6th Army (Russian Empire)
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6th Army |
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 Coat of arms of the Imperial Russian Army |
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| active | 1914 to 1918 |
| Country |
 Russian Empire
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| Armed forces |
Imperial Russian Army
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| Type | army |
| Butcher | First World War |
The 6th Army of the Russian Empire was an army during the First World War was used. The army was formed in July 1914 after Russia entered the First World War and disbanded in 1918.
history
The 6th Army operated independently at the beginning of the war and served as security in the Saint Petersburg area . It consisted of the XXII. Corps and comprised only four infantry and one reinforced cavalry division. After Romania entered the war in August 1916, AOK 6 was relocated from the northern eastern front to the Romanian theater of war and stopped with the XLVII. Army Corps the southern section in the Dobruja .
In December 1917, the 6th Army comprised the following major units:
- IV Army Corps
- VII Army Corps
- XLVII. Army Corps
- Siberian IV Army Corps
Commanders
- Konstantin Petrovich van der Flit (August 26, 1914 - June 21, 1915)
- Nikolai Vladimirovich Russky (June 30, 1915 - August 18, 1915)
- Alexei Yevgrafowitsch Tschurin (August 20, 1915 - March 20, 1916)
- Vladimir Nikolajewitsch Gorbatowski (March 20, 1916 - December 12, 1916)
- Afanassi Andrejewitsch Zurikow (December 12, 1916 - November 1917)
- Augustin Antonowitsch Peschchailo (November - December 1917)