The 2nd Cavalry Division (, ''2-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a

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formation of the

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. In 1914, the division was headquartered at

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, part of the 2nd Army Corps.

Organization

In 1914, the division included the following units: *1st Cavalry Brigade (Suwalki) **2nd Pskov Life Dragoon Regiment (Suwalki) **2nd Courland Life Uhlan Regiment ( Kalwaria) *2nd Cavalry Brigade (Suwalki) ** 2nd Pavlograd Life Hussar Regiment (Suwalki) **2nd Don Cossack Regiment (

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) *2nd Horse Artillery Battalion (Suwalki)

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

*1884–1892: Feofil Egorovich Meindorf *1899–1901: Pavel Plehve *1905: Alexander Dubensky *1909: Afanasy Tsurikov2-я кавалерийская дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil
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Chiefs of Staff

*12/03/1876 - 07/19/1877 - Colonel Povalo-Shveikovsky, Alexander Nikolaevich *11/06/1877 - 05/21/1886 - Colonel Gek, Andrey Konstantinovich *03/26/1887 - 03/10/1889 - Colonel Schwemberger, Joseph Fedorovich *03/10/1889 - 04/15/1890 - Colonel Avramov, Vladimir Alexandrovich *04/19/1890 - 01/07/1891 - Colonel Litvinov, Alexander Ivanovich *01/07/1891 - 02/27/1891 - Colonel Mikhailov, Nikolai Grigorievich *February 27, 1891 - December 20, 1892 - Colonel Nikolai Bobyr *01/26, 1893 - 11/20, 1895 - Colonel Popov, Ivan Vasilievich *11/27, 1895 - 02/29, 1896 - Colonel Ugryumov, Andrei Alexandrovich *03/18, 1896 - 08/17, 1896 - Colonel Eichgolts, Alexander Rudolfovich *09/04, 1896 - March 27, 1898 - Colonel Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov *03/27, 1898 - 02/25, 1899 - Colonel Nekrasov *03/20, 1899 - 06/04, 1902 - Colonel Prince Begildeev, Konstantin Sergeevich *July 20, 1902 - October 19, 1904 - Colonel Nikolai Volodchenko *December 30, 1904 - February 23, 1907 - Colonel Johnson, Herbert Georgievich *03/12/1907 - 07/23/1908 - Colonel ND Polivanov *08/02/1908 - 10/13/1908 - Colonel Fedotov, Alexander Ippolitovich *10.21.1908—09.07.1912 - Colonel Sencha, Vladimir Ivanovich *07/11/1912 - 03/25/1913 - Colonel Stepanov, Nikolai Alexandrovich *03/25/1913 - 08/22/1914 - Colonel Chesnakov, Pyotr Vladimirovich *08/22/1914 - 12/02/1915 - Wreed Colonel Gotovsky, Vladimir Nikolaevich *01/15/1916 - 01/18/1917 - Colonel Chesnakov, Pyotr Vladimirovich *04/02/1917 - 05/12/1917 - Major General of the General Staff Goncharenko, Georgy Ivanovich

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

*1905: Nikolai Papa-Afanasopulo *April-August 1908: Gleb Vannovsky *1909: Evgeny Leontovich

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

*1887: Nikolai Fedorovich Ilyin *1905: Mikhail Pleshkov *1909: Nikolai Leo

References

{{Russian Empire Divisions Cavalry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918