Northern Front (Russian Empire)

Updated on Dec 02, 2023

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The Northern Front (Russian: Северный фронт) was a major formation of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War.

It was established in August 1915 when the Northwestern Front was split into the Northern and Western Front.

Composition

5th Army (Aug. 1915 – early 1918)

6th Army (Aug, 1915 – Dec. 1916)

12th Army (Aug. 1915 – early 1918)

1st Army (Apr. 1916 – Jul. 1917, Sept. 1917 – early 1918)

18 Aug. 1915 – 6 Dec. 1915: General of Infantry Nikolai Ruzsky

6 Dec. 1915 – 6 Feb. 1916: General of Infantry Pavel Plehve

6 Feb. 1916 – 22 Jul. 1916: General of Infantry Aleksey Kuropatkin

1 Aug. 1916 – 25 Apr. 1917: General of Infantry Nikolai Ruzsky

29 Apr. 1917 – 1 Jun. 1917: General of Cavalry Abraham Dragomirov

1 Jun. 1917 – 29 Aug. 1917: General of Infantry Vladislav Klembovsky

29 Aug. 1917 – 9 Sept. 1917: Major-General Mikhail Bonch-Bruevich

9 Sept. 1917 – 14 Nov. 1917: General of Infantry Vladimir Cheremisov

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