Southwestern Front Юго-Западный фронт | |
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Active | 1914–1918 |
Country |
Russian Empire Ukraine |
Branch | Russian Imperial Army |
Role | Army group |
Size | ~2,000,000 |
Engagements |
World War I |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
Nikolai Ivanov Alexei Brusilov Lavr Kornilov |
The Southwestern Front ( Russian: Юго-Западный фронт) was an army group [a] of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I as part of the Eastern Front war theater.
During the conflict it was responsible for managing operations along a front line that stretched 615 kilometers across Ukraine, starting from what is now southern Belarus to northern Romania. To its left side (south), there was located Romanian Front which was a joint formation of the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Romania. To its right side (north), there was located Northwestern Front which in 1915 split and Western Front was one that covered right flank of the Southwestern Front. The front was facing primarily against Austro-Hungarian Army and in few operations against Imperial German Army.
In 1917 the headquarters of the Front was located in Berdychiv and later moved west to Rivne.
It was established in August 1914 based on units of the Kiev Military District and the Odessa Military District and lasted throughout the war until the unrest caused by the Russian Revolution, at which point it was demobilized along with the rest of the Russian Army in early 1918. In total some two million troops had been under its command. [1] [2]
The following field armies were part of the Southwestern Front. [2]
The commanders of the Southwestern Front were as follows. [2]
Appointed | Commander | Dismissed |
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19.07.1914 | General of Infantry Nikolai Ivanov | 17.03.1916 |
17.03.1916 | General of Cavalry Aleksei Brusilov | 21.05.1917 |
22.05.1917 | Lieutenant General Aleksei Gutor | 10.07.1917 |
10.07.1917 | General of Infantry Lavr Kornilov | 18.07.1917 |
24.07.1917 | Lieutenant General Peter Baluev | 31.07.1917 |
02.08.1917 | Lieutenant General Anton Ivanovich Denikin | 29.08.1917 |
29.08.1917 | Lieutenant General Fyodor Ogorodnikov | 09.09.1917 |
09.09.1917 | Lieutenant General Nikolai Volodchenko | 24.11.1917 |
11.1917 | Lieutenant General Nikolai Stogov | 12.1917 |
01.1918 | Lieutenant General Vladimir Yegoryev | 02.1918 |
Appointed | Commander | Dismissed |
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12.1917 | Praporshchik Alexander Myasnikov | 01.1918 |
01.1918 | Vasily Kikvidze | 02.1918 |
Appointed | Commander | Dismissed |
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19.07.1914 | Lieutenant General Mikhail Alekseyev | 17.03.1915 |
23.03.1915 | Lieutenant General Vladimir Dragomirov | 08.05.1915 |
08.05.1915 | General of Infantry Sergei Savvich | 13.12.1915 |
13.12.1915 | General of Infantry Vladislav Klembovsky | 23.10.1916 |
23.10.1916 | Lieutenant General Semyon Sukhomlin | 29.05.1917 |
29.05.1917 | Major General Nikolay Dukhonin | 04.08.1917 |
04.08.1917 | Lieutenant General Sergey Markov | 29.08.1917 |
10.09.1917 | Lieutenant General Nikolai Stogov | 24.11.1917 |
Southwestern Front Юго-Западный фронт | |
---|---|
Active | 1914–1918 |
Country |
Russian Empire Ukraine |
Branch | Russian Imperial Army |
Role | Army group |
Size | ~2,000,000 |
Engagements |
World War I |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
Nikolai Ivanov Alexei Brusilov Lavr Kornilov |
The Southwestern Front ( Russian: Юго-Западный фронт) was an army group [a] of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I as part of the Eastern Front war theater.
During the conflict it was responsible for managing operations along a front line that stretched 615 kilometers across Ukraine, starting from what is now southern Belarus to northern Romania. To its left side (south), there was located Romanian Front which was a joint formation of the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Romania. To its right side (north), there was located Northwestern Front which in 1915 split and Western Front was one that covered right flank of the Southwestern Front. The front was facing primarily against Austro-Hungarian Army and in few operations against Imperial German Army.
In 1917 the headquarters of the Front was located in Berdychiv and later moved west to Rivne.
It was established in August 1914 based on units of the Kiev Military District and the Odessa Military District and lasted throughout the war until the unrest caused by the Russian Revolution, at which point it was demobilized along with the rest of the Russian Army in early 1918. In total some two million troops had been under its command. [1] [2]
The following field armies were part of the Southwestern Front. [2]
The commanders of the Southwestern Front were as follows. [2]
Appointed | Commander | Dismissed |
---|---|---|
19.07.1914 | General of Infantry Nikolai Ivanov | 17.03.1916 |
17.03.1916 | General of Cavalry Aleksei Brusilov | 21.05.1917 |
22.05.1917 | Lieutenant General Aleksei Gutor | 10.07.1917 |
10.07.1917 | General of Infantry Lavr Kornilov | 18.07.1917 |
24.07.1917 | Lieutenant General Peter Baluev | 31.07.1917 |
02.08.1917 | Lieutenant General Anton Ivanovich Denikin | 29.08.1917 |
29.08.1917 | Lieutenant General Fyodor Ogorodnikov | 09.09.1917 |
09.09.1917 | Lieutenant General Nikolai Volodchenko | 24.11.1917 |
11.1917 | Lieutenant General Nikolai Stogov | 12.1917 |
01.1918 | Lieutenant General Vladimir Yegoryev | 02.1918 |
Appointed | Commander | Dismissed |
---|---|---|
12.1917 | Praporshchik Alexander Myasnikov | 01.1918 |
01.1918 | Vasily Kikvidze | 02.1918 |
Appointed | Commander | Dismissed |
---|---|---|
19.07.1914 | Lieutenant General Mikhail Alekseyev | 17.03.1915 |
23.03.1915 | Lieutenant General Vladimir Dragomirov | 08.05.1915 |
08.05.1915 | General of Infantry Sergei Savvich | 13.12.1915 |
13.12.1915 | General of Infantry Vladislav Klembovsky | 23.10.1916 |
23.10.1916 | Lieutenant General Semyon Sukhomlin | 29.05.1917 |
29.05.1917 | Major General Nikolay Dukhonin | 04.08.1917 |
04.08.1917 | Lieutenant General Sergey Markov | 29.08.1917 |
10.09.1917 | Lieutenant General Nikolai Stogov | 24.11.1917 |