Imperial Russian Army

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army land warfare force

The Imperial Russian Army was the land warfare force of the Russian Empire, active until the 1917 Revolution and known for its vast size, multinational composition, and major role in European conflicts such as the Napoleonic Wars and World War I.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Russian Imperial Army 5
Armed Forces of the Russian Empire 1
Armed forces of the Russian Empire 1

Statements (88)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
land warfare force ⓘ
allowedReligion Catholicism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
surface form: Russian Imperial Army
composition Armenians ⓘ
Baltic Germans ⓘ
Central Asian peoples ⓘ
Finns ⓘ
Georgians ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
Ukrainians ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
disintegratedDuring Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: February Revolution

Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: October Revolution
dissolvedFollowing Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
endTime 1917 ⓘ
engagedIn Boxer Rebellion ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ
Balkan Wars ⓘ
surface form: First Balkan War (as ally and observer in region)

French invasion of Russia ⓘ
1848 revolutions ⓘ
surface form: Hungarian Revolution of 1848

Kościuszko Uprising ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
November Uprising ⓘ
Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ
Polish–Russian War (1792) ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Russo-Turkish Wars ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
followedBy Red Army ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
garrison St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
hadBranch Cossack troops ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
headquartersLocation St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
influencedBy French military doctrine ⓘ
Prussian military reforms ⓘ
legacy influenced White movement forces in Russian Civil War ⓘ
precursor of Soviet Red Army structures ⓘ
loyalty Emperor of All the Russias ⓘ
surface form: Tsar of All the Russias
notableBattle Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
Battle of Borodino ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
Battle of Mukden ⓘ
Brusilov Offensive ⓘ
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) ⓘ
notableCommander Aleksey Brusilov ⓘ
Alexander Suvorov ⓘ
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich ⓘ
Ivan Paskevich ⓘ
Mikhail Barclay de Tolly ⓘ
Mikhail Kutuzov ⓘ
Nikolai Yudenich ⓘ
Pyotr Bagration ⓘ
notableFor large conscript army ⓘ
multinational composition ⓘ
role in European balance of power ⓘ
partOf Imperial Russian Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Armed forces of the Russian Empire
precededBy Muscovite army ⓘ
Streltsy ⓘ
problems inadequate equipment in World War I ⓘ
logistical difficulties ⓘ
shortage of officers ⓘ
recruitment conscription ⓘ
long-term service ⓘ
religion predominantly Eastern Orthodox ⓘ
sizeAtPeak over 12 million personnel ⓘ
startTime 1721 ⓘ
subordinateTo Nicholas I of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Emperor of Russia

War Ministry of the Russian Empire ⓘ
symbol Imperial double-headed eagle of Russia ⓘ
surface form: double-headed eagle of the Russian Empire
trainingDoctrine emphasis on massed infantry formations ⓘ
limited emphasis on modern small-unit tactics by early 20th century ⓘ
usedEquipment Berdan rifle ⓘ
Maxim machine gun ⓘ
Mosin–Nagant rifle ⓘ
field artillery ⓘ
horse cavalry ⓘ
usedLanguage Russian ⓘ
usedScript Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet armed forces → precededBy → Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
Battle of Kay → primaryOpponentOf → Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian army
War Ministry of the Russian Empire → responsibleFor → Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
Mikhail Tukhachevsky → servedIn → Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
Lavr Kornilov → sideInConflict → Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
Berdan rifle → usedBy → Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
Gatling guns → usedBy → Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Gatling gun
Mosin–Nagant rifle → usedBy → Imperial Russian Army ⓘ