Northwestern Front (Russian Empire)
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The Northwestern Front
was a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army
during the First World War.
It was established in August 1914. In August 1915 it was split into Northern Front
and Western Front
.
This unit participated in the Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914).
Front (Russian Empire)
Front was the term used by the Russian Empire during the First World War for the largest fighting formation. The term was also later used by the Red Army Front was the term used by the Russian Empire during the First World War for the largest fighting formation. The term was also later used by...
was a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian army consisted of around 938,731 regular soldiers and 245,850 irregulars . Until the time of military reform of Dmitry Milyutin in...
during the First World War.
It was established in August 1914. In August 1915 it was split into Northern Front
Northern Front (Russian Empire)
The Northern Front was a major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War.-Composition:*1st Army *5th Army *6th Army The Northern Front was a major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War.-Composition:*1st Army (April 1916 - July 1917, Sept. 1917 - early...
and Western Front
Western Front (Russian Empire)
The Western Front was a major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War. It was formed on the base of the Northwestern Front and disbanded in 1918.-Composition:Field Office * 1st Army...
.
This unit participated in the Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914).
Commanders of the Northwestern Front
- 19.07.1914–03.09.1914 — general Yakov ZhilinskiyYakov ZhilinskiyYakov Zhilinski was Chief of Staff of the Imperial Russian Army prior to World War I and thereafter as a field commander until he was relieved of command in 1914.- Biography :...
- 03.09.1914–17.03.1915 — general 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...
- 17.03.1915–04.08.1915 — general Mikhail Alekseyev
Armies deployed on the Northwestern Front
- 1st Army (July 1914 – August 1915)
- 2nd Army2nd Army (Russian Empire)The Russian Second Army was commanded by General Alexander Samsonov. It was destroyed at the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914....
(July 1914 – August 1915) - 3rd Army3rd Army (Russian Empire)The Russian Third Army was a World War I 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 unit was disbanded in the beginning of 1918...
(June 1914 – August 1915) - 4th Army4th Army (Russian Empire)The Russian Fourth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front.-Composition:At the beginning of the war, the army consisted of:...
(June 1914 – August 1915) - 5th Army5th Army (Russian Empire)The Russian Fifth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.-Action:The 5th Army saw action at the Battle of Rawa, . Under the command of General Pavel Plehve they advanced into a forty mile gap in the Austrian line between the Austrian First and Fourth...
(September 1914 – August 1915) - 10th Army10th Army (Russian Empire)The 10th Army of the Imperial Russian Army was a military unit engaged in the First World War.- Military Fronts and engagements in which the 10th Army participated :* Northwestern Front...
(August 1914 – August 1915) - 12th Army (January 1915 – August 1915)
- 13th Army (June 1914 – August 1915)