12th Army (Russian Empire)

The 12th Army was a field army of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I that fought on the Eastern Front.

Its field headquarters was established in January 1915. In August 1915, the entire staff of the 12th Army was replaced by that of the 13th Army, which itself ceased to exist. The unit was assigned to the Northwestern Front and later to the Northern Front, being disbanded by the end of 1917.

Commanders

No. Portrait Commander Took office Left office Time in office
1
Paul von Plehwe
von Plehwe, PaulGeneral of Cavalry
Paul von Plehwe
(1850–1916)		14 January 19158 June 1915145 days
2
Aleksey Churin [ru]
Churin, AlekseyGeneral of Infantry
Aleksey Churin [ru]
(1852–1916)		8 June 191520 August 191573 days
3
Vladimir Gorbatovsky
Gorbatovsky, VladimirGeneral of Infantry
Vladimir Gorbatovsky
(1851–1924)		20 August 191520 March 1916213 days
4
Radko Dimitriev
Dimitriev, RadkoGeneral of Infantry
Radko Dimitriev
(1859–1918)		20 March 191620 July 19171 year, 122 days
5
Dmitri Parsky
Parsky, DmitriLieutenant-General
Dmitri Parsky
(1866–1921)		20 July 19179 September 191751 days
6
Yakov Yusefovich [ru]
Yusefovich, YakovLieutenant-General
Yakov Yusefovich [ru]
(1872–1929)		9 September 191714 November 191771 days
7
Vasily Fedorovich Novitsky
Novitsky, VasilyLieutenant-General
Vasily Fedorovich Novitsky
(1869–1929)		14 November 191722 November 19178 days
8
David Guntsadze [ru]
Guntsadze, DavidLieutenant-General
David Guntsadze [ru]
(1861–1925)		22 November 191729 December 191737 days

From 29 December 1917 to April 1918, the 12th Army was nominally commanded by a board of:

Organisation

At the end of the war, the field army included:

See also

References


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