The Russian Eight Army (8-я армия, ''8А'') was a

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Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war. Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the

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. The unit was disbanded in the beginning of 1918. At the beginning of the war the 8th Army was composed of the VII, VIII, XII, XXIV Army Corps.

Military Fronts in which the 8th Army participated

* Southwestern Front (July 1914 - August 1917) *

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(August 1917 - the beginning of 1918)

Commanders

* 28.07.1914 – 17.03.1916 — General of Cavalry

Aleksei Brusilov Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov ( rus, Алексе́й Алексе́евич Бруси́лов, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ brʊˈsʲiɫəf; – 17 March 1926) was a Russian and later Soviet general most noted for the developme ...

* 23.03.1916 – 29.04.1917 — General of Cavalry

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* 29.04.1917 – 10.07.1917 — General of Infantry

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* 11.07.1917 – 25.07.1917 — Lieutenant-General

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* 30.07.1917 – 17.10.1917 — Lieutenant-General Michai Sokownin * 18.10.1917 – 21.12.1917 — Lieutenant-General

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Military Fronts in which the 8th Army participated

Commanders

See also

References