1st Guards Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)

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1st Guards Cavalry Division
1-я Гвардейская кавалерийская дивизия
Active1810–1918
CountryFlag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
AllegianceGuards Corps
Branch Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire.svg Russian Imperial Army
Type Heavy Cavalry
Role Close protection
Maneuver warfare
Shock attack
Battle honours Borodino
Fère-Champenoise
Great War

The 1st Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards heavy cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army.

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Organization

1857–1918:

Each regiment comprised four squadrons (or, in Cossack regiments, four sotnyas, or "hundreds"); the colonels of the Guard regiments usually were Major-Generals in rank. [6]

Commanders

References

  1. Leib-Gvardii Kirasirskii Ego Velichestva Polk
  2. Leib-Gvardii Kirasirskii Eia Velichestva Polk
  3. Leib-Gvardii Kazachii Ego Velichestva Polk
  4. Leib-Gvardii Atamanskii Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva Naslednika Tsesarevicha Polk
  5. "1-я гвардейская кавалерийская дивизия" [1st Guards Cavalry Division]. regiment.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  6. Other Russian cavalry divisions generally comprised four regiments apiece, each of six squadrons (or sotnyas) of the same size -- 150 men and 8 officers -- under a colonel.