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1 Order of battle in 1914  





2 Commanders  





3 Chiefs of Staff  





4 Commanders of the 1st Brigade  





5 Commanders of the 2nd Brigade  





6 References  





7 External links  





8 Sources  














1st Don Cossack Division






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1st Don Cossack Division
1-я Донская казачья дивизия
Active1875-1918
Country Russian Empire
Branch Russian Imperial Army
Engagements

The 1st Don Cossack Division was a Don Cossack cavalry division of the Russian Imperial Army. It was part of the 19th Army Corps in the Warsaw Military District.[1]

In November [O.S. October] 1917, Pyotr Krasnov led regiments of the 1st Don Cossack Division towards Petrograd to stop the Bolshevik seizure of power from the Russian Provisional Government, but the attempt fell apart.[2]

Order of battle in 1914[edit]

The division included the following.[3]

Commanders[edit]

Chiefs of Staff[edit]

Commanders of the 1st Brigade[edit]

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1-я Донская казачья дивизия". 14 August 2022. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022.
  • ^ Cornish, Nik (2014). The Russian Army in the First World War: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-84884-752-1.
  • ^ General Staff, War Office (1914). Handbook of the Russian Army. London: Imperial War Museum. p. 161. ISBN 0-89839-250-0.
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