2nd Guards Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)

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2nd Guards Cavalry Division
2-я Гвардейская кавалерийская дивизия
Active1810–1918
Country Russian Empire
AllegianceGuards Corps
BranchLesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire.svg Russian Imperial Army
TypeLight cavalry
RoleManeuver warfare
Raiding
Reconnaissance
SizeDivision
Battle honoursBorodino
Fère-Champenoise
Great War

The 2nd Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards light cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army.

Organisation[]

1857–1918:

  • 1st Cavalry Brigade
  • 2nd Cavalry Brigade
    • Dragoon Guards Regiment[2]
    • His Majesty's Hussar Guards Regiment[3])
  • 2nd Division Life-Guards Horse Artillery

Commanders[]

Commanders of the 1st Brigade[]

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade[]

Chiefs of Staff[]

References[]

  1. ^ Leib-Gvardii Ulanskii Eia Velichestva Gosudaryni Imperatritsy Aleksandry Feodorovny Polk
  2. ^ Leib-Gvardii Dragunskii Polk
  3. ^ Leib-Gvardii Gusarskii Ego Velichestva Polk
  4. ^ Panchenko, Aleksandr (2007). "А.К. Пузыревский: Генерал, Ученый, Военный Историк" [A.K. Puzyrevskii: General, Scientist, Military Historian]. Bibliosphera (in Russian). 1 (4): 33–42. Retrieved 8 May 2017.


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