The 1st Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards heavy cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army.
1st Guards Cavalry Division | |
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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 |
1857–1918:
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]