2nd Cavalry Division
2-я кавалерийская дивизия
Active1875–1918
Country Russian Empire
Branch Russian Imperial Army
RoleCavalry
Engagements

The 2nd Cavalry Division (Russian: 2-я кавалерийская дивизия, 2-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya) was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army.

In 1914, the division was headquartered at Suwałki, part of the 2nd Army Corps.[1]

Organization

In 1914, the division included the following units:[1]

  • 1st Cavalry Brigade (Suwalki)
    • 2nd Pskov Life Dragoon Regiment (Suwalki)
    • 2nd Courland Life Uhlan Regiment (Kalwaria)
  • 2nd Cavalry Brigade (Suwalki)
  • 2nd Horse Artillery Battalion (Suwalki)

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

Chiefs of Staff

  • 12/03/1876 - 07/19/1877 - Colonel Povalo-Shveikovsky, Alexander Nikolaevich
  • 11/06/1877 - 05/21/1886 - Colonel Gek, Andrey Konstantinovich
  • 03/26/1887 - 03/10/1889 - Colonel Schwemberger, Joseph Fedorovich
  • 03/10/1889 - 04/15/1890 - Colonel Avramov, Vladimir Alexandrovich
  • 04/19/1890 - 01/07/1891 - Colonel Litvinov, Alexander Ivanovich
  • 01/07/1891 - 02/27/1891 - Colonel Mikhailov, Nikolai Grigorievich
  • February 27, 1891 - December 20, 1892 - Colonel Nikolai Bobyr
  • 01/26, 1893 - 11/20, 1895 - Colonel Popov, Ivan Vasilievich
  • 11/27, 1895 - 02/29, 1896 - Colonel Ugryumov, Andrei Alexandrovich
  • 03/18, 1896 - 08/17, 1896 - Colonel Eichgolts, Alexander Rudolfovich
  • 09/04, 1896 - March 27, 1898 - Colonel Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov
  • 03/27, 1898 - 02/25, 1899 - Colonel Nekrasov
  • 03/20, 1899 - 06/04, 1902 - Colonel Prince Begildeev, Konstantin Sergeevich
  • July 20, 1902 - October 19, 1904 - Colonel Nikolai Volodchenko
  • December 30, 1904 - February 23, 1907 - Colonel Johnson, Herbert Georgievich
  • 03/12/1907 - 07/23/1908 - Colonel ND Polivanov
  • 08/02/1908 - 10/13/1908 - Colonel Fedotov, Alexander Ippolitovich
  • 10.21.1908—09.07.1912 - Colonel Sencha, Vladimir Ivanovich
  • 07/11/1912 - 03/25/1913 - Colonel Stepanov, Nikolai Alexandrovich
  • 03/25/1913 - 08/22/1914 - Colonel Chesnakov, Pyotr Vladimirovich
  • 08/22/1914 - 12/02/1915 - Wreed Colonel Gotovsky, Vladimir Nikolaevich
  • 01/15/1916 - 01/18/1917 - Colonel Chesnakov, Pyotr Vladimirovich
  • 04/02/1917 - 05/12/1917 - Major General of the General Staff Goncharenko, Georgy Ivanovich

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

  • 1905: Nikolai Papa-Afanasopulo
  • April-August 1908: Gleb Vannovsky
  • 1909: Evgeny Leontovich[2]

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

References

  1. 1 2 Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 2-я кавалерийская дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil
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