16th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) explained

Unit Name:	16th Cavalry Division
Native Name:	16-я кавалерийская дивизия
Dates:	1914–1918
Branch:	Russian Imperial Army
Role:	Cavalry
Battles:	World War I Great Retreat Brusilov offensive

The 16th Cavalry Division (Russian: 16-я кавалерийская дивизия , 16-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya) was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army, formed from the 2nd and 3rd Separate Cavalry Brigades.^[1]

Organization

• 1st Cavalry Brigade
  • • • 17th Chernigov Hussar Regiment 18th Nizhyn Hussar Regiment
• 2nd Cavalry Brigade
  • 16th Novoarkhangelsk Uhlan Regiment
  • 17th Novomirgorod Uhlan Regiment

Commanders

• 02.12.1914 - 06.04.1915 - Lieutenant-General Abram Dragomirov
• 26.04.1915 - after 03.01.1917 - Lieutenant-General Nikolai Volodchenko
• 07.04.1917 — 27.08.1917 - Major-General Dmitry Gurko
• 27.08.1917 — 12.1917 - Major-General Alexander Onoprienko

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regiment.ru . 10 August 2018.