2nd Cavalry Army

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2nd Cavalry Army
2-я Конная армия
Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov (1879–1960) Soviet general
Active16 July 1920
Disbanded6 December 1920
CountryRussia
BranchRed Army
TypeCavalry Army
EngagementsRussian Civil War

The 2nd Cavalry Army (Russian: 2-я Конная армия) was a cavalry army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.

History

It was created by an order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Southwestern Front on 16 July 1920 from the remnants of the 1st Cavalry Corps of Dmitry Zhloba, under the command of Oka Gorodovikov.

The army, part of the Southwestern Front, included the

Perekop–Chongar operation in November, the army attacked across the Isthmus of Perekop alongside the 6th Army, defeating the Russian Army and entering Simferopol
on 13 November after the evacuation of the latter.

On 6 December 1920 the army was reorganised as the 2nd Cavalry Corps[2] in accordance with an order of 18 November.[3]

Commanders

  • Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov
    (16 July - 6 September 1920)
  • Filipp Mironov (6 September - 6 December 1920)

References

Citations

Bibliography

  • 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 original
    on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  • Dvoinykh, L.V.; Kariaeva, T.F.; Stegantsev, M.V., eds. (1993). Центральный государственный архив Советской армии [Central State Archive of the Soviet Army] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Minneapolis: Eastview Publications. .
  • Smele, Jonathan D. (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926. London: Rowman & Littlefield. .