The Eastern Front () was a front of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...

during the

Russian Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Russian Civil War , partof = the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I , image = , caption = Clockwise from top left: {{flatlist, *Soldiers ...

, formed on June 13, 1918 and disbanded on January 15, 1920.

Operations

The armies of the Eastern Front fought in the Middle Volga region,

Prikamye Prikamye (Russian: Прикамье) is a region near the Kama river to the west of the Ural Mountains. The literal translation of the name "Prikamye" is an area near the Kama river. The word "Prikamye" is often used as synonym of Perm Krai Pe ...

and Urals against the

Czechoslovak Legion The Czechoslovak Legion (Czech language, Czech: ''Československé legie''; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Československé légie'') were volunteer armed forces composed predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks fighting on the side of the Allies of World ...

, the

People's Army of Komuch The People's Army of Komuch (russian: Народная армия КОМУЧа) was an anti-Bolshevik army during the Russian Civil War that fought in the Volga Region from June to September in 1918. Organization In May 1918 the Czechoslova ...

, the

Siberian Army The Siberian Army (russian: Сибирская армия, Sibirskaya Armiya) was an anti-Bolshevik army during the Russian Civil War, which fought from June 1918 – July 1919 in Siberia – Ural Region. Background After the Bolsheviks' sei ...

and the armies of the Russian Eastern Front of

Admiral Kolchak Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (russian: link=no, Александр Васильевич Колчак; – 7 February 1920) was an Imperial Russian admiral, military leader and polar explorer who served in the Imperial Russian Navy and fought ...

. In 1919, it occupied the foothills of the Urals, and then the whole of Siberia. After mastering Siberia, the Eastern Front was disbanded, except in the homelands of former White Cossack troops (Akmola, Aktobe, Orenburg, Troitsky, Ural), the Eastern Front was preserved until the beginning of 1921.

Composition

1st Army First Army may refer to: China * New 1st Army, Republic of China * First Field Army, a Communist Party of China unit in the Chinese Civil War * 1st Group Army, People's Republic of China Germany * 1st Army (German Empire), a World War I field Arm ...

* 2nd Army * 3rd Army (July 1918 - Januari 1920) * 4th Army * 5th Army (August 1918 - Januari 1920) * Turkestan Army (March - June 1919) * Reserve Army

Commanders

Commander : * Mikhail Muravyov (June 13 - July 10, 1918, rebelled), *

Jukums Vācietis Jukums Vācietis (russian: Иоаким Иоакимович Вацетис, link=no, ''Ioakim Ioakimovich Vatsetis''; 11 November 1873 – 28 July 1938) was a Latvian Soviet military commander. He was a rare example of a notable Soviet leader ...

(July 11 – 28, 1918), *

Sergey Kamenev Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev (russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Ка́менев; April 16 Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._April_4.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>O.S._April_4">Old_Style_and_New ...

(28 Sep. 1918 - May 5, 1919), * Alexander Samoylo (May 5 – 29, 1919), *

(May 29 - July 7, 1919), *

Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev (russian: Павел Павлович Лебедев; 21 April 1872 – 2 July 1933) was a Russian and Soviet military leader, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army from 1919 to 1924. Biography He was born to a ...

(acting, 8 – 19 July 1919), *

Mikhail Frunze Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze (russian: Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе; ro, Mihail Frunză; 2 February 1885 – 31 October 1925) was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Born in the modern-day ...

(19 July - 15 Aug. 1919), *

Vladimir Olderogge Vladimir Alexandrovich Olderogge (August 5, 1873 – May 27, 1931) was a Russian and Soviet military leader. He was commander of the Eastern Front of the Red Army. Biography Olderogge was born July 24 (August 5), 1873 in Lublin to a Lutheran ...

(15 Aug. 1919 – 15 Jan. 1920). Chief of Staff : *

Nikolai Sollogub Nikolai Vladimirovich Sollogub (russian: Николай Владимирович Соллогуб; – 7 August 1937) was a Soviet military specialist who served in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and the Polish-Soviet War, reaching the rank ...

(June 26-July 10, 1918), * V. F. Tarasov (acting, July 10 – 23, 1918), * Parfany Maygur (July 23 – September 27, 1918), * Alexander Kolenkovsky (28 Sep. 1918 – 3 Apr. 1919), * Vilhelm Garf (acting, 3 Apr. – 2 May 1919), *

(May 2 – July 8, 1919), * Vilhelm Garf (9 July 1919 – 15 Jan. 1920). Members of the Revolutionary Military Council include: *

Pyotr Kobozev Pyotr Alekseevich Kobozev (Russian: Пётр Алексеевич Кобозев) (13 August 1878, Pesochnya, (now Shilovsky District), Ryazan Oblast — 4 January 1941, Moscow) was a prominent Russian revolutionary, Soviet statesman and profes ...

* Ivan Smirnov *

Arkady Rosengolts Arkady Pavlovich Rosengolts (Russian: Арка́дий Па́влович Розенго́льц; 4 November 1889 – 15 March 1938; sometimes spelled Rosengoltz or Rosenholz) was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet military leader, politician an ...

Ivar Smilga Ivar Tenisovich Smilga (russian: И́вар Тени́сович Сми́лга, lv, Ivars Smilga; 1892–1938) was a Latvian Bolshevik leader, Soviet politician and economist. He was a member of the Left Opposition in the Soviet Union. Early l ...

* Sergey Ivanovich Gusev *

Mikhail Lashevich Mikhail Mikhailovich Lashevich (russian: Михаил Михайлович Лашевич; 1884 in Odessa, Russian Empire – 30 August 1928 in Harbin, China), also known under the name ''Gaskovich'', was a Soviet military and party leader ...

Konstantin Yurenev Konstantin Konstantinovich Yurenev (russian: Константи́н Константи́нович Юре́нев), also known as Konstantin Konstantinovich Krotovsky (russian: Константин Константинович Кротовский ...

Shalva Eliava Shalva Zurabovich Eliava ( ka, შალვა ელიავა; russian: Ша́лва Зура́бович Элиа́ва, ''Shalva Zurabovich Eliava'') (September 30, 1883 in Ganiri – December 3, 1937) was a Georgian Old Bolshevik and Sovi ...

* Boris Pozern *

Nikolay Muralov Nikolay Ivanovich Muralov (russian: Николай Иванович Муралов; 7 December 1877 – 1 February 1937) was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader and military commander in Russia, who after 1923 became a member of the Left Opposition. ...

* Pavel Shternberg

References

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