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Commander in Chief

Name: Commander in Chief – Russia factsheet records
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Russia · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

9Records

1915–1917Date range

6Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1915

Nicholas II5 September 1915

Mogilev · Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander of the Russian armed forces

Nicholas II1915

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander of the Eastern Front to hold the Caucasus against the Turks

Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich1915

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander in Chief, Caucasian Army

1917

Mikhail Vasilevich Alexeiev25 March 1917

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander in Chief by the Provisional Government

Nikolai Nikolaevich YudenichApril 1917

Warfare / World War, 1st

Dimissed by the provisional Government

Alexy Brusilov Offensive22 May 1917

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander in Chief by the provisional Government

Mikhail Vasilevich Alexeiev1 September 1917

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed as Commander in Chief, 2nd term, recalled

Leon Trotsky21 November 1917

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander in Chief

Nikolai Vasilevich Krylenko25 November 1917

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander in Chief

Names involved

Alexy Brusilov OffensiveLeon TrotskyMikhail Vasilevich AlexeievNicholas IINikolai Nikolaevich YudenichNikolai Vasilevich Krylenko

Provenance

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