4th Army (Russian Empire) explained

The Russian Fourth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front.

Composition

At the beginning of the war, the army consisted of:

• Field Office (HQ 4th Army) (formed on August 2, 1914 at the headquarters of the Kazan Military District)
• Grenadier Corps
• 14th Army Corps
• 16th Army Corps
• 3rd Caucasian Corps (transferred from Third Army)

At the end of 1917:

• 8th Army Corps

Deployment

• Southwestern Front (August 1914 – June 1915)^[1]
• Northwestern Front (June–August 1915)
• Western Front (August 1915 – October 1916)
• Romanian Front (December 1916 – early 1918)

Commanders

• 19.07.1914 – 22.08.1914 - General of Infantry Baron Anton von Saltza^[2]
• 22.08.1914 – 20.08.1915 - General of Infantry Alexei Evert^[3]
• 30.08.1915 – 21.11.1917 - General of Infantry Alexander Ragoza^[4]

See also

• List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units

Notes and References

1. Web site: Conrad . Mark . The Russian Army 1914 . 6 May 2022 . 4 December 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031204135742/http://home.comcast.net/~markconrad/RUSS1914.html#SOURCES . 4 December 2003 . dead.
2. Web site: Зальца Антон Егорович . hrono.ru . Chronos . 6 May 2022.
3. Web site: Эверт Алексей Ермолаевич . 1914ww.ru . Chronos . 6 May 2022.
4. Web site: Likhotvorik . Alexey. Русская армия в Великой войне: Картотека проекта. Рагоза Александр Францевич . www.grwar.ru . Alexey Likhotvorik . 6 May 2022.