The Russian Army 1914-1917:
Distribution of Corps to Armies.

 

(From the older guide to the Russian army archives: Tsentral’nyi Gosudarstvennyi Voenno-Istoricheskii Arkhiv SSSR. Putevoditel’. Moscow, 1979. Pages 619-35.)

 

Appendix 4: Distribution of Corps to Armies during 1914-1918. [Svedeniya o raspredelenii korpusov po armiyam v period voiny 1914-1918 gg.]

 

(Note: A gap during a corps’ record as part of one or another army means that information for that period is missing from orders of battle.)

 

 1st Guards Corps
            1 Aug. – 15 Nov. 1914                        9th Army
            Nov. – Dec. 1914                                12th Army
            17 Feb. – 8 June 1915                         12th Army
            From 21 July 1915                               3rd Army
            15 Aug. – 2 Oct. 1915                         10th Army
            From 18 Oct. 1915                              1st Army
            28 Dec. 1915 – 1 Aug. 1916                Special Army
            1 – 15 Sept. 1916                                8th Army
            1 Oct. 1916 – 18 Mar. 1917                Special Army
            18 April – 23 July 1917                        11th Army
            15 Nov. – Dec. 1917                           7th Army
 

2nd Guards Corps
            28 Dec. 1915 – 1 Aug. 1916                Special Army
            1 Sep. – 15 Sep. 1916                         8th Army
            1 Oct. 1916 – 18 Mar. 1917                Special Army
            April – 8 June 1917                              11th Army
            From 16 June 1917                              7th Army
            5 Nov. – Dec. 1917                             7th Army
 

Grenadier Corps
            1 Aug. 1914 – 3 April 1916                 4th Army
            4 April – 1 June 1916                           3rd Army
            10 June – 17 July 1916                        4th Army
            17 July – Dec. 1917                             2nd Army
 

1st Army Corps
            22 Sep. 1914 – 23 Jan. 1915               2nd Army
            17 Feb. – 24 July 1915                        12th Army
            12 Aug. 1915 – 1 Feb. 1916                1st Army
            3 Mar. – 1st May 1916                        2nd Army
            2 May – 1 June 1916                           10th Army
            From 20 June 1916                              8th Army
            27 July – 15 Sep. 1916                        Special Army
            1 Feb. – 1 Aug. 1917                           6th Army
            18 April – Dec. 1917                           1st Army

 

2nd Army Corps
            2 Aug. – 22 Oct. 1914                         2nd Army
            15 Nov. 1914 – 7 Jan. 1915                1st Army
            17 Feb. – 18 Oct. 1915                       10th Army
            1 Nov. 1915 – 22 Oct. 1916                7th Army
            22 Oct. 1916 – 16 July 1917                9th Army
 

3rd Army Corps
            2 Aug. – 10 Oct. 1914                         1st Army
            22 Oct. 1914 – 4 May 1915                10th Army
            8 June 1915 – 21 May 1916                5th Army
            1 June – 20 June 1916                          4th Army
            1 July 1916 – 1 April 1917                   3rd Army
            1 May – Dec. 1917                              10th Army
 

4th Army Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             1st Army
            22 Sept. – 15 Dec. 1914                      2nd Army
            7 Jan. – 4 May 1915                            5th Army
            8 June – 1 Sept. 1915                          2nd Army
            18 Sept. 1915 – 1 May 1915               1st Army
            21 May – 15 Sept. 1916                      5th Army
            22 Dec. 1915 – Dec. 1917                   6th Army
 

5th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 7 Jan. 1915                   5th Army
            17 June – 24 July 1915                        12th Army
            6 Aug. – 1 Sept. 1915                          10th Army
            15 Sept. 1915 – 1 June 1916               2nd Army
            1 July – 1 Aug. 1916                            11th Army
            1 Oct. 1916 – 13 Mar. 1917                Special Army
            18 April – Dec. 1917 Army                  11th Army
 

6th Army Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             2nd Army
            From 22 Sept. 1914 -                          10th Army
            22 Oct. – 15 Dec. 1914                       1st Army
            7 Jan. – 4 May 1914                            2nd Army
            8 Jun 1915 – Dec. 1917                       11th Army
 

