1st Don Cossack Division

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1st Don Cossack Division
1-я Донская казачья дивизия
Active1875-1918
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire
Branch Lesser coat of arms of the Russian Empire.svg Russian Imperial Army
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The 1st Don Cossack Division was a Don Cossack cavalry division of the Russian Imperial Army. It was part of the 19th Army Corps in the Warsaw Military District. [1]

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In November [ O.S. October] 1917, Pyotr Krasnov led regiments of the 1st Don Cossack Division towards Petrograd to stop the Bolshevik seizure of power from the Russian Provisional Government, but the attempt fell apart. [2]

Order of battle in 1914

The division included the following. [3]

Commanders

Chiefs of Staff

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

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References

  1. "1-я Донская казачья дивизия". 14 August 2022. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022.
  2. Cornish, Nik (2014). The Russian Army in the First World War: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. p. 134. ISBN   978-1-84884-752-1.
  3. General Staff, War Office (1914). Handbook of the Russian Army. London: Imperial War Museum. p. 161. ISBN   0-89839-250-0.

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