The Russian 9th 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 theatre of war.
Field management was established in August 1914.
The unit fought on the
Southwestern Front from August 1914 to December 1916 and then on the
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 ...
, until it was disbanded in 1918.
Commanders
* 9 August 1914 – 18 April 1917 — General of Infantry
Platon Lechitsky
Platon Alekseevich Lechitsky (18 March 1856 – 2 February 1921) was a Russian general.
Biography
Born in the Grodno province in the family of a rural priest Alexei Nikolaevich and Sofia Alexandrovna (née Pavlovskaya) Lechitsky. His father gra ...
* 18 April 1917 – 11 August 1917 — Lieutenant-General Gieorgij Stupin
* 11 August 1917 – 9 September 1917 — Lieutenant-General
Vladimir Cheremisov
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Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
* 9 September 1917 – ? September 1917 — Lieutenant-General Julian Bielozor
* ? September 1917 – ? November 1917 — Lieutenant-General Anatolij Kiełczewskij
See also
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List of Russian armies in World War I
List of Russian armies in World War I
This page is a list of Russian army formations existing during World War I.
* 1st Army
* 2nd Army
* 3rd Army
* 4th Army
* 5th Army
* 6th Army
* 7th Army
* 8th Army
* 9th Army
* 10th Army
* 11t ...
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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
{{Russian Empire Ground Forces
Armies of the Russian Empire
Military units and formations established in 1914
1914 establishments in the Russian Empire
Military units and formations disestablished in 1918