The 3rd Cavalry Corps was a corps of the
Soviet Red Army.
History
As part of the
11th Army, it took part in the Soviet invasion of
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
in 1939.
The Corps was recreated on November 20, 1941 on the basis of the Dovator Cavalry Group.
For its excellent performance behind the German lines, by order of the NPO No. 342 of November 26, 1941, the 3rd Cavalry Corps was transformed into the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps, which fought during the rest of the war.
Organization (1939)
*
7th Cavalry Division
*
36th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union)
* 6th Tank Brigade
Commanders
* Commander
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (02.1925 - 17.08.1933),
* Commander
Leonid Veyner (17.08.1933 - 05.1935),
*
Komdiv Danilo Srdić (17.07.1935 - fired 29.06.1937, arrested 15.07.1937, executed 26.07.1937),
*
Komdiv Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( rus, Георгий Константинович Жуков, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐukəf, a=Ru-Георгий_Константинович_Жуков.ogg; 1 December 1896 – ...
(07.1937 - 02.1938),
*
Komdiv Yakov Cherevichenko (03.1938 - 06.1940).
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2nd formation
* General-Major Lev Dovator
Lev Mikhaylovich Dovator ( 19 December 1941) was a famous Soviet major-general who was killed in action during World War II and posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Life
Born in 1903, Dovator came from a Belarusian Jew ...
(20.11.1941 - 19.12.1941), KIA
* General-Major Issa Pliyev (19.12.1941 - 05.03.1942);
* General-Major, General-Lieutenant Vladimir Kryukov (06.03.1942 - December 1945).
References
Cavalry corps of the Soviet Union
Soviet invasion of Poland
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