The 6th Cavalry Division (, ''6-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a

cavalry Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from ''cheval'' meaning "horse") are groups of soldiers or warriors who Horses in warfare, fight mounted on horseback. Until the 20th century, cavalry were the most mob ...

formation of the

Russian Imperial 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 ...

Organization

*1st Cavalry Brigade **6th Regiment of Dragoons **6th Uhlan Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade **6th Regiment of Hussars **6th Regiment of Cossacks *6th Horse Artillery Division

Chiefs of Staff

*1884–1886:

Vladimir Alexandrovich Bekman Woldemar Alexander Valerian von Boeckmann ( or ; 12 June 1848 – 26 November 1923) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander. He served as the Governor-General of Finland from 1908 to 1909. He was on the State Council (Russian Empire ...

References

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