Special Army

The Russian Special Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

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) ^[1]
• 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

1. "Eastern Front - 1917: The Russian Revolution | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-08-21.