2nd Guards Cavalry Division
| 2nd Guards Cavalry Division | |
|---|---|
| 2-я Гвардейская кавалерийская дивизия | |
| Active | 1810–1918 | 
| Country | |
| Allegiance | Guards Corps | 
| Branch | |
| Type | Light cavalry | 
| Role | Maneuver warfare Raiding Reconnaissance  | 
| Size | Division | 
| Battle honours | Borodino Fère-Champenoise Great War  | 
The 2nd Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards light cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army.
Organisation
1857–1918:
- 1st Cavalry Brigade 
- Horse Grenadier Life-Guards Regiment
 - Her Majesty's Lancer Guards Regiment[1]
 
 - 2nd Cavalry Brigade 
- Dragoon Guards Regiment[2]
 - His Majesty's Hussar Guards Regiment[3])
 
 - 2nd Division Life-Guards Horse Artillery
 
Commanders
- 1882–1884: Aleksandr Puzyrevskii[4]
 - 1886–1890: Victor Fedorovitch Winberg
 - 1901–1905: Georgi Skalon
 - 1906–1909: Aleksei Brusilov
 - 1912-1914: Georgy Ottonovich Rauch
 
Commanders of the 1st Brigade
- 1913–1914: Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky
 
Commanders of the 2nd Brigade
- 1873–1874: Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov
 - 1896–1898: Sergei Vasilchikov
 
Chiefs of Staff
- 1866–1875: Kazimir Vasilevich Levitsky
 - 1902: Andrei Zayonchkovski
 - 1909—1914 : Afrikan P. Bogaewsky
 
References
- ^ Leib-Gvardii Ulanskii Eia Velichestva Gosudaryni Imperatritsy Aleksandry Feodorovny Polk
 - ^ Leib-Gvardii Dragunskii Polk
 - ^ Leib-Gvardii Gusarskii Ego Velichestva Polk
 - ^ Panchenko, Aleksandr (2007). "А.К. Пузыревский: Генерал, Ученый, Военный Историк" [A.K. Puzyrevskii: General, Scientist, Military Historian]. Bibliosphera (in Russian). 1 (4): 33–42. Retrieved 8 May 2017.