Special Army

{{Short description|World War I Russian field army}} {{refimprove|date=August 2025}} The '''Russian Special Army''' was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Eastern Front - 1917: The Russian Revolution {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Eastern-Front-World-War-I-history/1917-The-Russian-Revolution |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":0" />

==Composition==

At the end of 1917 the army consisted of: * 31st Army Corps * 39th Army Corps * 44th Army Corps * XLVI Corps * I Turkestan Army Corps * IV Cavalry Corps * VII Cavalry Corps

==Deployment==

*Western Front (August–September 1916)<ref name=":0" /> *Southwestern Front (September–November 1916) *Western Front (November 1916 – July 1917) *Southwestern Front (July 1917 – early 1918)

== Commanders ==

The commanders of the Army were: * 14.08.1916 – 10.11.1916 - General of Cavalry Vasily Gurko * 10.11.1916 – 17.02.1917 - General of Infantry Pyotr Baluyev * 17.02.1917 – 31.03.1917 - General of Cavalry Vasily Gurko * 02.04.1917 – 09.07.1917 - General of Infantry Pyotr Baluyev * 12.07.1917 – 29.08.1917 - General of Cavalry Ivan Erdélyi * 29.08.1917 – 14.09.1917 - Acting Major General Vasily Sarychev * 14.09.1917 – 20.11.1917 - General of Infantry Stepan Stelnitsky * 11.1917 - Acting Colonel Alexander Ilyich Yegorov * 20.11.1917 – 13.12.1917 - Lieutenant General Theodore Rerberg * 13.12.1917 – 19.12.1917 - Lieutenant General Alex Kushakevich * 12.19.1917 – 03.1918 - Colonel Vladimir Yegoryev

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Russian Empire Ground Forces}} Category:Field armies of Russia in World War I Category:Military units and formations established in 1916 Category:1916 establishments in the Russian Empire Category:Military units and formations established in 1918