4th Guards Cavalry Corps

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4th Guards Cavalry Corps
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ActiveAugust 1942 - April 1955
CountryFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Branch Cavalry
Engagements Great Patriotic War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Issa Pliev

4th Guards Order of Kutuzov Cavalry Corps was a prominent cavalry formation of the Soviet Red Army which served most notably as part of the Cavalry mechanized group under the command of Guards Lieutenant General Issa Pliyev in operational engagements from Operation Bagration until Battle of Prague when the Great Patriotic War finally came to an end.

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Enagagements

Operation Bagration

Operation Debrecen

Battle of Prague

Commanders

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