12th Army (Russian Empire)
{{Short description|World War I Russian field Army}}
The 12th Army was a field army of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I that fought on the Eastern Front.
Its field headquarters was established in January 1915.
In August 1915, the entire staff of the 12th Army was replaced by that of the 13th Army, which itself ceased to exist.
The unit was assigned to the Northwestern Front and later to the Northern Front, being disbanded by the end of 1917.
Commanders
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{{Officeholder table
| order = 1
| image = Pavel Plehve.jpg
| military_rank = General of Cavalry
| officeholder = Paul von Plehwe
| officeholder_sort = von Plehwe, Paul
| born_year = 1850
| died_year = 1916
| term_start = 14 January 1915
| term_end = 8 June 1915
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1915|01|14|1915|06|08}}
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| order = 2
| image = Алексей Евграфович Чурин.jpg
| military_rank = General of Infantry
| officeholder = {{ill|Aleksey Churin|ru|Чурин, Алексей Евграфович}}
| officeholder_sort = Churin, Aleksey
| born_year = 1852
| died_year = 1916
| term_start = 8 June 1915
| term_end = 20 August 1915
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1915|06|08|1915|08|20}}
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| order = 3
| image = Vladimir Gorbatovsky.jpg
| military_rank = General of Infantry
| officeholder = Vladimir Gorbatovsky
| officeholder_sort = Gorbatovsky, Vladimir
| born_year = 1851
| died_year = 1924
| term_start = 20 August 1915
| term_end = 20 March 1916
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1915|08|20|1916|03|20}}
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| order = 4
| image = Радко Русков Димитриев.jpg
| military_rank = General of Infantry
| officeholder = Radko Dimitriev
| officeholder_sort = Dimitriev, Radko
| born_year = 1859
| died_year = 1918
| term_start = 20 March 1916
| term_end = 20 July 1917
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1916|03|20|1917|07|20}}
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| order = 5
| image = ParskiD2.jpg
| military_rank = Lieutenant-General
| officeholder = Dmitri Parsky
| officeholder_sort = Parsky, Dmitri
| born_year = 1866
| died_year = 1921
| term_start = 20 July 1917
| term_end = 9 September 1917
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1917|07|20|1917|09|09}}
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| order = 6
| image = Юзефович Яков Давыдович (1872-1929) - генерал-лейтенант.jpg
| military_rank = Lieutenant-General
| officeholder = {{ill|Yakov Yusefovich|ru|Юзефович, Яков Давидович}}
| officeholder_sort = Yusefovich, Yakov
| born_year = 1872
| died_year = 1929
| term_start = 9 September 1917
| term_end = 14 November 1917
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1917|09|09|1917|11|19}}
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| order = 7
| image = Новицкий Василий Федорович.jpg
| military_rank = Lieutenant-General
| officeholder = Vasily Fedorovich Novitsky
| officeholder_sort = Novitsky, Vasily
| born_year = 1869
| died_year = 1929
| term_start = 14 November 1917
| term_end = 22 November 1917
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1917|11|14|1917|11|22}}
}}
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| order = 8
| image = Guncadze DK.jpg
| military_rank = Lieutenant-General
| officeholder = {{ill| David Guntsadze|ru|Гунцадзе, Давид Константинович}}
| officeholder_sort = Guntsadze, David
| born_year = 1861
| died_year = 1925
| term_start = 22 November 1917
| term_end = 29 December 1917
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1917|11|22|1917|12|29}}
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From 29 December 1917 to April 1918, the 12th Army was nominally commanded by a board of:
- D. K. Guntsadze
- S. M. Nakhimson
- {{Interlanguage link|Maxim Trakman|lt=M. G. Trakman|ru|Тракман, Максим Густавович|WD=}}
Organisation
At the end of the war, the field army included:
- Field Staff
- 13th Army Corps
- 43rd Army Corps
- 49th Army Corps
- 2nd Siberian Army Corps
- 6th Siberian Army Corps
- 12th Army mobile air base
See also
References
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{{Russian Empire Ground Forces}}
Category:Military units and formations established in 1915
Category:1915 establishments in the Russian Empire
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1917
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