7th Army Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             8th Army
            22 Sept. – 20 Oct. 1914                      3rd Army
            23 Jan. – 19 Aug. 1915                        8th Army
            1 Sept. 1915 – 1 Nov. 1916                11th Army
            22 Dec. 1916 – 16 July 1917               4th Army
            1 Nov. – Dec. 1917                             6th Army
 

8th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 15 Sept 1916                8th Army
            From 20 June 1916                              11th Army
            1 Oct. – 28 Oct. 1916                          Special Army
            From 1 Nov. 1916                               9th Army
            22 Dec. 1916 – Dec. 1917                   4th Army
 

9th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 21 July 1915                 3rd Army
            18 Sept. 1915 – 13 Feb. 1916             3rd Army
            8 Mar. – 3 April 1916                          4th Army
            14 April – 1 June 1916                        3rd Army
            20 June – 17 July 1916                        4th Army
            1 Aug. 1916 – Dec. 1917                    2nd Army
 

10th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 1 June 1916                  3rd Army
            20 June – 17 July 1916                        4th Army
            1 Aug. 1916 – 1 June 1917                  2nd Army
            8 June – 1 July 1917                             10th Army
            10 July – 1 Nov. 1917                          9th Army
 

11th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 23 Jan. 1915                 3rd Army
            17 Feb. 1915 – 15 Sept. 1916             9th Army
            1 Oct. 1916 – Dec. 1917                     8th Army

 

12th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 23 Jan. 1915                 8th Army
            17 Feb. – 20 April 1915                       3rd Army
            4 May – 1 Nov. 1915                          8th Army
            5 Dec. 1915 – 15 Sept. 1916               9th Army
            1 Oct. 1916 – 1 June 1917                   7th Army
            8 June – 23 July 1917                           8th Army
            10 Aug. – 15 Nov. 1917                      7th Army
 

13th Army Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             2nd Army
            15 Jan. – 1 May 1916                          12th Army
            21 June – 17 July 1916                         1st Army
            1 Aug. – 11 Nov. 1916                        12th Army
            15 Sept. 1916 – 16 July 1917              5th Army
             - through Dec. 1917                            12th Army
 

14th Army Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             4th Army
            22 Sept. – 15 Nov. 1914                     9th Army
            15 Dec. 1914 – 4 May 1915                4th Army
            8 June – 1 Sept. 1915                          3rd Army
            18 Sept. 1915 – 1 May 1916               1st Army
            21 May – 17 July 1916                        5th Army
            1 Aug. 1916 – 18 Feb. 1917                1st Army
            1 Mar. – Dec. 1917                             5th Army
 

15th Army Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             2nd Army
            From 17 Feb. 1915 -                           10th Army
            28 Feb. – 20 April 1915                      12th Army
            4 May – 8 June 1915                           3rd Army
            21 July 1915 – 1 Feb. 1916                 4th Army
            3 Mar. – 1 July 1916                            2nd Army
            1 Aug. 1916 – 1 April 1917                 1st Army
            1 May – Dec. 1917                              3rd Army
 

16th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 12 Aug. 1915                4th Army
            12 – 19 Aug. 1915                               2nd Army
            20 Aug. – 5 Oct. 1915                         4th Army
            1 Nov. 1915 – 1 June 1917                  7th Army
            8 June – Dec. 1917                              8th Army
 

17th Army Corps
            2 Aug. – 22 Sept. 1914                        5th Army
            10 Oct. – 15 Nov. 1914                       4th Army
            13 Dec. 1914 – 17 Feb. 1915              9th Army
            28 Feb. 1915 – 3 April 1916                8th Army
            1 May 1916 – 19 Aug. 1917                11th Army
            10 Nov. – Dec. 1917                           5th Army
 

18th Army Corps
            1 Aug. 1914 – 2 Feb. 1915                  9th Army
            20 April 1915 – 21 May 1916              11th Army
            20 June – 17 July 1916                         7th Army
            1 Oct. 1916 – 16 June 1917                 8th Army
            19th Aug. – Dec. 1917                         9th Army
 

