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The deployment includes four dedicated combat corps operating at the front, with a crucial strategic element in the form of two additional Guard Corps specifically drawn from the Petersburg Military District to reinforce and support the 8th Army's operations. These Guard Corps serve as a vital strategic reserve force.

The positioning of these two Guard Corps in the rear serves multiple critical functions: they provide a secure fallback position should a tactical retreat become necessary, offer comprehensive logistical and combat support to the forward units, and maintain a steady pipeline of fresh troops to replace casualties and maintain combat effectiveness in the frontline corps. This depth in force structure reflects classical Russian military doctrine of maintaining substantial reserves to ensure operational flexibility and sustained combat power.

This is just one army.

And there are eight such field armies.