1st Mountain Cavalry Division (Soviet Union)
| 1st Mountain Cavalry Division | |
|---|---|
| Active | July 1941 – 1946 |
| Country |  47th Army |
The 1st Mountain Cavalry Division was a
Great Patriotic War and during the Allied Invasion of Iran
.
History
The 1st Mountain Cavalry Division was formed originally as the "1st Mountain Cavalry Division" in July 1941 and immediately assigned to the
Transcaucasian Front). In December it was re-designated to the "1st Cavalry Division" and was assigned to the 15th Cavalry Corps. Colonel Aleksi Inauri commanded the division from August 1942 to February 1946.[2] The division continued to serve as part of the Soviet occupation forces in Iran until the end of the war.[3] Following the Soviet withdrawal from Iran in spring 1946, the division was disbanded in September of that year with the 15th Cavalry Corps as part of the 4th Army in the Transcaucasian Military District.[4]
Structure
The division included the following units:[5]
- Headquarters
- 6th Cavalry Regiment
- 9th Cavalry Regiment
- 12th Cavalry Regiment
References
Citations
- ^ Soloviev, Denis. Командиры дивизий Красной Армии 1921-1941 гг. Том 39.
- ^ "Инаури Алексей Николаевич". warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Боевой состав Советской Армии на 1 декабря 1942 г." www.teatrskazka.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ Kornilenko & Nikitin 1946, p. 1.
- ^ "Директива Генерального штаба ВС РФ от 02.04.1998 г. № ДГШ-8". www.teatrskazka.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
Bibliography
- Kornilenko; Nikitin (1946). "Перечень" [List]. obd-memorial (in Russian). Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- Syomin, Yu. (1996). Директива № ДГШ-17 от 12.07.1996 г [Directive No. DGSh-17 of 12 July 1996] (in Russian). Moscow: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.