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- ↑ Drig 2019, pp. 17–18, 21.
- ↑ Drig 2019, pp. 30, 33.
- ↑ Drig 2019, p. 99.
- 1 2 Dvoinykh, Kariaeva, Stegantsev, eds. 1993, p. 207.
- 1 2 3 Drig, Yevgeny. "2 кавалерийский корпус имени СНК УССР" [2nd Cavalry Corps named for the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR]. rkka.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ↑ "2-й кавалерийский корпус" [2nd Cavalry Corps]. tankfront.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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