The 2nd Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards light cavalry division of the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and ...

Organisation

1857–1918: *1st Cavalry Brigade ** Horse Grenadier Life-Guards Regiment ** Her Majesty's Lancer Guards Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade ** Dragoon Guards Regiment ** His Majesty's

Hussar A hussar, ; ; ; ; . was a member of a class of light cavalry, originally from the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th and 16th centuries. The title and distinctive dress of these horsemen were subsequently widely adopted by light cavalry ...

Guards Regiment) *2nd Division Life-Guards Horse Artillery

Commanders

*1882–1884: Aleksandr Puzyrevskii *1886–1890:

Victor Fedorovitch Winberg Victor Fedorovitch Winberg (16 June 1832 – 19 August 1918) was an Imperial Russian division commander. He was the father of Fyodor Viktorovich Vinberg. He participated in the suppression of the 1863 uprising in Poland as well as the war again ...

*1901–1905:

Georgi Skalon Georg Karl de Scallon (, , Romanization of Russian, tr. ; 24 October 1847 – 1 February 1914) was a Russian Empire, Russian general of Huguenot origin, Governor-general of Warsaw and the commander-in-chief of the Warsaw Military District (Russia ...

*1906–1909:

Aleksei Brusilov Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov (, ; rus, Алексей Алексеевич Брусилов, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ brʊˈsʲiɫəf; – 17 March 1926) was a Russian and later Soviet general most noted for the developmen ...

*1912-1914:

Georgy Ottonovich Rauch Georgy may refer to: * Georgy (given name), a list of people with the Slavic masculine name Georgy, Georgi or Georgiy * Georgy, the protagonist in ''Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song ** ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical based on the novel ''Georgy ...

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

*1913–1914:

Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky Prince Sergei Konstantinovich Belosselsky-Belozersky (; 25 July 1867 – 20 April 1951) was a Russian aristocrat, general and member of the International Olympic Committee. Early life Prince Sergei was a member of the Belosselsky-Belozersky ...

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

*1873–1874:

Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (; 27 May 1837 – 15 January 1916) was a Russian general and official. He served as served as Minister of Imperial Properties between 1881 and 1897 and as Governor-General of the Caucasus Viceroyalty b ...

*1896–1898: Sergei Vasilchikov

Chiefs of Staff

*1866–1875: Kazimir Vasilevich Levitsky *1902:

Andrei Zayonchkovski Andrei Medardovich Zayonchkovsky () ( – 22 March 1926) commanded the defence of the Romanian-Bulgarian border in Dobruja upon Romania's entry into World War I in August 1916. Biography After graduation from the Nicholas School of Military E ...

*1909—1914 : Afrikan P. Bogaewsky

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2nd Guards Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) Guards cavalry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1810 Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Saint Petersburg Governorate