Second Western Army

The '''Second Western Army''' was created during 1810 as part of the reform of the Imperial Russian Army as a whole and was intended to defend the central western region of the Russian border with Poland (Duchy of Warsaw) to the Austrian border during the expected French invasion of Russia.

==Commanders==

Commander-in-Chief General of the Infantry Prince P.I. Bagration

Chief of Staff{{snd}}Major General Graf E.F. de Saint-Priest

General-quartermaster{{snd}}Major General M.S. Vistitskiy 2nd

Duty General{{snd}}Fligel-adjutant Colonel S.N. Marin

Chief of Artillery{{snd}}Major General Baron K.F. Levenshtern

Chief of Engineers{{snd}}Major General E.Kh. Ferster * 7th Infantry Corps{{snd}}Lieutenant General N.N. Raevsky * 8th Infantry Corps{{snd}}Lieutenant General M.M. Borozdin * 4th Cavalry Corps{{snd}}Major General Graf K.K. Sivers

==Order==

The total strength of the army was 46 infantry battalions, 52 cavalry squadrons, 9 Cossack regiments, and 180 cannon. The Second Western Army had approximately 45,000−49,423 men, and during the time of June-July, 1812, according to generals Barclay de Tolly, Bagration and Tormasov, was positioned along a 50-mile long front near the areas of Volkovysk and Belostok (now Białystok).<ref>{{cite web|last=Mikaberidze|first=Alexander|title=Russian Army in 1812|url=https://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_west.html|work=The Napoleon Series|publisher=Robert Burnham}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_mogilev.html|title=Battle of Mogilev, 23 July 1812}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://russianarmedforces1700-1917.blogspot.de/2015/05/the-battle-of-saltanovka-mogilev.html|title = Russian Armed Forces 1700-1917: The Battle of Saltanovka (Mogilev)|date = 26 May 2015}}</ref>

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Category:Armies of the Russian Empire Category:Military units and formations established in 1810