19th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 7 Jan. 1915                   5th Army
            17 Feb. – 20 April 1915                       1st Army
            8 June 1916 – Dec. 1917                     5th Army
 

20th Army Corps
            2 Aug. – 10 Oct. 1914                         1st Army
            22 Oct. 1914 – 24 July 1915                10th Army
            12 Aug. – 1 Sept. 1915                        1st Army
            18 Sept. 1915 – 1 Feb. 1916               2nd Army
            13 Feb. – 3 April 1916                        10th Army
            14 April – 1 June 1916                         4th Army
            20 June 1916 – 1 April 1917                10th Army
            9 June – Dec. 1917                              3rd Army
 

21st Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 17 Feb. 1915                3rd Army
            From 4 May 1915 -                             8th Army
            12 Aug. – 1 Sept. 1915                        2nd Army
            17 Nov. 1915 – 1 July 1916                 5th Army
            1 Aug. 1916 – 23 Sept. 1917               12th Army
            20 Oct. – Dec. 1917                            1st Army
 

22nd Army Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             9th Army
            22 Sept. 1914 – 7 Jan. 1915                10th Army
            23 Jan. – 28 Feb. 1915                        8th Army
            20 April – 5 Dec. 1915                        11th Army
            28 Dec. 1915 – 10 Nov. 1917             7th Army
            22 Nov. – Dec. 1917                           Western Front
 

23rd Army Corps
            2 Aug. – 15 Nov. 1914                        2nd Army
            15 Dec. 1914 – 17 Feb. 1915              5th Army
            From 28 Feb. 1915 -                           12th Army
            24 April – 4 May 1915                        1st Army
            From 24 July 1915 -                            13th Army
            From 2 Aug. 1915 -                             3rd Army
            1 Sept. 1915 – 21 May 1916               5th Army
            From 1 June 1916 -                             11th Army
            20 June – 10 Aug. 1916                       8th Army
            1 Sept. – 15 Sept. 1916                       9th Army
            1 Oct. 1916 – Dec. 1917                     8th Army
 

24th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 23 Jan. 1915                 8th Army
            17 Feb. – 17 Nov. 1915                      3rd Army
            15 Dec. 1915 – 1 Feb. 1916                8th Army
            13 Feb. – 3 April 1916                         4th Army
            2 May – 1 Oct. 1916                           10th Army
            22 Oct. 1916 – 16 July 1917                9th Army
            10 Aug. – Dec. 1917                            4th Army
 

25th Army Corps
            2 Aug. – 22 Sept. 1914                        5th Army
            10 Oct. 1914 – 23 Jan 1915                 9th Army
            17 Feb 1915 – 3 April 1916                 4th Army
            14 April – 1 June 1916                         3rd Army
            20 June – 17 July 1916                         4th Army
            17 July – 1 Aug. 1916                          2nd Army
            27 Aug. 1916 – 16 June 1917              Special Army
            23 July – Dec. 1917                             11th Army
 

26th Army Corps
            From 22 Sept. 1914                             1st Army
            10 Oct. 1914 – 1 Aug. 1916                10th Army
            1 Sept. – 11 Sept. 1916                       Special Army
            15 Spet. 1916 – 8 Nov. 1917              9th Army
 

27th Army Corps
            From 10 Oct. 1914                              2nd Army
            17 Feb. – 1 Sept. 1915                        1st Army
            18 Sept. 1915 – 1 July 1916                2nd Army
            1 Aug. – 17 Dec. 1916                        1st Army
            1 Feb. – 16 June 1917                         12th Army
            1 July – Dec. 1917                               5th Army
 

28th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 28 Feb. 1915                11th Army
            20 April – 4 May 1915                         8th Army
            12 Aug. – 18 Aug. 1915                       5th Army
            From 19 Aug. 1915 -                           12th Army
            1 Sept. 1915 – 8 June 1917                 5th Army
            16 June – Dec. 1917                            1st Army
 

