Russian Caucasus Army

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The Russian Caucasus Army was an Imperial Russian military formation responsible for conducting campaigns and operations in the Caucasus region, particularly against the Ottoman Empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Russian Army formation
field army
activePeriod 19th century
early 20th century
allegiance Tsar of Russia NERFINISHED
areaOfResponsibility Caucasus Military District NERFINISHED
conflict Caucasian War NERFINISHED
Caucasus Campaign of World War I NERFINISHED
Crimean War
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) NERFINISHED
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) NERFINISHED
World War I
country Russian Empire
disbandedFollowing Russian Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED
engagedIn border defense
mountain warfare
engagement Battle of Erzurum (1916) NERFINISHED
Battle of Kars (1877) NERFINISHED
Battle of Sarikamish NERFINISHED
frontNameInWorldWarI Caucasus Front NERFINISHED
garrisonLocation Tiflis NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Tiflis NERFINISHED
includedForces Cossack units
artillery
cavalry
infantry
languageOfCommand Russian
notableCommander Aleksey Yermolov NERFINISHED
Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov NERFINISHED
Mikhail Vorontsov NERFINISHED
Nikolay Yudenich NERFINISHED
operatedIn Caucasus region NERFINISHED
Transcaucasia NERFINISHED
opponent Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Third Army NERFINISHED
partOf Imperial Russian Army NERFINISHED
primaryAdversaryInRegion Ottoman forces in Eastern Anatolia
role defense of the Caucasus frontier
offensive operations against the Ottoman Empire
strategicObjective control of the Caucasus passes
expansion of Russian influence in the Near East
successor Red Army units in the Caucasus
forces of the Transcaucasian Commissariat
theaterOfOperations Caucasus Front NERFINISHED
typeOfUnit multi-ethnic army formation
usedBy Russian Empire NERFINISHED

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Siege of Kars attackingForce Russian Caucasus Army
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of South Russia hasAuthorityOver Russian Caucasus Army
this entity surface form: Caucasus Army
Persian campaign involved Russian Caucasus Army
Erzurum offensive involvedMilitaryUnit Russian Caucasus Army
Trabzon campaign combatant Russian Caucasus Army
Caucasus Front opponent Russian Caucasus Army