The 12th Army was a field army of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I that fought on the Eastern Front.
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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
editNo. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paul von Plehwe (1850–1916) | General of Cavalry14 January 1915 | 8 June 1915 | 145 days | |
2 | Aleksey Churin (1852–1916) | General of Infantry8 June 1915 | 20 August 1915 | 73 days | |
3 | Vladimir Gorbatovsky (1851–1924) | General of Infantry20 August 1915 | 20 March 1916 | 213 days | |
4 | Radko Dimitriev (1859–1918) | General of Infantry20 March 1916 | 20 July 1917 | 1 year, 122 days | |
5 | Dmitri Parsky (1866–1921) | Lieutenant-General20 July 1917 | 9 September 1917 | 51 days | |
6 | Yakov Yusefovich (1872–1929) | Lieutenant-General9 September 1917 | 14 November 1917 | 71 days | |
7 | Vasily Fedorovich Novitsky (1869–1929) | Lieutenant-General14 November 1917 | 22 November 1917 | 8 days | |
8 | David Guntsadze (1861–1925) | Lieutenant-General22 November 1917 | 29 December 1917 | 37 days |
From 29 December 1917 to April 1918, the 12th Army was nominally commanded by a board of:
- D. K. Guntsadze
- S. M. Nakhimson
- M. G. Trakman
Organisation
editAt the end of the war, the field army included:
- Field Staff
- 13th Army Corps
- 43rd Army Corps
- 49th Army Corps
- 2nd Siberian Army Corps
- 6th Siberian Army Corps
- 12th Army mobile air base
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