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Southwestern Front (Russian Empire)

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The Southwestern Front was a major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War. It was established on 19 August 1914.

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Armies deployed on the Southwestern Front

  • 3rd Army (July 1914 - June 1915 and June 1916 - July 1916)
  • 5th Army (July 1914 - September 1914)
  • 8th Army (July 1914 - August 1917)
  • 4th Army (August 1914 - June 1915)
  • 9th Army (August 1914 - December 1916 )
  • 7th Army (October 1914 – early 1918)
  • 11th Army (October 1914 – early 1918)
  • Special Army (September 1916 - November 1916 and July 1917 - early 1918)
  • 1st Army (July 1917 – September 1917)

    • Commanders of the Southwestern Front

  • 19.07.1914-17.03.1916 — General of Infantry Nikolai Ivanov
  • 17.03.1916-21.05.1917 — General of Cavalry Aleksei Brusilov
  • 22.05.1917-10.07.1917 — Lieutenant General Aleksei Gutor
  • 10.07.1917-18.07.1917 — General of Infantry Lavr Kornilov
  • 24.07.1917-31.07.1917 — Lieutenant General Peter Baluev
  • 02.08.1917-29.08.1917 — Lieutenant General Anton Ivanovich Denikin
  • 29.08.1917-09.09.1917 — Lieutenant General Fyodor Ogorodnikov
  • 09.09.1917-24.11.1917 — Lieutenant General Nicholai Volodenko
  • 11.1917-12.1917 — Lieutenant General Nikolai Stogov

    • References

    Southwestern Front (Russian Empire) Wikipedia
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