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Caucasus Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)

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Caucasus Cavalry Division
Кавказская кавалерийская дивизия
Active1914
Country Russian Empire
Branch Russian Imperial Army
RoleCavalry
Engagements

The Caucasus Cavalry Division (Russian: Кавказская кавалерийская дивизия, Kavkazskaya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya) was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army.[1]

Organization

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1914

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  • 1st Brigade (Tiflis)
    • 16th Dragoon Tver his Imperial Highness the Heir Tsarevich Regiment
    • 17th Dragoon Regiment, his Majesty the Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2 Brigade (Tiflis)
    • 18th Dragoon Seversky King Christian IX the Danish Regiment
    • 1-St Sunzhensko-Vladikavkaz General Sleptsova Terek Cossack Army Regiment

Caucasian mountain equestrian Division

  • 1-I Horse Mountain battery
  • 2-I Horse Mountain battery

1917

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  • 1st Brigade
    • 16th Dragoon Regiment in Tver
    • 17th Dragoon Regiment of Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2nd Brigade
  • 18th Dragoon Regiment Severskiy
  • 1-St Hopjorskij Regiment of the Kuban Cossack voisko

Commanders

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References

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  1. ^ Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 8 January 2017.