The Baranovichi offensive was an offensive launched by the Imperial Russian Army in Belarus from 3 to 25 July 1916, concurrent with the Brusilov Offensive on the Eastern Front of World War I.
As the Russian Southwestern Front launched an offensive into Eastern Galicia amid the Brusilov Offensive, Tsar Nicholas II planned an offensive against Vilna in Lithuania. However, his advisor Grigori Rasputin advised him to instead launch an offensive on Baranovichi after having a "vision" of a Russian victory. General Alexei Evert, in command of the Russian Western Front, proceeded to launch an offensive towards Baranovichi in July after two delays. On 2 July, three Russian army corps attacked the Imperial German Army and Austro-Hungarian Army at Baranovichi, but their offensive stalled a day later. The Russians renewed their offensive on 4 July, but the offensive again stalled after two days of fighting. On the night of 8 July, the Russians launched a third push, but all of their attacks were defeated by the next day. On 14 July, the Germans counterattacked and recaptured all lost territory, and a final Russian counterattack from 25 to 29 July also failed. Despite a sixfold advantage in manpower and artillery, the Russian offensive failed. and Rasputin was assassinated in December 1916 by a group of Russian nobles opposed to his influence over the Russian monarchy.