29th Army Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 28 Feb. 1915                11th Army
            From 20 April 1915 -                           3rd Army
            From 24 July 1915 -                             13th Army
            12 Aug. – 1 Sept. 1915                        3rd Army
            1 Feb. – 16 July 1917                          6th Army
            23 Sept. – Dec. 1917                           9th Army
 

30th Army Corps
            15 Nov. 1914 – 17 Jan. 1915              11th Army
            17 Feb. – 19 Aug. 1915                       9th Army
            1 Sept. 1915 – 1 July 1916                  8th Army
            1 July – 1 Nov. 1916                            Special Army
            22 Dec. – Dec. 1917                            4th Army
 

31st Army Corps
            28 Feb. – 8 June 1915                         4th Army
            From 24 July 1915 -                            13th Army
            12 Aug. 1915 – 1 April 1917               3rd Army
            18 April – Dec. 1917                           Special Army
 

32nd Army Corps
            20 June – 17 Nov. 1915                       9th Army
            5 Dec. 1915 – 21 May 1916                8th Army
            1 June 1916 – Dec. 1917                     11th Army
 

33rd Army Corps
            20 April 1915 – 1 Aug. 1916               9th Army
            1 Sept. 1916 – 16 June 1917               7th Army
            28 July – Dec. 1917                             8th Army
 

34th Army Corps
            4 May – 1 Sept. 1915                          10th Army
            18 Sept. – 17 Nov. 1915                     2nd Army
            7 Dec. 1915 – 1 Feb. 1916                  1st Army
            13 Feb. – 20 June 1916                       2nd Army
            1 July – 1 Aug. 1916                            4th Army
            27 Aug. 1916 – 1 May 1917                Special Army
            18 June – Dec. 1917                            7th Army
 

35th Army Corps
            8 June – 1 Sept. 1915                          2nd Army
            18 Oct. 1915 – 1 Feb. 1916                4th Army
            13 Feb. – 1 May 1916                         2nd Army
            21 May – 1 Nov. 1916                        4th Army
            27 Nov. 1916 – 1 Jan. 1917                2nd Army
            16 Jan. – 1 April 1917                         10th Army
            18 April – Dec. 1917                           3rd Army
 

36th Army Corps
            8 June – 21 July 1915                           2nd Army
            12 Aug. – 1 Sept. 1915                        1st Army
            18 Sept. 1915 – 1 July 1916                2nd Army
            17 July – 15 Sept. 1916                       10th Army
            22 Oct. 1916 – 16 July 1917                9th Army
            23 Sept. – Dec. 1917                           4th Army
 

37th Army Corps
            8 June – 12 Aug. 1915                          -  -  -
            12 Aug. 1915 – 1 Nov. 1916               12th Army
            12 Dec. 1916 – 1 June 1917                1st Army
            8 June – Dec. 1917                              5th Army
 

38th Army Corps
            From 24 July 1915 -                             13th Army
            12 Aug. – 1 Sept. 1915                        1st Army
            18 Sept. 1916 – Dec. 1917                  10th Army
 

39th Army Corps
            19 Aug. 1915 – 11 Sept. 1916             8th Army
            15 Sept. 1916 – Dec. 1917                  Special Army
 

40th Army Corps
            2 Oct. 1915 – 11 Sept. 1916               8th Army
            15 Sept. – 22 Oct. 1916                      Special Army
            28 Oct. 1916 – Dec. 1917                   9th Army
 

41st Army Corps
            18 Oct. 1915 – 1 Aug. 1916                9th Army
            1 Sept. 1916 – Dec. 1917                    7th Army
 

42nd Army Corps
            15 Aug. 1915 – 27 Nov. 1916             6th Army
            26 Dec. 1916 – Dec. 1917                   Northern Front, independent
 

43rd Army Corps
            12 July – 17 Nov. 1915                        6th Army
            28 Dec. 1915 – 1 Jan. 1916                 12th Army
            3 Mar. 1916 – Dec. 1917                    12th Army
 

44th Army Corps
            5 Dec. 1915 – 1 Dec. 1916                  10th Army
            1 Feb. – 1 Mar. 1917                           4th Army
            From 18 April 1917 -                           7th Army
            16 May – Dec. 1917                            Special Army
 

