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Northern Front Северный фронт
The headquarters staff of the Northern Front, with General Nikolai Ruzsky in the center, 1917
Active	1915–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Type	Army group
Size	~1,400,000
Engagements	World War I Battle of Galicia Brusilov Offensive
Commanders
Notable commanders	Nikolai Ruzsky Alexei Kuropatkin

The Northern Front (Russian: Северный фронт) was an army group of the Imperial Russian Army during the World War I. It was responsible for carrying out operations against the Central Powers along a front line that stretched 280 kilometers, from Riga in the north down to northern Belarus. It was established in August 1915 when the Northwestern Front was split into the Northern and Western Front following the Great Retreat, and existed until the demobilization of the Russian army in 1918 due to the unrest from the Russian Revolution. In 1917 it had a total troop strength of 1.4 million men.

Armies of the Northern Front

The following field armies were part of the Northern Front.

• 5th Army (Aug. 1915 – early 1918)
• 6th Army (Aug, 1915 – Dec. 1916)
• 12th Army (Aug. 1915 – early 1918)
• 1st Army (Apr. 1916 – Jul. 1917, Sept. 1917 – early 1918)

Commanders of the Northern Front

The following officers served as commanders of the Northern Front.

• 18 Aug. 1915 – 6 Dec. 1915: General of Infantry Nikolai Ruzsky
• 6 Dec. 1915 – 6 Feb. 1916: General of Infantry Pavel Plehve
• 6 Feb. 1916 – 22 Jul. 1916: General of Infantry Aleksey Kuropatkin
• 1 Aug. 1916 – 25 Apr. 1917: General of Infantry Nikolai Ruzsky
• 29 Apr. 1917 – 1 Jun. 1917: General of Cavalry Abraham Dragomirov
• 1 Jun. 1917 – 29 Aug. 1917: General of Infantry Vladislav Klembovsky
• 29 Aug. 1917 – 9 Sept. 1917: Major-General Mikhail Bonch-Bruevich
• 9 Sept. 1917 – 14 Nov. 1917: General of Infantry Vladimir Cheremisov
• 14 Nov. 1917 – 22 Nov. 1917: Major-General Sergei Lukirsky
• 22 Nov. 1917– 12 Dec. 1917: Lieutenant-General Vasily Fedorovich Novitsky

References

1. ^ Северный фронт (in Russian). Ria1914.info. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

Notes

1. A "front" is the Russian equivalent of an army group, not to be confused with a geographic theater of operations.

See also

• List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units
• Northern Front electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

v t e Ground forces of the Russian Empire during World War I
Senior administration	Imperial Main Headquarters Stavka of the Supreme Commander Ministry of War
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• Military units and formations established in 1915
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