The Russian Fourth Army was a
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 fightin ...
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
The Kazan Military District was a Military district of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, which existed between 1864—1918 and 1945–1946.
History
The Kazan Military District was originally formed as a military district of the Russian Emp ...
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*Grenadier Corps
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14th Army Corps
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16th Army Corps
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3rd Caucasian Corps (transferred from Third Army)
At the end of 1917:
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8th Army Corps
Deployment
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Southwestern Front (August 1914 – June 1915)
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Northwestern Front
The Northwestern Front (Russian: ''Северо-Западный фронт'') was a military formation of the Red Army during the Winter War and World War II. It was operational with the 7th and 13th Armies during the Winter War. It was re-cre ...
(June–August 1915)
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Western Front (August 1915 – October 1916)
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Romanian Front
The Romanian Front ( ro, Frontul Românesc, FR) was a moderate fascist party created in Romania in 1935. Led by former Prime Minister Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, it originated as a right-wing splinter group from the mainstream National Peasants' Part ...
(December 1916 – early 1918)
Commanders
*19.07.1914 – 22.08.1914 - General of Infantry Baron
Anton von Saltza
Baron Anton Yegorovich Zaltsa (, tr. ; 22 October 18439 February 1916), better known as Baron Anton Yegorovich von Saltza, was a Russian general of Baltic German origin who was the commander of the Kazan Military District, he was also one of the ...
*22.08.1914 – 20.08.1915 - General of Infantry
Alexei Evert
Aleksei Ermolaevich Evert (russian: Алексей Ермолаевич Эверт; german: Alexei Ewert; also written ''Everth'' or ''Ewarts''; 4 March 185712 November 1918 or 10 May 1926) was an Imperial Russian general of Orthodox German ext ...
*30.08.1915 – 21.11.1917 - General of Infantry
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 ...
See also
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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 distr ...
References
Armies of the Russian Empire
Military units and formations established in 1914
1914 establishments in the Russian Empire
Military units and formations disestablished in 1917
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