2nd Combined Cossack Division (Russian Empire)

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2nd Combined Cossack Division
Active1889–1918
Allegiance Russian Empire
BranchImperial Russian Army
Garrison/HQKamenets-Podolsk
EngagementsWorld War I

The 2nd Combined Cossack Division (Russian: 2-я Сводная казачья дивизия) was a Cossack division in the Russian Imperial Army formed from Don, Kuban, and Terek Cossacks. It saw action in World War I as part of the 12th Army Corps and later was demobilized in 1918.

Organization[]

The division consisted of the following units:[1]

Commanders[]

The following is the list of the division commanders.[1]

  • 28.07.1899 – 14.09.1904 – Major General (later Lieutenant General) Alexei Domontovich
  • 14.10.1906 – xx.11.1907 – Major General (later Lieutenant General)
  • 19.11.1907 – 14.09.1911 – Lieutenant General
  • 14.09.1911 – 31.12.1913 – Lieutenant General Alexei Rodionov
  • 31.12.1913 – 24.09.1914 – Lieutenant General
  • 24.09.1914 – 10.09.1915 – Lieutenant General Alexander Pavlov
  • 16.09.1915 – 10.06.1917 – Major General Pyotr Krasnov
  • 26.09.1917 – ? – Major General Alexander Cheryachukin

Chiefs of Staff[]

The following is a list of the division chiefs of staff.[1]

  • 15.09.1889-02.08.1891 — Colonel
  • 15.11.1894-30.12.1899 — Colonel
  • 22.02.1900-25.05.1900 — Colonel
  • 25.07.1900-09.02.1902 — Colonel
  • 16.02.1902-06.03.1905 — Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel)
  • 25.03.1905-09.07.1908 — Colonel
  • 25.08.1908-02.09.1910 — Colonel
  • 12.09.1910-30.12.1914 — Colonel Andrei Snesarev
  • ?-26.07.1915 — Colonel
  • 16.08.1915-21.03.1917 — Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel)
  • 16.05.1917-? —

References[]

  1. ^ a b c 2-я казачья сводная дивизия. Ria1914.info. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

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