6th Army (Russian Empire)
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The Russian Sixth Army was a World War I
Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war
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World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war
Eastern Front (World War I)
The Eastern Front was a theatre of war during World War I in Central and, primarily, Eastern Europe. The term is in contrast to the Western Front. Despite the geographical separation, the events in the two theatres strongly influenced each other...
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Commanders
- 01.09.1912—26.08.1914 — General of Infantry Благовещенский, Александр Александрович
- 26.08.1914—21.06.1915 — General of Artillery Фан-дер-Флит, Константин Петрович
- 30.06.1915—18.08.1915 — General of Infantry Nikolai RuzskyNikolai RuzskyNikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky , was a Russian general of World War I.Career=His military career prior to the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 took him to both the Russo-Turkish War and the Russo-Japanese War, where he was Chief of Staff to the Second Manchurian Army. In between he served as...
- 20.08.1915—20.03.1916 — General of Infantry Чурин, Алексей Евграфович
- 20.03.1916—12.12.1916 — General of Infantry Горбатовский, Владимир Николаевич
- 12.12.1916—12.1917 — General of Cavalry Цуриков, Афанасий Андреевич