3rd Caucasus Cossack Division (Russian Empire)
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The 3rd Caucasus Cossack Division () was a
cavalry Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...
division of the
Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...
during
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. It was part of the 3rd Caucasus Army Corps.


Organization

* 1st Brigade * 2nd Brigade


Commanders

* 1910–1917: Pavel Helmickij * 1917: Sergei Ivanovich Odintsov


Chiefs of Staff

* 1910–1912: Aseev, Mikhail Vasil'evich * 1912–1915: Sergei Ivanovich Odintsov * Kosyakov, Victor Antonovich * 1915–1917: Lazarev, Boris Petrovich


Commanders of the 1st Brigade

* 1910–1914: Fisenko, Nikolay Ivanovich * 1915: Marganija, Malahij Kvadzhievich * 1916:
Safarbek Malsagov Safarbek Malsagov (1868–1944) was a Russian general. He was born in what is now the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. After the end of the Russian Civil War, he went into exile in Poland. Awards *Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class *Order of Sa ...


Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

* 1913–1916: Fyodor Petrovich Filimonov


External links


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