8th Army (Russian Empire) explained

Unit Name:8th Army
Dates:July 1914 – beginning of 1918
Country:
Russian Republic
Branch: Imperial Russian Army
Type:Army
Role:Land warfare
Size:Field army
Garrison:Kiev
Garrison Label:Field HQ
Battles:World War I

Eastern Front

Romanian Campaign

Notable Commanders:General Aleksei Brusilov
General Lavr Kornilov

The Russian Eight Army (8-я армия, ) was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.

Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the Kiev Military District. The unit was disbanded in the beginning of 1918. At the beginning of the war the 8th Army was composed of the VII, VIII, XII, XXIV Army Corps.

Military Fronts in which the 8th Army participated

Commanders

See also