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.
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...
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 on 19 August 1914.
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 BrusilovAleksei BrusilovAleksei Alekseevich Brusilov was a Russian general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 offensive which would come to bear his name. The innovative and relatively successful tactics used were later copied by the Germans...
- 22.05.1917-10.07.1917 — Lieutenant General Alexei Gutor
- 10.07.1917-18.07.1917 — General of Infantry Lavr KornilovLavr KornilovLavr Georgiyevich Kornilov was a military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Russian Civil War...
- 24.07.1917-31.07.1917 — Lieutenant General Peter BaluevPeter BaluevPyotr Semyonovich Baluyev was an army general in the Imperial Russian Army and commander of the Southwestern Front from 24 July 1917 to 31 July 1917....
- 02.08.1917-29.08.1917 — Lieutenant General Anton Ivanovich DenikinAnton Ivanovich DenikinAnton Ivanovich Denikin was Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and one of the foremost generals of the White movement in the Russian Civil War.- Childhood :...
- 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