The 11th Army of the Worker's and Peasant's Red Army (RKKA) was a unit of the then newly created Russian Red Army. It was deployed by the Bolsheviks in October 1918 as a subdivision of the Southern Front. In February 1919 it was dissolved and was again deployed in March 1919 as a subdivision of the Caspian-Caucasian Front. Image File history File links Red_Army_in_Tiflis;_Feb_25_1921. ... View of Tiflis from the Grounds of Saint David Church, ca. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Leaders of the MRNC. The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (MRNC; also incorrectly referred to as the Mountaineers Republic of the Northern Caucasus) (1917-1920) was a short-lived state situated in the Northern Caucasus, now forming the republics of Chechenya, Ingushetia and Dagestan of the Russian Federation. ... Red Army flag The Workers and Peasants Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA or usually simply the Red Army) were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that in 1922 became the army of the Soviet Union. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... A Front (фронт) was a major military organization in the Soviet Army, roughly equivalent to an army or army group in British or American military terminology. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

During the Russian Civil War it fought against the White troops of General Anton Denikin's Volunteer Army in the western part of the North Caucasus. In April 1920 it entered into Azerbaijan, in May 1920 into Iran, Armenia in December 1920 and finally invading Georgia in February 1921. In May 1921 the army lost its name and was integrated into the Caucasian Front. Combatants Red Army (Bolsheviks) White Army (Monarchists, SRs, Anti-Communists) Green Army (Peasants and Nationalists) Black Army (Anarchists) Commanders Leon Trotsky Mikhail Tukhachevsky Semyon Budyonny Lavr Kornilov, Alexander Kolchak, Anton Denikin, Pyotr Wrangel Alexander Antonov, Nikifor Grigoriev Nestor Makhno Strength 5,427,273 (peak) +1,000,000 Casualties 939,755... White Army redirects here. ... Anton Denikin on the day of his resignation in 1920 Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин) (December 16, 1872 - August 8, 1947) was a Russian army officer before and during... The Volunteer Army (Добровольческая армия in Russian, or Dobrovolcheskaya armiya) was a counterrevolutionary army in South Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. ... North Caucasus in Russia The North Caucasus (sometimes referred to as Ciscaucasia or Ciscaucasus) is the northern part of the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ...

The military leaders of the 11th Army were in 1921: V.P. Raspopov, J.P. Butyagin, M.I. Vasilenko, M.K. Levandovski and A.I. Gekker. Military decisions were supervised by the Army's Council of War. Its members were in 1921: Sergey Kirov, Valerian Kuybyshev, J.P. Butyagin, K.A. Mekhonoshin, Sokolov, J.I. Vesnik, Lukin, B.D. Mikhailov, Kvirkeliya, S.S. Eliava, J.I. Vesnik and P.I. Kushner. Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Anatoli Ilyich Gekker (Russian: ) (August 25, 1888 – July 1, 1937) was a Soviet military commander involved in the Russian Civil War. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Sergey Kirov Sergey Mironovich Kirov (Russian: ) (March 27 [O.S. March 15] 1886 – December 1, 1934) had a high Bolshevik rank. ... Valerian Vladimirovich Kuybyshev (also Kuibyshev; Russian: Валериан Владимирович Куйбышев); Born: Omsk, 6 June, (O.S. 25 May) 1888; Died: Moscow, 25 January 1935) was a Russian revolutionist, a Red Army military commander during the Russian Civil War, and then a prominent Soviet politician. ...

In 1939 a new 11th Army was deployed in the Baltic Special Military District. It participated in military operations as part of the Soviet North-Western Front west and south-western of Kaunas and Vilnius. In 1942 and 1943 it participated in attacks against the Wehrmacht near Solzy and Starya Rusa and in the Dmyansk Operation. In summer and fall 1943 it was part of the Western and Bryansk Front, fought in the Battle of Kursk. In December 1943 the 11th Army was dissolved, with the military personnel being integrated into other Soviet armies. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... The Baltic Military District was a military district of the Soviet armed forces, formed briefly before the German invasion, and then reformed after World War II and disbanded after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. ... The North-Western Front was a military formation of the Red Army during World War II. It was created on June 22, 1941, the first day of the Soviet-German War on the basis of the Baltic Special Military District. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Kaunas County Municipality Kaunas city municipality Coordinates Number of elderates 11 General Information Capital of Kaunas County Kaunas city municipality Kaunas district municipality Population 361,274 in 2005 (2nd) First mentioned 1361 Granted city rights 1408 Kaunas ( (help· info), approximate English transcription [ˈkəʊ.n... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Vilnius County Municipality Vilnius city municipality Coordinates Number of elderates 20 General Information Capital of Lithuania Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality Vilnius district municipality Population About 600,000 in 2006 (1st) First mentioned 1323 Granted city rights 1387 Not to be confused with Vilnius... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Combatants Germany Soviet Union Commanders Erich von Manstein Hans von Kluge Hermann Hoth Walther Model Georgiy Zhukov Konstantin Rokossovskiy Nikolay Vatutin Ivan Konyev Strength 2,700 tanks 800,000 infantry, 2,000 aircraft 3,600 tanks 1,300,000 infantry, 2,400 aircraft Casualties German Kursk : 50,000 dead, wounded...

The commanders of the 11th Army that was deplayed in 1939 were W. I. Morosov, P. A. Kurtoshkin, A. I. Lopatin and I. I. Fedyuninski. Pavel Kurochkin commanded the 11th Army from November 1942 to March 1943 for a period, which also included time in command of the 34th Army.

See also

• Red Army invasion of Georgia

Combatants •  Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic •  Republic of Turkey •  Georgian SSR •  Democratic Republic of Georgia Commanders •  Anatoli Gekker • Mikhail Velikanov • Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze •  Kazım Karabekir • Giorgi Kvinitadze • Giorgi Mazniashvili • Valiko Jugheli Strength ~50,000 (Red Army) ~35,000 Casualties Unknown, dead estimated at 5,500 Soviet soldiers Unknown, dead estimated...

External links

• (German) History of the 11th Soviet Red Army