Southwestern Front (Russian Empire)

Southwestern Front Юго-Западный фронт
The headquarters staff of the Southwestern Front, 1917
Active	1914–1918
Country	Russian Empire  Ukraine
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Army group
Size	~2,000,000
Engagements	World War I Battle of Galicia Brusilov Offensive
Commanders
Notable commanders	Nikolai Ivanov Alexei Brusilov Lavr Kornilov

The Southwestern Front (Russian: Юго-Западный фронт) was an army group^[a] of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I as part of the Eastern Front war theater.

During the conflict it was responsible for managing operations along a front line that stretched 615 kilometers across Ukraine, starting from what is now southern Belarus to northern Romania. To its left side (south), there was located Romanian Front which was a joint formation of the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Romania. To its right side (north), there was located Northwestern Front which in 1915 split and Western Front was one that covered right flank of the Southwestern Front. The front was facing primarily against Austro-Hungarian Army and in few operations against Imperial German Army.

In 1917 the headquarters of the Front was located in Berdychiv and later moved west to Rivne.

It was established in August 1914 based on units of the Kiev Military District and the Odessa Military District and lasted throughout the war until the unrest caused by the Russian Revolution, at which point it was demobilized along with the rest of the Russian Army in early 1918. In total some two million troops had been under its command.^[1][2]

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