8th Army (Russian Empire)

8th Army
Brusilov Aleksei A. and Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia. 1915.
ActiveJuly 1914 – beginning of 1918
Country Russian Empire
Russian Empire Russian Republic
BranchRussian Empire Imperial Russian Army
TypeField army
Field HQKiev
EngagementsWorld War I
Eastern Front
Romanian Campaign
Commanders
Notable
commanders
General Aleksei Brusilov
General Lavr Kornilov

The Russian Eight Army (8-я армия, ) was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.

Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the Kiev Military District. The unit was disbanded in the beginning of 1918. At the beginning of the war the 8th Army was composed of the VII, VIII, XII, XXIV Army Corps.


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