The Northwestern Front (russian: Се́веро-За́падный фронт) was an

army group An army group is a military organization consisting of several field armies, which is self-sufficient for indefinite periods. It is usually responsible for a particular geographic area. An army group is the largest field organization handled by ...

of the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...

during the

First World War 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 ...

. It was established in August 1914 and existed for one year prior to being divided into the Northern Front and Western Front.Severozápadní front (1914-1915)
The armies subordinated to the Western Front took part in the

Russian invasion of East Prussia The Russian invasion of East Prussia occurred during World War I, lasting from August to September 1914. As well as being the natural course for the Russian Empire to take upon the declaration of war on the German Empire, it was also an att ...

at the beginning of the war.

Commanders of the Northwestern Front

* 19.07.1914–03.09.1914 — General

Yakov Zhilinskiy Yakov Grigoryevich Zhilinsky (russian: Я́ков Григо́рьевич Жили́нский; 27 March 1853 – 1918) was a Russian cavalry general, chief of staff of the Imperial Russian Army from 2 February 1911 to 4 March 1914. He was cons ...

* 03.09.1914–17.03.1915 — General

Nikolai Ruzsky Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky (russian: Никола́й Влади́мирович Ру́зский; – October 18, 1918) was a Russian general, member of the state and military councils, best known for his role in World War I and the abdi ...

* 17.03.1915–04.08.1915 — General

Mikhail Alekseyev Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev (russian: Михаил Васильевич Алексеев) ( – ) was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917 he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Ch ...

Armies deployed on the Northwestern Front

* 1st Army (July 1914 – August 1915) * 2nd Army (July 1914 – August 1915) * 10th Army (August 1914 – August 1915) * 5th Army (September 1914 – August 1915) * 12th Army (January 1915 – August 1915) * 3rd Army (June 1915 – August 1915) * 4th Army (June 1915 – August 1915) * 13th Army (June 1915 – August 1915)

References

Fronts of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1914 1914 establishments in the Russian Empire {{mil-hist-stub

Commanders of the Northwestern Front

Armies deployed on the Northwestern Front

See also

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