9th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)
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The 9th Cavalry Division (russian: 9-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''9-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 ...
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Organization

*1st Cavalry Brigade **9th Regiment of Dragoons **9th Uhlan Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade **9th Regiment of Hussars **9th Regiment of Cossacks *9th Horse Artillery Division


Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

*1877–1878:
Grigorij Fedorovitch Tchernozubov Grigori Fyodorovich Chernozubov (; January 30, 1835 – ?) was an Imperial Russian brigade commander. He fought in the Crimean War and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. He was the father of Fyodor Chernozubov. Awards *Order of Saint Anna, 3 ...
*1878:
Alexander Mikhailovich Lermontov Alexander Mikhailovich Lermontov (27 February 1838 – 26 December 1906) was an Imperial Russian division commander. He participated in the war against the Ottoman Empire. Awards *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1863 *Order of Saint Stanislaus ...
*1912:
Abram Dragomirov Abram Mikhailovich Dragomirov (russian: Абра́м Миха́йлович Драгоми́ров, tr. ; 9 December 1955) was a General in the Imperial Russian Army. Following the Russian Revolution he joined Anton Denikin in the Volunteer Army. ...


References

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