The Russian Special Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front.
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.
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) 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 List of Russian armies in World War I
References