See also: Persian famine of 1917–1919
21-878: Ukrainian Front may refer to several Soviet fronts of the Russian Civil War and the World War II : Ukrainian Front (1919) , formerly the Army Group of Kursk Direction Ukrainian Front (1939) formed during the Polish September Campaign 1st Ukrainian Front , renamed from Voronezh Front on October 20, 1943. 2nd Ukrainian Front , renamed from Steppe Front on October 20, 1943. 3rd Ukrainian Front , renamed from Southwestern Front on October 20, 1943. 4th Ukrainian Front , formed in late 1943. [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
42-617: A single district formed a single front at the start of the hostilities, or when hostilities were anticipated. Some military districts could not form a front. Fronts were also formed during the Polish-Soviet War of 1920. The main fronts during the Russian Civil War and Polish-Soviet War were : Army groups differ from fronts in that a Soviet front typically had its own army-sized tactical fixed-wing aviation organization. According to Soviet military doctrine ,
63-589: A specific operation, after which it could be reformed and tasked with another operation (including a change of the Front's designation) or it could be disbanded - with its formations dispersed among the other active Fronts and its HQ reintegrated into its original Military District HQ. Soviet and Russian military doctrine calls the different levels in the command chain (including the Fronts) "Organs of Military Control" ( Russian : Органы военного управления ). In 1979 in
84-649: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Front (military formation) A front ( Russian : фронт , romanized : front ) is a type of military formation that originated in the Russian Empire , and has been used by the Polish Army , the Red Army , the Soviet Army , and Turkey . It is roughly equivalent to an army group in
105-835: The Caucasus Military District . It ceased to exist in April 1917 when it was reorganized as the Caucasus Front , although this Front contained many of the same units and continued fighting in the same theater. This Front in turn formally ceased to exist in March 1918. It withdrew from Armenia that year. The Caucasus Army was under the nominal command of the Governor General of the Caucasus Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov at
126-482: The Stalingrad Front (24.6.41. – 26.8.41.) Moscow Military District (25.6.41. – 28.7.41.) Dmitry Ryabyshev , Yakov Cherevichenko , Rodion Malinovsky (14.7.41. – 29.7.41.) ( NKVD ) (18 – 30.7.41.) ( NKVD ) (26.7.41. – 25.8.41.) Mikhail Yefremov Caucasus Army (Russian Empire, 1914%E2%80%931917) The Russian Caucasus Army ( Russian : Кавказскaя армия ) of World War I
147-404: The air army was directly subordinated to the front commander (typically a ground commander). The reform of 1935 established that in case of a war the peacetime military districts on the border would split upon mobilisation each into a Front Command (taking control of the district's peacetime military formations) and a Military District Command (which stayed behind with the mission of mobilising
168-831: The Kars group (Kars - Erzurum) with 6 divisions in the region of Otu - Sarikamish and the Erivan group (Erivan - Alashkert) with 2 divisions, reinforced by a large number of cavalry, in the vicinity of Igdir. The flanks were covered by small units formed from the Border Guard, the Cossacks , and the militia. Due to the defeats at the Battle of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes , the Russians redeployed almost half their forces to
189-846: The Prussian front, leaving behind just 65,000 troops from the initial 100,000 to face the Ottoman army . The 1914 engagements were Bergmann Offensive , Ardahan , and Battle of Sarikamish It was under the nominal command of the Governor General of the Caucasus Nicholas Nikolaevich beginning with the January 1915. His chief of command was Nikolai Yudenich . The 1915 engagements were Battle of Dilman , Van , Battle of Manzikert (1915) , and Kara Killisse The 1916 engagements were Erzincan , Erzerum Offensive , Trebizond Campaign , Battle of Bitlis , and Mush . It
210-733: The Red Army in World War II . Soviet fronts in the European Theatre during the Second World War from 1941 to 1945: (time period) (22.6.41. – 20.11.43.) Pyotr Sobennikov , Pavel Kurochkin , Semyon Timoshenko , Ivan Konev (22.6.41. – 15.4.44.) Andrey Yeryomenko , Semyon Timoshenko , Ivan Konev , Georgy Zhukov , Vasily Sokolovsky , Ivan Chernyakhovsky (21.6.41. – 12.7.42.) Semyon Timoshenko , Fyodor Kostenko Southern Front and
231-613: The Soviet Troops in the Far East ( Russian : Главное командование советских войск на Дальнем Востоке ). Existed between 30 July and 17 December 1945 under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky . It commanded the: The degree of change in the structure and performance of individual fronts can only be understood when seen in the context of the strategic operations of
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#1732771735424252-765: The Troops of the Western Direction ( Russian : Главное командование войск Западного направления ). Existed between 10 July and 10 September 1941 under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko . It commanded the: Main Command of the Troops of the South-Western Direction ( Russian : Главное командование войск Юго-Западного направления ). Existed between 10 July 1941 and 21 June 1942 under
273-615: The command of initially Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Budyonny , since September 1941 of Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko . It commanded the: Main Command of the Troops of the North Caucasus Direction ( Russian : Главное командование войск Северо-Кавказского направления ). Existed between 21 April and 19 May 1942 under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Budyonny . It commanded the: Main Command of
294-537: The many ethnic communities settled since the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War in the militarily administered Kars Oblast in the Russian Transcaucasus . These included Georgians , Caucasus Greeks , and Armenians - the latter in particular strongly represented among both the soldiers and senior officers - as well as ethnic Russians and Ukrainians . The Caucasus Army was formed in July 1914 from units of
315-656: The military of most other countries. It varies in size but in general contains three to five armies . It should not be confused with the more general usage of military front , describing a geographic area in wartime. After the outbreak of the First World War , the Russian General Headquarters set up two Fronts: Northwestern Front , uniting forces deployed against German Empire , and Southwestern Front , uniting forces deployed against Austria-Hungary . In August 1915, Northwestern Front
336-621: The reserve formations and putting them at the disposal of the Fronts as replacement troops). In that sense the Air Armies were under Air Force command in peacetime, but under the command of the Front HQs in wartime; and the Fronts were commanded by ground-forces generals. An entire Front might report either to the Stavka or to a theatre of military operations (TVD). A Front was mobilised for
357-508: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukrainian_Front&oldid=1146545007 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
378-406: The start of hostilities. His chief of command was Aleksandr Zakharevich Myshlayevsky . The Caucasus Army had 100 battalions of infantry, 117 sotnis (cavalry squadrons), and 256 guns for a total of 100,000 troops, in other sources it had had 153 battalions of infantry, 175 sotnis , and 350 guns Before the war the army was dispersed into two groups according to the two main operating areas:
399-703: The years of high confrontation between the countries of the Western liberal democracies and those of the Socialist Bloc the Main Commands of the Troops of a Strategic Directions were reinstated covertly: ( Russian : Главное командование войск Северо-Западного направления ). Existed between 10 July and 27 August 1941 under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union Kliment Voroshilov . It commanded the: Main Command of
420-602: Was split into Northern Front and Western Front . At the end of 1916 Romanian Front was established, which also included remnants of the Romanian army. In April 1917, Caucasus Front was established by the reorganization of the Caucasus Army . The Soviet fronts were first raised during the Russian Civil War . They were wartime organizations only, in the peacetime the fronts were normally disbanded and their armies organized back into military districts . Usually
441-588: Was the Russian field army that fought in the Caucasus Campaign and Persian Campaign of World War I . It was renowned for inflicting heavy casualties on the opposing forces of the Ottoman Empire , particularly at the Battle of Sarikamish . It was also known for its extremely diverse ethnic composition, consisting of units from throughout the Russian Empire and both soldiers and officers from
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