5th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)

5th Cavalry Division
5th Cavalry Division
5-я кавалерийская дивизия
Active	1875–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Cavalry
Engagements	World War I Battle of the Vistula River; ;

The 5th Cavalry Division (Russian: 5-я кавалерийская дивизия, 5-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya) was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army.^[1]

Organization edit

1st Cavalry Brigade
- Kargopol 5th Regiment of Dragoons
- Lithuanian 5th Uhlan Regiment
2nd Cavalry Brigade
- Alexandrian 5th Regiment of Hussars
- 5th Regiment of Don Cossacks
5th Horse Artillery Battalion

Commanders of the 1st Brigade edit

1910–1914: Aglay Dmitriyevich Kuzmin-Korovaev

References edit

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

[mark-1] Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 8 January 2017.

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