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Russian Caucusus Army Росси́йская Кавказскaя армия
Soldiers of the Russian Caucasus Army in the forests of Sarikamish.
Active	1914-1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Field Army
Engagements	Caucasus Campaign
Commanders
Notable commanders	General Yudenich Count Vorontsov-Dashkov General Myshlaevsky

The Russian Caucasus Army (Russian: Росси́йская Кавказскaя армия ) of World War I was the Russian field army that fought at the Caucasus Front. The Army was engaged at Caucasus Campaign and Persian Campaign. It was under the nominal command of the Governor General of the Caucasus Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov at the start of hostilities^[1].

Due to the defeats at the Battle of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes, the Russians redeployed almost half their forces to the Prussian front, leaving behind just 65,000 troops from initial 100,000 to face the Ottoman army ^[1] .

Order of Battle, 1914

Russian Caucasus Army had 100 battalions of infantry, 117 sotnis (cavalry squadrons), and 256 guns for a total of 100,000 troops in the following formations^[1] :

• I Caucasian Army Corps: General Bergmann
  • 2 infantry divisions
  • 2 cossack rifle brigades
  • 1st Caucasian Cossack division: General Baratov
• II Turkistan Army Corps
  • 4 brigades

Commanders

Command	Name	ExO (Caucasus Army)	Period
Viceroyalty of the Caucasus	Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov	Aleksandr Zakharevich Myshlayevsky	? - January 1915
Viceroyalty of the Caucasus	Nicholas Nikolaevich	Nikolai Yudenich	January 1915 - May 1917
Transcaucasian Commissariat	Vasily Kharlamov	Ilia Odishelidze	May 1917 - 1918

Notable Senior Officers

• Georgian Ilia Odishelidze
• Russian Theodore G. Chernozubov
• Armenian Tovmas Nazarbekian
• Armenian Movses Silikyan

Notable Officers

• Armenian Hovhannes Bagramyan

References

See also

• Cossacks
• Armenian volunteer units