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2nd Guards Cavalry Division


FieldValue
unit_name2nd Guards Cavalry Division
native_name2-я Гвардейская кавалерийская дивизия
dates1810–1918
countryRussian Empire
allegianceGuards Corps
branch[[File:Lesser coat of arms of the Russian Empire.svg20px]] Russian Imperial Army
typeLight cavalry
roleManeuver warfare
Raiding
Reconnaissance
sizeDivision
battle_honoursBorodino
Fère-Champenoise
Great War

Raiding Reconnaissance 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
    • Horse Grenadier Life-Guards Regiment
    • Her Majesty's Lancer Guards Regiment
  • 2nd Cavalry Brigade
    • Dragoon Guards Regiment
    • His Majesty's Hussar Guards Regiment)
  • 2nd Division Life-Guards Horse Artillery

Commanders

  • 1882–1884: Aleksandr Puzyrevskii
  • 1886–1890: Victor Fedorovitch Winberg
  • 1901–1905: Georgi Skalon
  • 1906–1909: Aleksei Brusilov
  • 1912-1914: Georgy Ottonovich Rauch

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

  • 1913–1914: Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

  • 1873–1874: Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov
  • 1896–1898: Sergei Vasilchikov

Chiefs of Staff

  • 1866–1875: Kazimir Vasilevich Levitsky
  • 1902: Andrei Zayonchkovski
  • 1909—1914 : Afrikan P. Bogaewsky

References

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". Bibliosphera.
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