Map of Military Districts of Russian Empire 1913

The Amur Military District or Priamur Military District (''Приамурский военный округ'') was a

Military district Military districts (also called military regions) are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

, which existed between 1884 and 1919.

History

The Amur Military District was formed on May 20 (June 1) 1884, when the

East Siberian Military District The East Siberian Military District was a Military district of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, which existed between 1865—1884, 1920—1923 and 1945—1953. Between 1884-1919, it was known as the Irkutsk Military District. History Th ...

, originally formed in 1864, was divided into two separate military districts : the

Irkutsk Military District The East Siberian Military District was a Military district of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, which existed between 1865—1884, 1920—1923 and 1945—1953. Between 1884-1919, it was known as the Irkutsk Military District. History Th ...

and the ''Amur Military District''. The center of the new district was the city of

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...

. After the Japanese-Chinese War of 1894–1895, and the emergence of Japan as a new military power into the Far Eastern arena, the position of the district changed dramatically. It became obvious that in the future, a clash between the Russian and Japanese empires would become more and more likely. A gradual strengthening of the troops in the sparsely populated Amur Military District began. By 1898, the Primorsky Dragoon Regiment was created and construction of the

Vladivostok Fortress Vladivostok Fortress is a system of fortifications built from 1889 to 1918 in Vladivostok, Russia, and the surrounding area. During construction, lessons from the Russo-Japanese War were taken into account, so that this is the most fortified ...

was started. In the period between the

Russian-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

of 1904-1905 and the First World War 1914–1918, the troops of the district underwent serious transformations, In the spring of 1906, the

Transbaikal Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykalye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Far Eastern Russia. The steppe and ...

Region was removed from the Amur Military District and added to the Irkutsk Military District. In the same year the

Amur Military Flotilla The Amur Military Flotilla (AMF) (russian: Амурская военная флотилия) was a military flotilla on the Amur river in the Far East region of Russia. History In 1900, the Russians formed a temporary flotilla on the Amur from ...

was created to strengthen the defense of the border in the Amur basin and the mouth of the river. With the outbreak of the First World War, most of the district's field troops, namely the 1st, 4th and 5th Siberian Army Corps, were sent to the Western Front. After the

February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...

, the district was disbanded, but the commander remained in place until 31 May 1917.
The former military district would become the theater of the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

and the

Siberian Intervention The Siberian intervention or Siberian expedition of 1918–1922 was the dispatch of troops of the Entente powers to the Russian Maritime Provinces as part of a larger effort by the western powers, Japan, and China to support White Russian f ...

District Commanders

* Adjutant General, General of Infantry, Baron

Andrey Korf Baron Andrey Nikolayevich Korf or Korff (russian: Андрей Николаевич Корф; 1831–1893) was the first Viceroy (Governor General) of the Russian Far East (1884–93). The names of the village of Korf and the Korfa Bay commemora ...

(1884-1893), * Lieutenant General Sergei Mikhailovich Dukhovsky (1893-1898), * Lieutenant General (from 1900 - General of Infantry) Nikolai Ivanovich Grodekov (1898-1902), * Lieutenant General

Dejan Subotić Dejan Ivanovich Subotich (also spelled Dejan Subotić and Dean Subbotich; 7 May 1852 – 1920) was a Russo-Serbian military and state leader, military governor of Russian Dalian (''Primorye oblast''; 1897–1898);Transcaspian Oblast (''Zakaspiy ...

(1902-1903), * General of Infantry

Nikolai Linevich Nikolai Petrovich Linevich, also ''Lenevich'' and ''Linevitch'' (russian: Николай Петрович Линевич, uk, Ліневич Микола Петрович; – ) was a career military officer, General of Infantry (1903) and Ad ...

(1903-1904), * General of the cavalry Rostislav Aleksandrovich Khreschatitsky (1904-1905), * Lieutenant General, (from 1906 - Engineer-General)

Paul Simon Unterberger Paul Simon Unterberger (russian: Па́вел Фёдорович У́нтербе́ргер, tr. ; August 21, 1842, Simbirsk, Russian Empire – February 12, 1921, Remplin, Weimar Republic) was a Russo-German military and state leader, militar ...

(1905-1910), * Lieutenant General (from 1913 - General of Infantry)

Platon Lechitsky Platon Alekseevich Lechitsky (18 March 1856 – 2 February 1921) was a Russian general. Biography Born in the Grodno Governorate, Grodno province in the family of a rural priest Alexei Nikolaevich and Sofia Alexandrovna (née Pavlovskaya) Lechit ...

(1910-1914), * General of artillery

Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov Arkady Nikanorovich Nishchenkov (6 March 1855 – February 1940 (russian: Аркадий Никанорович Нищенков) was an Imperial Russian general of the artillery and corps commander. He fought in the wars against the Ottoman Empi ...

(1914- 31 May 1917).

Sources

* the article in the Russian Wikipedia, Приамурский военный округ (Российская империя).'' {{coord missing, Russia Military districts of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1884 Military units and formations disestablished in 1917 1884 establishments in the Russian Empire History of Siberia