Eastern Front (WWI)

Eastern Front

Clockwise from top left: soldiers stationed in the Carpathian Mountains, 1915; German soldiers in Kiev, March 1918; the Russian ship Slava, October 1917; Russian infantry, 1914; Romanian infantry.

Date

17 August 1914 – 3 March 1918
(3 years, 6 months and 2 weeks)

Location

Central, Eastern, & Southeastern Europe

Result

Central Powers victory

Collapse of the Russian Empire leading to the Russian Revolution
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Ukraine), Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Russia), Treaty of Bucharest
All treaties terminated after Central Power defeat in the West

Belligerents

German Empire

Austria-Hungary

Kingdom of Bulgaria (1916–17)

Ottoman Empire (1916–17)

Russian Empire (1914–17)
Russian Republic (1917)
Kingdom of Romania (1916–17)
Supported by:
United Kingdom
Belgium

Russian SFSR (1918)

Commanders and leaders

Nikolai Krylenko

Casualties and losses

1,468,811:
- 173,858 dead
- 1,151,153 wounded
- 143,818 missing/captured
4,377,000:
726,000 killed
2,172,000 wounded
1,479,000 missing or captured
45,000:
10,000 captured
30,250

Total:
~5,900,000 casualties

9,347,000:
2,254,369 killed
3,749,000 wounded
3,343,900 captured
535,700:
335,706 dead
120,000 wounded
80,000 captured

Total:
~9,900,000 casualties

Civilian Deaths:
2,000,000+
Russia:
410,000 died due to military action
730,000 died of war-related causes
Kingdom of Romania:
130,000 died due to military action
200,000 died of war-related causes
Austria-Hungary:
120,000 civilians died due to military action
467,000 civilians died of war-related causes

Central Powers victory

Russian Empire (1914–17)
Russian Republic (1917)
Kingdom of Romania (1916–17)
Supported by:
United Kingdom
Belgium

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