The 3rd Cavalry Division (russian: 3-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''3-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a

cavalry Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...

formation of the

Russian Imperial Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...

Organization

*1st Cavalry Brigade **3rd Dragoon Regiment **3rd Uhlan Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade **3rd Hussar Regiment **3rd Cossack Regiment *3rd Horse Artillery Battalion

Commanders

*1908–1912:

Sergei Scheidemann Sergei Mikhailovich Sheydeman (russian: Сергей Михайлович Шейдеман; german: Sergei Michailowitsch Scheidemann; August 18, 1857 – 1922) was an army commander of the Imperial Russian Army in World War I. After the October R ...

References

{{Russian Empire Divisions Cavalry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918