The 2nd Cavalry Army (russian: 2-я Конная армия) was a
cavalry army
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
of the
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...
during the
Russian Civil War
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History
It was created by an order of the
Revolutionary Military Council
The Revolutionary Military Council (russian: Революционный Военный Совет, Revolyutsionny Voyenny Sovyet, Revolutionary Military Council), sometimes called the Revolutionary War Council Brian PearceIntroductionto Fyodor ...
of the
Southwestern Front on 16 July 1920 from the remnants of the 1st Cavalry Corps of
Dmitry Zhloba, under the command of
Oka Gorodovikov.
The army, part of the Southwestern Front, included the
2nd,
16th,
20th
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, and
21st Cavalry Divisions and fielded about 5,500 men upon formation. In conjunction with the
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, the 2nd Cavalry Army pushed the
White
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Russian Army
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The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces ...
of General
Pyotr Wrangel
Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (russian: Пётр Никола́евич барон Вра́нгель, translit=Pëtr Nikoláevič Vrángel', p=ˈvranɡʲɪlʲ, german: Freiherr Peter Nikolaus von Wrangel; April 25, 1928), also known by his ni ...
out of
Alexandrovsk in July. It then fought in the
Northern Taurida Operation during August, attacking the Russian Army bridgehead on the right bank of the
Dnieper
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at
Kakhovka.
Filipp Mironov replaced Gorodovikov on 6 September. On the same day, the 20th Cavalry Division was disbanded and its troops used to reinforce the 2nd and
9th Cavalry Divisions. It was transferred to the reformed
Southern Front on 21 September. The
3rd and
46th Rifle Divisions were attached to the army in October. During the
Perekop–Chongar operation in November, the army attacked across the
Isthmus of Perekop
The Isthmus of Perekop, literally Isthmus of the Trench ( uk, Перекопський перешийок; transliteration: ''Perekops'kyy pereshyyok''; russian: Перекопский перешеек; transliteration: ''Perekopskiy peresheek ...
alongside the
6th Army, defeating the Russian Army and entering
Simferopol
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on 13 November after the evacuation of the latter.
On 6 December 1920 the army was reorganised as the 2nd Cavalry Corps in accordance with an order of 18 November.
Commanders
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Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov (16 July - 6 September 1920)
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Filipp Mironov (6 September - 6 December 1920)
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Cavalry units and formations of the Soviet Union
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Military units and formations established in 1920
Soviet Cavalry Armies
Military units and formations disestablished in 1920
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