The Imperial Russian Army was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consis
General Suvorov crossing the St. Gotthard Pass during the Italian and Swiss expedition in 1799.
Capture of a French Imperial Eagle by the Russian Imperial Guard at the Battle of Austerlitz
Russian dragoons and hussars in 1807
Russian artillerymen in 1812–1814
The Stavka of the Supreme Commander was the wartime supreme headquarters of the Russian Imperial Army in the field during World War I until the demobilization of the army in March 1918.
A meeting of the Stavka in 1916.
Emperor Nicholas II visiting the Stavka in 1915.
General Alekseyev with Prince Lvov and War Minister Guchkov at the Stavka, 1917.