16th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)

16th Cavalry Division
16th Cavalry Division
16-я кавалерийская дивизия
Active	1914–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Cavalry
Engagements	World War I Great Retreat; Brusilov offensive; ;

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The 16th Cavalry Division (Russian: 16-я кавалерийская дивизия, 16-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya) was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army, formed from the 2nd and 3rd Separate Cavalry Brigades.^[1]

Organization

1st Cavalry Brigade
- 17th Chernigov Hussar Regiment
- 18th Nizhyn Hussar Regiment
2nd Cavalry Brigade
- 16th Novoarkhangelsk Uhlan Regiment
- 17th Novomirgorod Uhlan Regiment

Commanders

02.12.1914 - 06.04.1915 - Lieutenant-General Abram Dragomirov
26.04.1915 - after 03.01.1917 - Lieutenant-General Nikolai Volodchenko
07.04.1917 — 27.08.1917 - Major-General Dmitry Gurko
27.08.1917 — 12.1917 - Major-General Alexander Onoprienko

References

^ "Regiment.ru". Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[mark-1] "Regiment.ru". Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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