The 2nd Cavalry Division was a
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History
The 2nd Cavalry Division ''(2nd Formation)'' was a cavalry division 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 ...
that existed in 1941. The division was formed from the original
1st Odessa Cavalry Division in early 1941. It only had a short history as it was re-organized into the
2nd Rifle Division ''(3rd Formation)'' in late November 1941.
Organization on Formation
Structure of the division in August 1941:
* Headquarters
* 7th Cavalry Regiment
* 16th Cavalry Regiment
* 20th Cavalry Regiment (Led by Ilya A. Lukanov, 1899-1942)
*
Organization on Disbandment
Structure of the division in November 1941:
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* Headquarters
* 7th Cavalry Regiment
* 15th Cavalry Regiment
* 20th Cavalry Regiment
* 9th Armoured Cavalry Squadron
* Armoured Defense Group
* 3rd Naval Infantry Regiment ''(attached)''
*323rd Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Divizion (battalion)
*Mortar Platoon
*Machine-Gun Platoon
*Separate Cavalry Squadron
*Separate Communications Squadron
*Separate Chemical Defense Squadron
References
Cavalry divisions of the Soviet Union
Military units and formations established in 1941