1st Guards Cavalry Division
Military unit
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The 1st Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards heavy cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army.
| 1st Guards Cavalry Division | |
|---|---|
| 1-я Гвардейская кавалерийская дивизия | |
| Active | 1810–1918 |
| Country |  Russian Empire |
| Allegiance | Guards Corps |
| Branch |  Russian Imperial Army |
| Type | Heavy Cavalry |
| Role | Close protection Maneuver warfare Shock attack |
| Battle honours | Borodino Fère-Champenoise Great War |
Organization
1857–1918:
- 1st Cavalry Brigade
- Chevalier Guard Regiment
- Life Guard Horse Regiment, also called the Leib-Guard Horse Regiment or simply the Horse Guards
- 2nd Cavalry Brigade
- His Majesty's Own Cuirassier Guards Regiment,[1]
- Her Majesty's Own Cuirassier Guards Regiment[2]
- 3rd Cavalry Brigade
- 1st Life-Guards Horse Artillery Division
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
- 23.12.1910—30.03.1916 — Nikolai Kaznakov
- 02.04.1916—22.01.1917 — Pavlo Skoropadskyi
- 10.03.1917—15.04.1917 — Evgeny Arseniev
- 15.05.1917—06.08.1917 — Aleksander Eristov
- 19.08.1917— ? — Afrikan P. Bogaewsky