45th Army Corps
            1 June – 1 Dec. 1916                           11th Army
            1 Feb. – 16 June 1917                         9th Army
            23 Sept. – Dec. 1917                           5th Army
 

46th Army Corps
            3 April – 1 May 1916                           7th Army
            From 1 June 1916 -                              8th Army
            1 July 1916 – 1 April 1917                   3rd Army
            18 April – Dec. 1917                           Special Army
 

47th Army Corps
            1 – 22 Oct. 1916                                 Danube Army
            22 Dec. 1916 – Dec. 1917                   6th Army
 

48th Army Corps
            20 Dec. 1916 – 13 May 1917              9th Army
 

49th Army Corps

            19 June 1917 -                                     11th Army
            12 Nov. Dec. 1917                              12 Army
 

50th Army Corps
            16 May – Dec. 1917                            2nd Army
 

1st Caucasus Corps
            7 Jan. 1915 – Dec. 1917                      Caucasus Army
 

2nd Caucasus Corps
            2 Aug. – 22 Oct. 1914                         10th Army
            15 Nov. 1914 – 4 May 1915               1st Army
            4 May – 24 July 1915                          9th Army
            From 24 July 1915 -                             13th Army
            19 Aug. 1915 – Dec. 1917                   10th Army
 

3rd Caucasus Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             3rd Army
            15 Feb. – 28 Feb. 1915                       12th Army
            20 April 1915 – 1 Feb. 1916                3rd Army
            11 Sept. – Dec. 1917                           7th Army
 

4th Caucasus Corps
            7 Jan. – Dec. 1917                               Caucasus Army
 

5th Caucasus Corps
            From 24 July 1915                               13th Army
            12 Aug. – 2 Oct. 1915                         10th Army
            14 Nov. 1915 – 13 March 1916          7th Army
            1 May 1916 – Dec. 1917                     Caucasus Army
 

6th Caucasus Corps
            1 Sept. 1916 – Dec. 1917                    Caucasus Army
 

7th Caucasus Corps
            1 May – Dec. 1917                              Caucasus Army
 

1st Siberian Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             10th Army
            From 22 Sept. 1914 -                          2nd Army
            10 Oct. – 15 Nov. 1914                       5th Army
            15 Dec. 1914 – 21 July 1915               1st Army
            12 Aug. – 1 Sept. 1915                        2nd Army
            18 Sept. 1915 – 1 Feb. 1916               1st Army
            13 Feb. – 1 July 1916                          2nd Army
            From 17 Feb. 1916 -                           Special Army
            From 1 Aug. 1916 -                             3rd Army
            27 Aug. – Dec. 1917                           10th Army
 

2nd Siberian Corps
            From 2 Aug. 1914 -                             10th Army
            From 7 Feb. 1915 -                             12th Army
            21 July – 12 Aug. 1915                        3rd Army
            12 Aug. 1915 - 13 Feb. 1916              12th Army
            From 14 Feb. 1916 -                           2nd Army
            23 Mar. – 3 April 1916                        5th Army
            21 May – 1 July 1916                          1st Army
            1 July 1916 – Dec. 1917                      12th Army
 

3rd Siberian Corps
            2 Aug. 1914 – 1 Feb. 1916                  10th Army
            14 April – 1 Sept. 1916                        4th Army
            27 Nov. 1916 – Dec. 1917                  2nd Army
 

4th Siberian Corps
            23 Jan. – 24 July 1915                         12th Army
            12 Aug. 1915 – 20 June 1916              2nd Army
            10 – 17 July 1916                                3rd Army
            1 – 11 Sept. 1916                                8th Army
            22 Dec. 1916 – Dec. 1917                   6th Army
 

5th Siberian Corps
            22 Oct. 1914 – 23 Jan. 1915               1st Army
            17 Feb. – 1 Sept. 1915                        2nd Army
            18 Sept. 1915 – 1 Feb. 1916               4th Army
            From 3 Mar. 1916                               12th Army
            8 April – 1 May 1916                           6th Army
            From 20 June 1916 -                            8th Army
            1 July 1916 – Dec. 1917                      11th Army
 

