<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs attention from an expert on the subject . Please add a reason or a talk parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article . When placing this tag, consider associating this request with a WikiProject . (May 2018) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs attention from an expert on the subject . Please add a reason or a talk parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article . When placing this tag, consider associating this request with a WikiProject . (May 2018) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Eastern Front </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of World War I </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 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 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 17 August 1914--3 March 1918 </Li> <Li> (3 years, 6 months and 2 weeks) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Central and Eastern Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Central Powers victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Collapse of the Russian Empire leading to the Russian Revolution </Li> <Li> Treaty of Brest - Litovsk (Ukraine), Treaty of Brest - Litovsk (Russia), Treaty of Bucharest </Li> <Li> All treaties terminated after Central Powers' defeat in the West </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> German Empire Austria - Hungary Bulgaria (1915--17) Ottoman Empire (1916--17) </Td> <Td> <P> Russian Empire (1914--17) Russian Republic (1917) Romania (1916--17) Belgium (1915--17) British Empire (1916--17) Serbia Greece </P> Soviet Russia (1918) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Paul von Hindenburg </Li> <Li> Erich Ludendorff </Li> <Li> Leopold of Bavaria </Li> <Li> Max Hoffmann </Li> <Li> Conrad von Hötzendorf </Li> <Li> Arthur Arz von Straußenburg </Li> <Li> Nikola Zhekov </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Tsar Nicholas II </Li> <Li> Grand Duke Nicholas </Li> <Li> Aleksei Brusilov </Li> <Li> Lavr Kornilov </Li> <Li> Nikolay Dukhonin </Li> <Li> Ferdinand I </Li> </Ul> Nikolai Krylenko </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1,468,811 - 2,094,953: <Ul> <Li> 1,151,153 wounded </Li> <Li> 143,818 captured </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 4,377,000: </Li> <Li> 726,000 killed </Li> <Li> 2,172,000 wounded </Li> <Li> 1,479,000 missing or captured </Li> <Li> 45,000: </Li> <Li> 10,000 captured </Li> <Li> 30,250 </Li> </Ul> Total: 5,900,000 - 6,500,000 casualties </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 9,347,000: 2,254,369 killed </Li> <Li> 3,749,000 wounded </Li> <Li> 3,343,900 captured </Li> <Li> 535,700: 335,706 dead 120,000 wounded 80,000 captured </Li> </Ul> Total: ~ 9,900,000 casualties </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 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 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Eastern Front </Th> </Tr>

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