1st Cavalry Army
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The 1st Cavalry Army (Russian: Первая конная армия, romanized: Pervaya konnaya armiya) was a prominent Red Army military formation. It was also known as "Budyonny's Cavalry Army" or simply as Konarmia (Кона́рмия, "Horsearmy").
History
When the
This army played an important role in winning the Civil War for the Bolsheviks, driving the White General Anton Denikin back from his advance towards Moscow.
In 1920 Budyonny's Cavalry Army took part in the defence from
The remains of the 1st Cavalry Army were sent south to fight
The march of the 1st Cavalry Army became popular after the Russian Civil War and was celebrated in a song, We are the Red Cavalry (Russian: Мы красная кавалерия). Other titles of the song were "Мы красные кавалеристы" (We, Red cavalrymen) and "[Марш Буденного]" (Budenny march), and "Марш красных конников" (March of the Red horsemen).
In commemoration, a monument to the 1st Cavalry Army was built in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
Notable figures in the 1st Cavalry Army
- Semyon Budyonny
- Kliment Voroshilov
- Georgy Zhukov, Soviet military commander, famous for his role in World War II.
- Grigory Kulik, Soviet military commander
- Kirill Meretskov, Soviet military commander
- Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet military commander
- Andrei Grechko, Soviet military commander
- Efim Shchadenko, Soviet military commander
- Andrei Bubnov, Soviet military commander
- Semyon Krivoshein, Soviet military commander
- Isaac Babel, journalist and writer, who wrote the 1920 Diary and the book Red Cavalry based on his experiences
- Vadim Yakovlev, yesaul
- Makhnovists
References
- ^ N. Mitchell,Agents of Atrocity: Leaders, Followers, and the Violation of Human Rights in Civil War, p. 125, Springer, 2004
- ^ Barmine, Alexander, One Who Survived, New York: G.P. Putnam (1945), footnote, p. 21
- ^ Dvoinykh, Kariaeva, Stegantsev, eds. 1991, p. 284.
Sources
- Dvoinykh, L.V.; Kariaeva, T.F.; Stegantsev, M.V., eds. (1991). Центральный государственный архив Советской армии [Central State Archive of the Soviet Army] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Minneapolis: Eastview Publications. ISBN 1-879944-02-2. Archived from the originalon 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- Д. Ознобишин. К истории Первой Конной Армии // журнал "Вопросы истории", № 12, декабрь 1949. стр.109-126
External links
- Bibliography of the Polish-Soviet War The City University of New York