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2nd Combined Cossack Division
2nd Combined Cossack Division
Active	1889–1918
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Garrison/HQ	Kamenets-Podolsk
Engagements	World War I

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The 2nd Combined Cossack Division (Russian: 2-я Сводная казачья дивизия) was a Cossack division in the Russian Imperial Army formed from Don, Kuban, and Terek Cossacks. Before the war it was part of the 12th Army Corps in the Kiev Military District. The division saw action in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.

Order of battle in 1914

The division consisted of the following units:^[1]^[2]

1st Brigade (HQ Mogilev-Podolsk)
- 16th Don Cossack Regiment
- 17th Don Cossack Regiment
2nd Brigade (HQ Kamenets-Podolsk)
- 1st Kuban Cossack Line Regiment
- 1st Terek Cossack Volgsky Regiment
1st Orenburg Cossack Horse Artillery Division (HQ Kamenets-Podolsk)
- 1st Orenburg Cossack Horse Artillery Battery
- 3rd Orenburg Cossack Horse Artillery Battery

Commanders

The following is the list of the division commanders.^[1]

28.07.1899 – 14.09.1904 – Major General (later Lieutenant General) Alexei Domontovich
14.10.1906 – xx.11.1907 – Major General (later Lieutenant General) Mikhail Stoyanov
19.11.1907 – 14.09.1911 – Lieutenant General Nikolai Avdeyev
14.09.1911 – 31.12.1913 – Lieutenant General Alexei Rodionov
31.12.1913 – 24.09.1914 – Lieutenant General Leonid Zhigalin
24.09.1914 – 10.09.1915 – Lieutenant General Alexander Pavlov
16.09.1915 – 10.06.1917 – Major General Pyotr Krasnov
26.09.1917 – ? – Major General Alexander Cheryachukin

Chiefs of Staff

The following is a list of the division chiefs of staff.^[1]

15.09.1889-02.08.1891 — Colonel Dmitry Voronets
15.11.1894-30.12.1899 — Colonel Pavel Parchevsky
22.02.1900-25.05.1900 — Colonel Ivan Tolmachev
25.07.1900-09.02.1902 — Colonel Vladimir Khitrovo
16.02.1902-06.03.1905 — Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel) Mikhail Shishkevich
25.03.1905-09.07.1908 — Colonel Ivan Bolotov
25.08.1908-02.09.1910 — Colonel Anatoly Kalishevsky
12.09.1910-30.12.1914 — Colonel Andrei Snesarev
?-26.07.1915 — Colonel Vladimir Agapeyev
16.08.1915-21.03.1917 — Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel) Svyatoslav Denisov
16.05.1917-? — Nikolai Rot

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 2-я казачья сводная дивизия. Ria1914.info. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ General Staff, War Office (1914). Handbook of the Russian Army. London: Imperial War Museum. p. 168. ISBN 0-89839-250-0.

External links

2-я Сводная казачья дивизия на Regiment.ru

[ria-1] 2-я казачья сводная дивизия. Ria1914.info. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[2] General Staff, War Office (1914). Handbook of the Russian Army. London: Imperial War Museum. p. 168. ISBN 0-89839-250-0.

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-The '''2nd Combined Cossack Division''' ({{lang-ru|2-я Сводная казачья дивизия}}) was a [[Cossack]] [[division (military)|division]] in the [[Russian Imperial Army]] formed from [[Don Cossacks|Don]], [[Kuban Cossacks|Kuban]], and [[Terek Cossacks]]. It saw action in [[World War I]] as part of the [[12th Army Corps (Russian Empire)|12th Army Corps]] and later was demobilized in 1918.
+The '''2nd Combined Cossack Division''' ({{langx|ru|2-я Сводная казачья дивизия}}) was a [[Cossack]] [[division (military)|division]] in the [[Russian Imperial Army]] formed from [[Don Cossacks|Don]], [[Kuban Cossacks|Kuban]], and [[Terek Cossacks]]. Before the war it was part of the [[12th Army Corps (Russian Empire)|12th Army Corps]] in the [[Kiev Military District]]. The division saw action in [[World War I]] and was demobilized in 1918.
-== Organization ==
+== Order of battle in 1914 ==
-The division consisted of the following units:<ref name="ria">[http://ria1914.info/index.php?title=2-%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F 2-я казачья сводная дивизия]. Ria1914.info. Retrieved 13 November 2017.</ref>
+The division consisted of the following units:<ref name="ria">[http://ria1914.info/index.php?title=2-%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F 2-я казачья сводная дивизия]. Ria1914.info. Retrieved 13 November 2017.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=General Staff, War Office |year=1914 |title=Handbook of the Russian Army |publisher=Imperial War Museum |location=London |isbn= 0-89839-250-0 |page=168 }}</ref>
 *1st Brigade (HQ [[Mohyliv-Podilskyi|Mogilev-Podolsk]])
-**[[16th Don Cossack Regiment|16th Don Cossack General Grekov VIII Regiment]]
+**16th Don Cossack Regiment
-**[[17th Don Cossack Regiment|17th Don Cossack General Baklanov Regiment]]
+**17th Don Cossack Regiment
 *2nd Brigade (HQ [[Kamianets-Podilskyi|Kamenets-Podolsk]])
-**[[1st Kuban Cossack Line Regiment|1st Kuban Cossack General Velyaminov Line Regiment]]
+**1st Kuban Cossack Line Regiment
+**1st Terek Cossack Volgsky Regiment
-**[[1st Terek Cossack Regiment|1st Terek Cossack Volgsky Regiment]]
+*1st Orenburg Cossack Horse Artillery Division (HQ Kamenets-Podolsk)
-*[[1st Orenburg Cossack Artillery Division]] (HQ Kamenets-Podolsk)
+**1st Orenburg Cossack Horse Artillery Battery
+**3rd Orenburg Cossack Horse Artillery Battery
 == Commanders ==