The Russian Fifth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front.
Action The 5th Army saw action at the Battle of Rawa, (3–11 September 1914). Under the command of General Pavel Plehve, they advanced into a forty-mile gap in the Austrian line between the Austrian First and Fourth armies. The Austrian chief of staff, General Franz Conrad, ordered a general retreat: the Austrians fell back over one hundred miles and lost 350,000 men. The Germans then moved troops from the Prussian front to stop a potential Austrian collapse.Rickard, J. (23 February 2001), Battle of Rava Ruska, 3-11 September 1914 accessed 10 September 2010
Deployment Southwestern Front (July – September 1914) Northwestern Front (September 1914 – August 1915) Northern Front (August 1915 – early 1918)
Rank Commander Period(S) General of Cavalry Pavel Plehve 19.07.1914 – 14.01.1915; 8.06.1915 – 6.12.1915; General of Infantry Aleksey Czurin 14.01.1915 – 8.06.1915 General of Infantry Vladislav Klembovsky 6.12.1915 – 30.01.1916 General of Infantry Aleksey Kuropatkin 30.01.1916 – 6.02.1916 General of Cavalry Vasily Gurko 21.02.1916 – 4.08.1916 General of Infantry Władimir Slusarienko acting temporarily in August 1916 General of Cavalry Abram Dragomirov 14.08.1916 – 27.04.1917 General of Infantry Yuri Danilov 29.04.1917 – 9.09.1917 Lieutenant General Vasily Boldyrev 09.09.1917 – 13.11.1917 Lieutenant General Panteleimon Sukhanov 13.11.1917 – 01.01.1918 Major General Arthur Zulf 01.1918
See also List of Russian armies in World War I List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units
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