5th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union)
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The 5th Cavalry Corps was a
The 5th Cavalry Corps headquarters was formed at
In July 1939 the 9th Cavalry Division transferred to the corps, remaining part of it until 1940. The corps took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland, advancing into the region annexed as western Ukraine in September 1939, with the 9th and 16th Cavalry Divisions assigned. Gonin and 9th Cavalry Division commander Nikolay Belov were reprimanded in October for appropriating trophies for themselves during the campaign, with Gonin storing four hunting rifles in his vehicle. In December, Gonin was transferred to command the 34th Rifle Corps in the Winter War, and subsequently shot for drinking instead of leading his troops.[4] Komdiv Dmitry Gustishev took over command of the corps. In June 1940 the 14th and 32nd Cavalry Divisions were assigned to the corps, which took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia. When the corps returned from Bessarabia, Rokossovsky, freed from prison, was restored to his old command.[2] The 3rd Cavalry Division was assigned later in 1940.[5]
It was part of the
On the
The 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps participated in the rest of the War as part of the Kalinin, Western, Bryansk, 1st and 2nd Baltic, South-West, South, Stalingrad, Don, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian fronts.
After the end of the war, the
Organization
1939:
- 9th Cavalry Division
- 16th Cavalry Division
- 23rd Independent Tank Brigade
1941:
References
- ^ a b Drig, Yevgeny. "5 кавалерийский корпус". rkka.ru. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ^ a b Milbakh, Negoda & Churakov 2020, pp. 295–296.
- ^ Dvoinykh, Kariaeva & Stegantsev 1993, p. 208.
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, pp. 232–233.
Sources
- Dvoinykh, L.V.; Kariaeva, T.F.; Stegantsev, M.V., eds. (1993). Центральный государственный архив Советской армии: Путеводитель [A Guide to the Central State Archive of the Soviet Army] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Minneapolis: Eastview Publications. ISBN 1879944030.
- Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
- Grigoryan, Ararat; Milbakh, Vladimir; Chernavsky, Alexander (2013). Политические репрессии командно-начальствующего состава 1937-1938. Ленинградский военный округ [Political Repression of Command Personnel, 1937–1938: Leningrad Military District] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg University Press. ISBN 978-5-288-05282-8.
- Milbakh, V. S.; Negoda, N. V.; Churakov, D. P. (2020). Политические репрессии командно-начальствующего состава, 1937–1938 гг. Киевский военный округ [Political repressions of command personnel, 1937–1938: Kiev Military District] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Gangut. ISBN 978-5-85875-565-4.