Caucasus Front of World War I

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The Caucasus Front of World War I was the eastern theater of the conflict between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, characterized by harsh mountain warfare across the Caucasus region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military front
theater of war
belligerent Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
causeOf civilian displacement in the Caucasus
characteristic harsh winter conditions
logistical difficulties
mountain warfare
commandedBy Enver Pasha NERFINISHED
Mahmut Kamil Pasha NERFINISHED
Nikolai Yudenich NERFINISHED
Vehip Pasha NERFINISHED
conflict World War I
endTime 1918
frontLineLength hundreds of kilometers
involvedEthnicGroup Armenians NERFINISHED
Azerbaijanis NERFINISHED
Georgians
Kurds NERFINISHED
Russians NERFINISHED
Turks NERFINISHED
languageOfSources Armenian
Russian
Turkish
location Caucasus region NERFINISHED
Eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED
Transcaucasia NERFINISHED
notableBattle Battle of Bitlis (1916) NERFINISHED
Battle of Erzurum (1916) NERFINISHED
Battle of Koprukoy NERFINISHED
Battle of Sarikamish NERFINISHED
Erzincan Offensive NERFINISHED
Trabzon Campaign NERFINISHED
opponent Caucasus Army (Russian Empire) NERFINISHED
Ottoman Third Army NERFINISHED
partOf Eastern Front of World War I NERFINISHED
primaryObjective control of Eastern Anatolia
security of Russian Transcaucasia
relatedEvent Armenian Genocide NERFINISHED
relatedTo Gallipoli Campaign NERFINISHED
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I NERFINISHED
Persian Campaign (World War I) NERFINISHED
result Ottoman recapture of territories after Russian withdrawal
Russian advances into Eastern Anatolia (1915–1916)
startTime 1914
terrain deep snow and glaciers
high mountain ranges

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Battle of Bayandir theatreOfWar Caucasus Front of World War I
Treaty of Batum (1918) subject Caucasus Front of World War I
this entity surface form: Caucasus campaign of World War I
Turkish–Armenian War (1920) precededBy Caucasus Front of World War I
this entity surface form: Caucasus Campaign of World War I
Georgian–Azerbaijani border conflicts relatedTo Caucasus Front of World War I
this entity surface form: Caucasus Campaign of World War I
Muş historicalEvent Caucasus Front of World War I
this entity surface form: World War I Eastern Front operations
Erzurum offensive theaterOfWar Caucasus Front of World War I
this entity surface form: Caucasus theater of World War I
Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus conflict Caucasus Front of World War I
this entity surface form: Caucasus Campaign of World War I