Russian Caucasus Army

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The Russian Caucasus Army was an Imperial Russian military formation responsible for conducting campaigns and operations in the Caucasus region, particularly against the Ottoman Empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Russian Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
activePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
allegiance Tsar of Russia ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility Caucasus Military District ⓘ
conflict Caucasian War ⓘ
Caucasus Campaign of World War I ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
disbandedFollowing Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
engagedIn border defense ⓘ
mountain warfare ⓘ
engagement Battle of Erzurum (1916) ⓘ
Battle of Kars (1877) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Kars

Battle of Sarikamish ⓘ
frontNameInWorldWarI Caucasus Front ⓘ
garrisonLocation Tiflis ⓘ
linked to: Tbilisi
headquartersLocation Tiflis ⓘ
linked to: Tbilisi
includedForces Cossack units ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
languageOfCommand Russian ⓘ
notableCommander Aleksey Yermolov ⓘ
Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov ⓘ
Mikhail Vorontsov ⓘ
Nikolay Yudenich ⓘ
linked to: Nikolai Yudenich
operatedIn Caucasus region ⓘ
Transcaucasia ⓘ
linked to: South Caucasus
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Third Army ⓘ
partOf Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
primaryAdversaryInRegion Ottoman forces in Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
role defense of the Caucasus frontier ⓘ
offensive operations against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
strategicObjective control of the Caucasus passes ⓘ
expansion of Russian influence in the Near East ⓘ
successor Red Army units in the Caucasus ⓘ
forces of the Transcaucasian Commissariat ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Caucasus Front ⓘ
typeOfUnit multi-ethnic army formation ⓘ
usedBy Russian Empire ⓘ

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Siege of Kars → attackingForce → Russian Caucasus Army ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of South Russia → hasAuthorityOver → Caucasus Army ⓘ
linked to: Russian Caucasus Army
Persian campaign → involved → Russian Caucasus Army ⓘ
Erzurum offensive → involvedMilitaryUnit → Russian Caucasus Army ⓘ
Trabzon campaign → combatant → Russian Caucasus Army ⓘ
Caucasus Front → opponent → Russian Caucasus Army ⓘ
Russian Empire in the Caucasus → governedBy → Caucasus Army ⓘ
linked to: Russian Caucasus Army
Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878) → conflictSide → Caucasus Army of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Russian Caucasus Army
Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky → militaryUnit → Caucasus Army ⓘ
linked to: Russian Caucasus Army
Caucasus front → opponent → Russian Caucasus Army ⓘ
Caucasus front → theaterOfOperationsFor → Russian Caucasus Army ⓘ
Caucasus Front of World War I → opponent → Caucasus Army (Russian Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Russian Caucasus Army
White armies in the South → hasPart → Caucasus Army ⓘ
linked to: Russian Caucasus Army
Battle of Lankaran → involvedUnit (Russian Empire) → Caucasus Corps ⓘ
linked to: Russian Caucasus Army
World War I in Persia → hasParticipant → Russian Caucasus Army ⓘ
Battle of Aslanduz → involvedUnit → Russian Caucasus Corps ⓘ
linked to: Russian Caucasus Army