The Russian Eight Army (8-я армия, ''8А'') was a
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
Russian field army that fought on the
Eastern theatre of war.
Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the
Kiev Military District
The Kiev Military District (; , abbreviated ) was a military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Red Army and Soviet Armed Forces. It was first formed in 1862, and was headquartered in Kiev ( Kyiv) for most of its ...
. The unit was disbanded in the beginning of 1918. At the beginning of the war the 8th Army was composed of the VII, VIII, XII, XXIV Army Corps.
Military Fronts in which the 8th Army participated
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Southwestern Front (July 1914 - August 1917)
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Romanian Front (August 1917 - the beginning of 1918)
Commanders
* 28.07.1914 – 17.03.1916 — General of Cavalry
Aleksei Brusilov
Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov ( rus, Алексе́й Алексе́евич Бруси́лов, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ brʊˈsʲiɫəf; – 17 March 1926) was a Russian and later Soviet general most noted for the developme ...
* 23.03.1916 – 29.04.1917 — General of Cavalry
Alexey Kaledin
* 29.04.1917 – 10.07.1917 — General of Infantry
Lavr Kornilov
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (russian: Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов, ; – 13 April 1918) was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Rus ...
* 11.07.1917 – 25.07.1917 — Lieutenant-General
Vladimir Cheremisov
* 30.07.1917 – 17.10.1917 — Lieutenant-General Michai Sokownin
* 18.10.1917 – 21.12.1917 — Lieutenant-General
Mykola Yunakiv
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
* 11 ...
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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 dist ...
References
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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