The 3rd Caucasus Cossack Division () was a

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division of the

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during

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. It was part of the

3rd Caucasus Army Corps The 3rd Caucasus Army Corps (Russian, 3-й Ка́вказский арме́йский ко́рпус) was a military formation of the Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establish ...

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 Tovsultanivich Malsagov (26 July 1868 – 1944) was an Ingush-born 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 o ...

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

* 1913–1916: Fyodor Petrovich Filimonov

External links

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