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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] |
Leonid Lesh
Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh (Russian, Леонид Вильгельмович Леш, January 9, 1862 – August 28, 1934) was an Imperial Russian army commander. He served in China and fought in the war against the Empire of Japan. Lesh took over command of the 3rd_Army_(Russian_Empire), Third Army during the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive. After the October Revolution of 1917, he fought against the Bolsheviks. With the defeat of the White Army in the civil war, he emigrated to Yugoslavia. He died in what is now Croatia. Awards *Gold Sword for Bravery *Order of Saint George, 4th degree *Order of Saint George, 3rd degree *Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire) *Order of Saint Anna, 1st class *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class References External links Страница на «Хроносе»Большая биографическая энциклопедия ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Gnila Lipa
The Battle of Gnila Lipa took place early in the World War I on 29–30 August 1914, when the Imperial Russian Army invaded Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia and engaged the defending Austro-Hungarian Army. It was part of a larger series of battles known collectively as the Battle of Galicia. The battle ended in a defeat of the Austro-Hungarian forces. Background The battle is named after a river in Western Ukraine, an historical region of Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia. It is a tributary of Dniester, and is also called the Hnyla Lypa ( pl, Gniła Lipa). According to Prit Buttar, "In Galicia the weakness of the Austro-Hungarian position lay in the east. An entire army - Eduard_von_Böhm-Ermolli, Böhm-Ermolli's 2nd_Army_(Austria-Hungary), Second Army - was still missing, either still deployed in the Balkans_theatre, Balkans or languishing on painfully slow troop trains. By contrast, the Russians had two powerful armies deployed for an early advance into eastern Galicia. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progress Publishers
Progress Publishers was a Moscow-based Soviet publisher founded in 1931. Publishing program Progress Publishers published books in a variety of languages: Russian, English, and many other European and Asian languages. They issued many scientific books, books on arts, political books (especially on Marxism–Leninism), classic books, children's literature, novels and short fiction, books in source languages for people studying foreign languages, guidebooks and photographic albums. Progress Publishers joined with International Publishers in New York and the Communist Party of Great Britain's publishing house, Lawrence and Wishart, in London to publish the 50-volume ''Collected Works'' of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, a project launched in 1975 and completed only in 2004. Other books published in English by Progress included ''Marx and Engels on the United States'' (1979), a compilation drawn from letters, articles, and various other works, and ''A Short History of the USSR'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Units And Formations Established In 1914
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military uniform. It may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of the military is usually defined as defence of the state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms ''armed forces'' and ''military'' are often treated as synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include both its military and other paramilitary forces. There are various forms of irregular military forces, not belonging to a recognized state; though they share many attributes with regular military forces, they are less often referred to as simply ''military''. A nation's military may f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armies Of The Russian Empire
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by possessing an army aviation component. Within a national military force, the word army may also mean a field army. In some countries, such as France and China, the term "army", especially in its plural form "armies", has the broader meaning of armed forces as a whole, while retaining the colloquial sense of land forces. To differentiate the colloquial army from the formal concept of military force, the term is qualified, for example in France the land force is called ''Armée de terre'', meaning Land Army, and the air and space force is called ''Armée de l'Air et de l’Espace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Russian invasion of Prussia and the liberation Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. The prewar chain of command was: military district, corps (or ''Army corps''), then to division, brigade, regiment, and then the regiment's battalions. After mobilisation in the event of war the chain of command of the Imperial Russian Army ran from Stavka, the Russian general headquarters, which was created during mobilization, to Front-level ( Army group) also created during mobilization, to the Army level. Army headquarters were created during mobilization by transformation of the military district headquarters. Below Army level the chain was the same as in peace-time; corps (or ''Army corps'' (terms used interchangeably), division, brigade, and regiment. ;Abbreviations used: *ACorps = Army Corps (ak = armeysky korpus) *MD = Military district (VO = voenny okrug) *GrenCorps = Gren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Parsky
