Special Army
The Russian Special Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front.[1]
Field management was established in August 1916. The Army was named Special because it was thought that the name 13th Army would bring bad luck.[1]
Composition
At the end of 1917 the army consisted of:
- 31st Army Corps
- 39th Army Corps
- 44th Army Corps
- XLVI Corps
- I Turkestan Army Corps
- IV Cavalry Corps
- VII Cavalry Corps
Deployment
- Western Front (August–September 1916)[1]
- Southwestern Front (September–November 1916)
- Western Front (November 1916 – July 1917)
- Southwestern Front (July 1917 – early 1918)
Commanders
The commanders of the Army were:
- 14.08.1916 – 10.11.1916 - General of Cavalry Vasily Gurko
- 10.11.1916 – 17.02.1917 - General of Infantry Pyotr Baluyev
- 17.02.1917 – 31.03.1917 - General of Cavalry Vasily Gurko
- 02.04.1917 – 09.07.1917 - General of Infantry Pyotr Baluyev
- 12.07.1917 – 29.08.1917 - General of Cavalry Ivan Erdélyi
- 29.08.1917 – 14.09.1917 - Acting Major General Vasily Sarychev
- 14.09.1917 – 20.11.1917 - General of Infantry Stepan Stelnitsky
- 11.1917 - Acting Colonel Alexander Ilyich Yegorov
- 20.11.1917 – 13.12.1917 - Lieutenant General Theodore Rerberg
- 13.12.1917 – 19.12.1917 - Lieutenant General Alex Kushakevich
- 12.19.1917 – 03.1918 - Colonel Vladimir Yegoryev
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Eastern Front - 1917: The Russian Revolution | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
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