2nd Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)

The 2nd Cavalry Division (2-я кавалерийская дивизия, 2-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya) was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army.

In 1914, the division was headquartered at Suwałki, part of the 2nd Army Corps.

Organization
In 1914, the division included the following units:
 * 1st Cavalry Brigade (Suwalki)
 * 2nd Pskov Life Dragoon Regiment (Suwalki)
 * 2nd Courland Life Uhlan Regiment (Kalwaria)
 * 2nd Cavalry Brigade (Suwalki)
 * 2nd Pavlograd Life Hussar Regiment (Suwalki)
 * 2nd Don Cossack Regiment (Augustów)
 * 2nd Horse Artillery Battalion (Suwalki)

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

 * 1884–1892: Feofil Egorovich Meindorf
 * 1899–1901: Pavel Plehve
 * 1905: Alexander Dubensky
 * 1909: Afanasy Tsurikov
 * 1914: Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski

Chiefs of Staff

 * 12/03/1876 - 07/19/1877 - Colonel Povalo-Shveikovsky, Alexander Nikolaevich
 * 11/06/1877 - 05/21/1886 - Colonel Gek, Andrey Konstantinovich
 * 03/26/1887 - 03/10/1889 - Colonel Schwemberger, Joseph Fedorovich
 * 03/10/1889 - 04/15/1890 - Colonel Avramov, Vladimir Alexandrovich
 * 04/19/1890 - 01/07/1891 - Colonel Litvinov, Alexander Ivanovich
 * 01/07/1891 - 02/27/1891 - Colonel Mikhailov, Nikolai Grigorievich
 * February 27, 1891 - December 20, 1892 - Colonel Nikolai Bobyr
 * 01/26, 1893 - 11/20, 1895 - Colonel Popov, Ivan Vasilievich
 * 11/27, 1895 - 02/29, 1896 - Colonel Ugryumov, Andrei Alexandrovich
 * 03/18, 1896 - 08/17, 1896 - Colonel Eichgolts, Alexander Rudolfovich
 * 09/04, 1896 - March 27, 1898 - Colonel Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov
 * 03/27, 1898 - 02/25, 1899 - Colonel Nekrasov
 * 03/20, 1899 - 06/04, 1902 - Colonel Prince Begildeev, Konstantin Sergeevich
 * July 20, 1902 - October 19, 1904 - Colonel Nikolai Volodchenko
 * December 30, 1904 - February 23, 1907 - Colonel Johnson, Herbert Georgievich
 * 03/12/1907 - 07/23/1908 - Colonel ND Polivanov
 * 08/02/1908 - 10/13/1908 - Colonel Fedotov, Alexander Ippolitovich
 * 10.21.1908—09.07.1912 - Colonel Sencha, Vladimir Ivanovich
 * 07/11/1912 - 03/25/1913 - Colonel Stepanov, Nikolai Alexandrovich
 * 03/25/1913 - 08/22/1914 - Colonel Chesnakov, Pyotr Vladimirovich
 * 08/22/1914 - 12/02/1915 - Wreed Colonel Gotovsky, Vladimir Nikolaevich
 * 01/15/1916 - 01/18/1917 - Colonel Chesnakov, Pyotr Vladimirovich
 * 04/02/1917 - 05/12/1917 - Major General of the General Staff Goncharenko, Georgy Ivanovich

Commanders of the 1st Brigade

 * 1905: Nikolai Papa-Afanasopulo
 * April-August 1908: Gleb Vannovsky
 * 1909: Evgeny Leontovich

Commanders of the 2nd Brigade

 * 1887: Nikolai Fedorovich Ilyin
 * 1905: Mikhail Pleshkov
 * 1909: Nikolai Leo