Dmitri Pavlovich Parsky (russian: Дми́трий Па́влович Па́рский) ( in Tula – 20 December 1921) was a Russian general of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, who fought on the Eastern Front. In 1893 he attended the General Staff Academy. In World War I, he commanded the 12th Army from 20 July to 9 September 1917 and the 3rd Army from 9 September 1917 to 8 November 1917. He was the first battle-experienced Tsarist General to offer his services to the Red Army, explaining his viewpoint thus :''"I am far from this Bolshevism you preach. But I am ready to work honourably not only with them, but with anyone, even the Devil and his disciples, if only to save Russia from German slavery."''''The Russian Civil War'' by Evan Mawdsley, p 83. During the Russian Civil War, he first was commander of the Narva Front and later of the entire Northern Front. He died of typhus in 1921. Honours and awards *Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class (1896); * Order o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilia Odishelidze
Ilia Odishelidze ( ka, ილია ოდიშელიძე); russian: Илья Зурабович Одишелидзе, ''Ilya Zurabovich Odishelidze'') (25 March 1865 – c. 1924) was a Georgian military leader who had also served as a general of the Imperial Russian army. Biography Born in Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire, he graduated from the 3rd Alexander’s School (1887) and the General Staff Academy in St Petersburg (1894). The next ten years were spent in military work in various regions of the empire. He took part in the Russo-Japanese war (1904–1905) in the capacity of a chief of staff of the 6th Eastern Siberian Division. He served, from 9 November 1911 to 9 January 1914, a governor general of Samarkand and was moved afterwards as a chief of staff of the Turkestan Military District. Promoted to lieutenant general on 11 October 1914, he was Chief of Staff of the 10th, and later of the 1st Army. In 1917 he held command over the 15th Army Corps, 1st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Januarius Tsikhovich
Januarius Kazimirovich Tsikhovich (born September 7, 1871) was a Russian commander, lieutenant general (6/12/1915), division general of the Polish Army. Biography Orthodox. From the nobles. He graduated from the Radom classic gymnasium with a gold medal. He was educated at military schools at the Moscow Infantry Junker School. Issued in the 14th art. brigade. In 1897 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the first category. He served at the headquarters of the Vilna Military District (01/17/1898 - 09/22/1901). The censored command of the company was serving in the 108th infantry. Saratov Regiment (01.10.1900-01.10.1901). Since September 1901 - headquarters officer for special assignments at the headquarters of the 1st Siberian Army Corps. Lieutenant Colonel (1901). Since May 26, 1903 - the headquarters officer for special assignments under the commander of the forces of the Amur Military District. He commanded the Nikolaev crepe. infantry regiment (09.2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Kvetsinsky
:''Kvetsinsky leads here. For the Polish variant, see Kwieciński'' Mikhail Fyodorovich Kvetsinsky (russian: Михаи́л Фёдорович Квецинский) (January 3, 1866 – March 31, 1923), also known as Michael (von) Kwetzinsky, was a Russian officer and a military administrator. He held notable command posts in the Russian Far East, during the Russo-Japanese War, during the First World War and during the Russian Civil War, when he was one of the leaders of the White Army of the North during the North Russia Intervention. Kvetsinsky became a Major-General in 1910 and a Lieutenant-General in 1915. He fled to Norway together with his superior Yevgeny Miller in 1920 and lived as a cab driver and labourer at a brewery at Lillehammer until his death three years later. His son Wassily von Kwetzinsky became a music critic and cultural figure in Norway. The Norwegian pianist Joachim Kwetzinsky is a stepson of his grandson. Background He was born in Moscow Governor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radko Dimitriev
Radko Dimitriev ( bg, Радко Димитриев) (24 September 1859 in Gradets, Sliven Province, Gradets – 18 October 1918 near Pyatigorsk) was a Bulgarians, Bulgarian general, Chief of the Defence (Bulgaria), Head of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army from 1 January 1904 to 28 March 1907, as well as a general in the Imperial Russian Army, Russian Army during the First World War. Biography He was born in the village of Gradets (Sliven Province) and was raised by his grandmother in Kotel, Bulgaria, Kotel. He later studied in the Aprilov Gymnasium in Gabrovo and participated in the organization of the April Uprising (1876). During the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) he was a translator in the 2nd Guards Division of the Imperial Russian Army, Russian Army. In 1879 he graduated the Military School in Sofia; in 1881 Dimitriev was promoted to a Lieutenant and in 1884 he became Captain after graduating the Saint Petersburg Academy. When only a captain he was one of the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
