Caucasus Army (also Caucasian Army) or Russian Caucasus Army (also Russian Caucasian Army) can refer to several military formations:
Imperial Russian military formations
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Russian Caucasus Forces (before 1865)
Before the creation of the Caucasus Military District in 1865, Russian forces in the Caucasus were organized, at different times, in a number of formations under various names.
Before 1815
In 1777, the Russian troops located at Kizlyar and along t ...
, a variety of formations with various names including (in 1857–1865) Caucasus Army
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Caucasus Military District
The Caucasus Military District (russian: Кавказский военный округ, ''Kavkazskiy voenniy okrug'') was a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army. It was created in 1865 as the successor to the Caucasus Army, and was dis ...
, the successor organization to this army
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Russian Caucasus Army (World War I) Caucasus Army (also Caucasian Army) or Russian Caucasus Army (also Russian Caucasian Army) can refer to several military formations:
Imperial Russian military formations
* Russian Caucasus Forces (before 1865), a variety of formations with variou ...
, the Russian army on the Caucasus front in World War I (July 1914 - April 1917)
Russian Republic military formation
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Caucasus Front (Russian Republic)
The Caucasus Front (russian: Кавказский фронт) was a major formation of the army of the Russian Republic (the successor to the Imperial Russian Army) during the First World War. It was established in April 1917 by reorganization o ...
, the successor organization to the Imperial Russian Caucasus Army
White Russian (anti-Bolshevik) military formation
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Caucasus Volunteer Army
The Volunteer Army (russian: Добровольческая армия, translit=Dobrovolcheskaya armiya, abbreviated to russian: Добрармия, translit=Dobrarmiya) was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from ...
, the name used for the White army in southern Russia during the Russian Civil War
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Caucasus Army of VSUR
The Caucasus Army (russian: Кавка́зская а́рмия), was a Russian army which was a part of the White movement during the Russian Civil War. It operated from May 1919 to January 1920, in the Tsaritsyn - Saratov area.
History
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, the name used for a separate White army, which operated between May 1919 and January 1920
Soviet military formations
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11th Army (RSFSR)
The 11th Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, which fought on the Caspian-Caucasian Front. It took a prominent part in the sovietization of the three republics of the southern Caucasus in 1920–21, when Azerbaijan, ...
(1918–1921), formed October 3 1918 from the Northern Caucasus Army
*Its successor, the
Red Banner Caucasus Army The Red Banner Caucasus Army (russian: Краснознамённая Кавказская армия) was a Soviet army existing from 1921 to 1935. The army was named the Independent Caucasus Army on its creation, and carried this name until August ...
(1921–1935), which was named the Independent Caucasus Army until August 1923
*Its successor, the
Transcaucasian Military District
The Transcaucasian Military District, a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, traces its history to May 1921 and the incorporation of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia into the Soviet Union. It was disbanded by being redesignated as a Grou ...
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Transcaucasian Front
Transcaucasian Front or Transcaucasus Front (russian: Закавказский Фронт) was a front of the Soviet Red Army—a military formation comparable to an army group, not a geographic military front—during the Second World War.
Th ...
, a Soviet army group of World War II
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Caucasus Front, a Soviet army group of World War II
Russian Federation military formation
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North Caucasus Military District
The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla.
It comprised the Republic of Adygeya, ...
See also
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Caucasus Front, the name of various military organizations
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Caucasus Army Group (Ottoman Empire)
The Caucasus Army Group or Caucasian Army Group of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''Kafkas Ordular Grubu'') was one of the army groups of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during World War I.
Formation Order of Battle, August 1917
In August 191 ...
, formed during World War I
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