eagle, the Order of St. Vladimir, the Order of St. Anna and the Order of Saint Stanislaus. Awards * Order of St. Anna, 4th Class, ''1878''; 3rd Class, ''1884''; 2nd Class, ''1891''; 1st Class'', 1904'' * Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd Class with Swords and Bow, ''1878''; 2nd Class, ''1887''; 1st Class, ''1900'' * Order o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian 11th Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war. Field management was established in October 1914. The unit fought on the Southwestern Front during the entire war. Commanders * 21.10.1914 – 05.04.1915 — General of Infantry Andrey Selivanov * 05.04.1915 – 19.10.1915 — General of Infantry Dmitry Shcherbachev * 19.10. 1915 – 25.10.1916 — General of Infantry Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov * 25.10.1916 – 20.12.1916 — General of Infantry Vladislav Klembovsky * 20.12.1916 – 05.04.1917 — General of Infantry Dimitri Bałanin * 15.04.1917 – 21.05.1917 — Lieutenant-General Aleksei Gutor * 25.05.1917 – 04.06.1917 — General of Infantry Ivan Fiedotov * 04.06.1917 – 09.07.1917 — General of Cavalry Ivan Erdélyi * 29.04.1917 – 09.09.1917 — General of Infantry Pyotr Baluyev * 19.07.1917 – 29.08.1917 — Lieutenant-General Fiodor Rerberg * 09.09.1917 – 01.12.1917 — Lieutenant-General Mikhail Promtov Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Special Army (World War I)
The Russian Special Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front. Field management was established in August 1916. The Army was named ''Special'' because it was thought that the name ''13th Army'' would bring bad luck. Composition At the end of 1917 the army consisted of: * 31st Army Corps * 39th Army Corps * 44th Army Corps * XLVI Corps * I Turkestan Army Corps * IV Cavalry Corps * VII Cavalry Corps Deployment * Western Front (August–September 1916) * Southwestern Front (September–November 1916) * Western Front (November 1916 – July 1917) * Southwestern Front (July 1917 – early 1918) Commanders The commanders of the Army were: * 14.08.1916 – 10.11.1916 - General of Cavalry Vasily Gurko * 10.11.1916 – 17.02.1917 - General of Infantry Pyotr Baluyev * 17.02.1917 – 31.03.1917 - General of Cavalry Vasily Gurko * 02.04.1917 – 09.07.1917 - General of Infantry Pyotr Baluyev * 12.07.1917 – 29.08.1917 - General of Cavalry Ivan E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian 2nd Army (2-я армия, ''2А'') was an army-level command of the Imperial Russian Army in World War I. It was formed just prior to the outbreak of hostilities from the units of Warsaw Military District and was mobilized in August 1914. The army was effectively destroyed at Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914. However, it was rebuilt soon thereafter and fought until almost the end of the war. Organization *Field headquarters (''2A'' staff) **Headquarters of the ''2A'' artillery inspector **2nd Army Aviation Detachment of the Imperial Russian Air Service The field headquarters of the 2nd Army was formed from the staff of the Warsaw Military District in July 1914. Towards the end of 1917, the staff was based in Slutsk, Belarus. It was dissolved in early 1918. In the beginning of World War I, the army included the 1st, VI, XIII, XV and XXIII army corps. Near the end of 1917, the army included: *Grenadier Corps *IX Army Corps ** 5th Infantry Division ** 42nd Infa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian Fourth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front. Composition At the beginning of the war, the army consisted of: *Field Office (HQ 4th Army) (formed on August 2, 1914 at the headquarters of the Kazan Military District) *Grenadier Corps * 14th Army Corps * 16th Army Corps * 3rd Caucasian Corps (transferred from Third Army) At the end of 1917: * 8th Army Corps Deployment * Southwestern Front (August 1914 – June 1915) *Northwestern Front (June–August 1915) * Western Front (August 1915 – October 1916) *Romanian Front (December 1916 – early 1918) Commanders *19.07.1914 – 22.08.1914 - General of Infantry Baron Anton von Saltza *22.08.1914 – 20.08.1915 - General of Infantry Alexei Evert *30.08.1915 – 21.11.1917 - General of Infantry Alexander Ragoza See also *List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units This article lists Imperial Russian Army formations and units in 1914 prior to World War I mobilisation for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian 9th Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front (World War I), Eastern theatre of war. Field management was established in August 1914. The unit fought on the Southwestern Front (Russian Empire), Southwestern Front from August 1914 to December 1916 and then on the Romanian Front (Russian Empire), Romanian Front, until it was disbanded in 1918. Commanders * 9 August 1914 – 18 April 1917 — General of Infantry Platon Lechitsky * 18 April 1917 – 11 August 1917 — Lieutenant-General Gieorgij Stupin * 11 August 1917 – 9 September 1917 — Lieutenant-General Vladimir Cheremisov * 9 September 1917 – ? September 1917 — Lieutenant-General Julian Bielozor * ? September 1917 – ? November 1917 — Lieutenant-General Anatolij Kiełczewskij See also * List of Russian armies in World War I * List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units References {{Russian Empire Ground Forces Armies of the Russian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian Fifth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war. Action The 5th Army saw action at the Battle of Rawa, (3–11 September 1914). Under the command of General Pavel Plehve, they advanced into a forty-mile gap in the Austrian line between the Austrian First and Fourth armies. The Austrian chief of staff, General Franz Conrad, ordered a general retreat: the Austrians fell back over one hundred miles and lost 350,000 men. The Germans then moved troops from the Prussian front to stop a potential Austrian collapse. accessed 10 September 2010 Deployment *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