6th Siberian Corps
            22 Dec. 1914 – 7 Jan. 1915                 1st Army
            17 Feb. – 8 June 1915                         2nd Army
            21 June – 1 Sept. 1915                        4th Army
            From 18 Sept. 1915 -                          2nd Army
            From 2 Oct. 1915 -                              1st Army
            18 Oct. 1915 – Dec. 1917                   12 Army
 

7th Siberian Corps
            From 12 Aug. 1915 -                           5th Army
            12 Aug. 1915 – 1 Aug. 1916                12th Army
            1 Sept. 1916 – Dec. 1917                    7th Army
 

1st Turkestan Corps
            2 Aug. – 22 Sept. 1914                        10th Army
            From 22 Oct. 1914 -                            1st Army
            From 23 Jan. 1915                               12th Army
            17 Feb. – 21 July 1915                        1st Army
            12 Aug. – 1 Sept. 1915                        2nd Army
            18 Sept. 1915 – 3 Apr. 1916               4th Army
            14 April – 1 Aug. 1916                        3rd Army
            27 Aug. 1916 – Dec. 1917                   Special Army
 

2nd Turkestan Corps
            7 Jan. 1915 – Dec. 1917                      Caucasus Army
 

Guards Cavalry Corps
            3 April 1916 – 28 July 1917                 Special Army
            23 Sept. – Dec. 1917                           11th Army
 

1st Cavalry Corps
            From 23 Jan. 1915 -                            12th Army
            From 20 April 1915 -                           1st Army
            12 Aug. – 1 Sept. 1915                        2nd Army
            1 Nov. 1915 – 1 May 1916                 1st Army
            21 May 1916 – Dec. 1917                   5th Army
 

2nd Cavalry Corps
            17 Feb. – 17 Nov. 1915                      9th Army
            1 Feb. 1916 – 16 June 1917                7th Army
            23 July – Dec. 1917                             8th Army
 

3rd Cavalry Corps
            10 Oct. 1914 – 7 Jan. 1915                 4th Army
            20 April – 17 Nov. 1915                      9th Army
            From 22 Dec. 1915 -                           6th Army
            1 Feb. – 16 July 1917                          4th Army
            From 23 July 1917 -                             11th Army
            22 Oct. 1917 -                                     1st Army
 

4th Cavalry Corps
            From 8 June 1915 -                              4th Army
            12 Aug. 1915 – 1 April 1916               3rd Army
            1 June – 10 July 1916                           8th Army
            10 July 1916 – 1 April 1917                 3rd Army
            18 April – 16 Nov. 1917                      Special Army
 

5th Cavalry Corps
            1 Sept. 1915 – 15 Oct. 1916                8th Army
            20 Oct. 1916 – 8 June 1917                 9th Army
            From 16 June 1917 -                            7th Army
            23 July – 18 Oct. 1917                        11th Army
            1 Nov. – 1 Dec. 1917                          7th Army
 

6th Cavalry Corps
            7 Dec. 1915 – 1 May 1916                  5th Army
            21 May – 1 July 1916                          1st Army
            1 July – 15 Sept. 1916                         12th Army
            From 28 Oct. 1916                              Danube Army
            22 Dec. 1916 – 16 July 1917               6th Army
            From 23 Sept. 1917                             9th Army
 

7th Cavalry Corps
            From 13 Feb. 1916 -                           1st Army
            3 Mar. – 1 June 1916                           2nd Army
            1 June – 20 June 1916                          10th Army
            20 June – 1 Nov. 1916                         2nd Army
            1 Dec. 1916 – 23 July 1917                 11th Army
            23 Sept. – Dec. 1917                           Special Army
 

Composite Cavalry Corps
            12 Aug. – 18 Oct. 1915                       8th Army
 

1st Caucasus Cavalry Corps
            1 Aug. 1916 – Dec. 1917                     Caucasus Army
 

2nd Caucasus Cavalry Corps
            1 Aug. 1916 – 1 Feb. 1917                  Caucasus Army

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