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Organization

1857–1918: *1st Cavalry Brigade **

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** Life Guard Horse Regiment, also called the Leib-Guard Horse Regiment or simply the Horse Guards *2nd Cavalry Brigade ** His Majesty's Own

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* 1st Life-Guards Horse Artillery Division Each regiment comprised four squadrons (or, in Cossack regiments, four ', or "hundreds"); the colonels of the Guard regiments usually were Major-Generals in rank.Other Russian cavalry divisions generally comprised four regiments apiece, each of six squadrons (or ') of the same size -- 150 men and 8 officers -- under a colonel.

Commanders

* 23.12.1910—30.03.1916 — Nikolai Kaznakov * 02.04.1916—22.01.1917 —

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* 10.03.1917—15.04.1917 — Evgeny Arseniev * 15.05.1917—06.08.1917 — Aleksander Eristov * 19.08.1917— ? — Afrikan P. Bogaewsky

References

Russian Imperial Guard Cavalry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1810 Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 {{russia-hist-stub