The Russian 7th Army was a
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
Russian field army that fought on the
Eastern theatre of war.
Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the
Odessa Military District
The Odessa Military District (; , abbreviated ) was a military administrative division of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This district consisted of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldavia and five Oblasts of Ukraine, Ukrainian oblasts of Odesa ...
.
The initial task of the Army was to guard the Black Sea coast and the border with Romania.
In October 1914 it was moved west and became part of the
Southwestern Front.
The 7th Army participated in the
Brusilov Offensive in 1916, and
Kerensky Offensive in 1917.
It was disbanded in early 1918.
Commanders
* 19 July 1914 – 19 October 1915 — General of Artillery
Vladimir Nikolayevich Nikitin
Vladimir Nikolayevich Nikitin (July 17, 1848 – May 21, 1922) was an Imperial Russian corps and army commander. He fought in the war against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan.
Awards
Russo-Turkish War:
*Order of Saint George, 4th degre ...
* 19 October 1915 – 11 April 1917 — General of Infantry
Dmitry Shcherbachev
Dmitry Grigoryevich Shcherbachev (; 18 January 1932) was a general in the Russian Army during World War I and one of the leaders of the White Movement during the Russian Civil War.
Biography Early life
Shcherbachev was born on (6th wa ...
* 13 April 1917 – 20 June 1917 — Lieutenant-General Leonid Bielkowicz
* 26 June 1917 – 9 September 1917 — Lieutenant-General
Vladimir Selivachyov Vladimir Ivanovich Selivachyov (; 14 June 1868 – 17 September 1919) was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I who became a commander of the Red Army in the Russian Civil War.
Biography
He belonged to the nobility ...
* 9 September 1917 – 3 December 1917 — Lieutenant-General
Januariusz Cichowicz
See also
*
List of Russian armies in World War I
Russian army formations in World War I include:
* 1st Army
* 2nd Army
* 3rd Army
* 4th Army
* 5th Army
* 6th Army
* 7th Army
* 8th Army
* 9th Army
* 10th Army
* 11th Army
* 12th Army
* 13th Army
* Caucasus Army
* Dobruja Army
* ...
*
List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units
References
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Military units and formations established in 1914
1914 establishments in the Russian Empire
Military units and formations disestablished in 1917