Stavka of the Supreme Commander (russian: Ставка Верховного главнокомандующего) was the
administrative staff of the
Supreme Commander of the
Armed Forces
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of
Imperial Russia
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, during the
First World War
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of 1914–1918.
The term "
Stavka
The ''Stavka'' (Russian and Ukrainian: Ставка) is a name of the high command of the armed forces formerly in the Russian Empire, Soviet Union and currently in Ukraine.
In Imperial Russia ''Stavka'' referred to the administrative staff, a ...
" means tent, referring to the military camp of a chief.
The Stavka was originally established at
Baranavichy
Baranavichy ( ; be, Бара́навічы, Belarusian Latin alphabet, Łacinka: , ; russian: Бара́новичи; yi, באַראַנאָוויטש; pl, Baranowicze) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus, with a population (as of ...
. In the summer of 1915, after the
German
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advance and the
Russian retreat, the Stavka re-located to
Mogilev
Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...
.
Foreign military officers
Major-general
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John Hanbury-Williams
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was head of the
British
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military mission in Russia and was attached to the Stavka.
See also
*
Military history of the Russian Empire
The military history of the Russian Empire encompasses the history of armed conflict in which the Russian Empire participated. This history stretches from its creation in 1721 by Peter the Great, until the Russian Revolution (1917), which led to t ...
References
{{Russian Empire Ground Forces
Joint military headquarters
Military units and formations of the Russian Empire