The Russian Special Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front.
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.
At the end of 1917 the army consisted of:
The commanders of the Army were:
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