The Eastern Front () was a
front of the
Red Army during the
Russian Civil War, formed on June 13, 1918 and disbanded on January 15, 1920.
Operations
The armies of the Eastern Front fought in the Middle Volga region,
Prikamye
Prikamye (Russian: Прикамье) is a region near the Kama river to the west of the Ural Mountains.
The literal translation of the name "Prikamye" is an area near the Kama river.
The word "Prikamye" is often used as synonym of Perm Krai.
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and Urals against the
Czechoslovak Legion, the
People's Army of Komuch, the
Siberian Army and the armies of the Russian Eastern Front of
Admiral Kolchak. In 1919, it occupied the foothills of the Urals, and then the whole of Siberia.
After mastering Siberia, the Eastern Front was disbanded, except in the homelands of former White Cossack troops (Akmola, Aktobe, Orenburg, Troitsky, Ural), the Eastern Front was preserved until the beginning of 1921.
Composition
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1st Army First Army may refer to:
China
* New 1st Army, Republic of China
* First Field Army, a Communist Party of China unit in the Chinese Civil War
* 1st Group Army, People's Republic of China
Germany
* 1st Army (German Empire), a World War I field Army ...
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2nd Army
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3rd Army (July 1918 - Januari 1920)
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4th Army
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5th Army (August 1918 - Januari 1920)
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Turkestan Army (March - June 1919)
* Reserve Army
Commanders
Commander :
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Mikhail Muravyov (June 13 - July 10, 1918, rebelled),
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Jukums Vācietis (July 11 – 28, 1918),
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Sergey Kamenev (28 Sep. 1918 - May 5, 1919),
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Alexander Samoylo
Alexander Alexandrovich Samoylo (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Само́йло; October 23 (November 4) 1869 – November 8, 1963) was a commander in the Imperial Russian Army and Red Army during World ...
(May 5 – 29, 1919),
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Sergey Kamenev (May 29 - July 7, 1919),
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Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev (acting, 8 – 19 July 1919),
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Mikhail Frunze (19 July - 15 Aug. 1919),
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Vladimir Olderogge (15 Aug. 1919 – 15 Jan. 1920).
Chief of Staff :
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Nikolai Sollogub (June 26-July 10, 1918),
* V. F. Tarasov (acting, July 10 – 23, 1918),
* Parfany Maygur (July 23 – September 27, 1918),
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Alexander Kolenkovsky
Alexander Konstantinovich Kolenkovsky (September 4, 1880 – May 23, 1942) was a Russian and Soviet military leader, Soviet military historian, lieutenant general (1940), professor (1938), doctor of military sciences (1941).
Biography
Alexand ...
(28 Sep. 1918 – 3 Apr. 1919),
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Vilhelm Garf
Vilhelm Evgenievich Garf (January 3, 1885 – August 22, 1938) was a Russian and Soviet military leader of German-Latvian descent, Colonel of the General Staff of the Russian Empire. He fought in the First World War, was a member of the Civil War ...
(acting, 3 Apr. – 2 May 1919),
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Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev (May 2 – July 8, 1919),
* Vilhelm Garf (9 July 1919 – 15 Jan. 1920).
Members of the Revolutionary Military Council include:
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Pyotr Kobozev
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Ivan Smirnov
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Arkady Rosengolts
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Ivar Smilga
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Sergey Ivanovich Gusev
Sergei Ivanovich Gusev (AKA "Gussev") (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Гу́сев) (real name - Yakov Davidovich Drabkin: Russian — Я́ков Дави́дович Дра́бкин) (1 January 1874 – 10 June 1933) was a Russian re ...
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Mikhail Lashevich
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Konstantin Yurenev
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Shalva Eliava
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Boris Pozern
Boris Pavlovich Pozern (Russian: Борис Павлович Позерн; 7 July 1882 – 25 February 1939) was a Soviet politician and statesman and member of the Troika of the NKVD of the Soviet Union.
Pozerb was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a ...
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Nikolay Muralov
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Pavel Shternberg
Pavel Karlovich Shternberg (russian: Павел Карлович Штернберг; April 2, 1865 – February 1, 1920, both dates New Style) was a Russian professor, academic, astronomer, Bolshevik and revolutionary of German decent. Shternberg ...
References
{{Soviet fronts of the Russian Civil War
Military units and formations established in 1918
Military units and formations disestablished in 1920
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