12th Army (Russian Empire)

World War I Russian field Army thumb The 12th Army was a field army of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I that fought on the Eastern Front. The army was formed from reconstituted units of the 2nd Army that was virtually destroyed in the Battle of Tannenberg and corps taken from the 1st and 10th Armies.Cornish Nik The Russian Army in the First World War 31 January 2020 Pen and Sword 978-1-4738-3521-4 27 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Russian_Army_in_the_First_World_War/2I7PBQAAQBAJ en 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.November 2025 Commanders November 2025 y y Commander y n n 1 Pavel Plehve.jpg General of Cavalry Paul von Plehwe von Plehwe, Paul 1850 1916 14 January 1915 8 June 1915 1915 01 14 1915 06 08 2 Алексей Евграфович Чурин.jpg General of Infantry Aleksey Churin ru Чурин, Алексей Евграфович Churin, Aleksey 1852 1916 8 June 1915 20 August 1915 1915 06 08 1915 08 20 3 Vladimir Gorbatovsky.jpg General of Infantry Vladimir Gorbatovsky Gorbatovsky, Vladimir 1851 1924 20 August 1915 20 March 1916 1915 08 20 1916 03 20 4 Радко Русков Димитриев.jpg General of Infantry Radko Dimitriev Dimitriev, Radko 1859 1918 20 March 1916 20 July 1917 1916 03 20 1917 07 20 5 ParskiD2.jpg Lieutenant-General Dmitri Parsky Parsky, Dmitri 1866 1921 20 July 1917 9 September 1917 1917 07 20 1917 09 09 6 Юзефович Яков Давыдович (1872-1929) - генерал-лейтенант.jpg Lieutenant-General Yakov Yusefovich ru Юзефович, Яков Давидович Yusefovich, Yakov 1872 1929 9 September 1917 14 November 1917 1917 09 09 1917 11 19 7 Новицкий Василий Федорович.jpg Lieutenant-General Vasily Fedorovich Novitsky Novitsky, Vasily 1869 1929 14 November 1917 22 November 1917 1917 11 14 1917 11 22 8 Guncadze DK.jpg Lieutenant-General David Guntsadze ru Гунцадзе, Давид Константинович Guntsadze, David 1861 1925 22 November 1917 29 December 1917 1917 11 22 1917 12 29 From 29 December 1917 to April 1918, the 12th Army was nominally commanded by a board of: D. K. Guntsadze S. M. Nakhimson Maxim Trakman M. G. Trakman ru Тракман, Максим Густавович 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 List of Russian armies in World War I List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units References 30em 12 Category:Military units and formations established in 1915 Category:1915 establishments in the Russian Empire Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1917