1st Army (RSFSR)

1st Army
Active	March - May 1918 19 June 1918 - January 1921.
Country	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Branch	Red Army
Part of	Eastern Front (RSFSR) (1918-1919) Turkestan Front (1919-1921).
Seat of the Mobilization Department	Saransk
Engagements	Russian Civil War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Mikhail Tukhachevsky; Hayk Bzhishkyan; Georgy Zinoviev; Pavel Zakharov; Joseph Blazevich

The 1st Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. The 1st Army was formed twice. The first formation was between the beginning of March 1918 and May as a reaction to the Austro-German occupation of Ukraine. The second formation was created on June 19, 1918, as a part of the Eastern Front and from August 15, 1919 as a part of the Turkestan Front. The Army was disbanded in January 1921.