Caucasus Front (Russian Republic)
The Caucasus Front (Russian: Кавказский фронт) was a major formation of the army of the Russian Republic (the successor to the Imperial Russian Army) during the First World War. (Note that the Russian term "Front" can designate a particular type of military formation.) It was established in April 1917 by reorganization of the Russian Caucasus Army and formally ceased to exist in March 1918.
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