1st Cossack Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

The 1st Cossack Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer of Don Cossack cavalry regiment that served in the Don Army during the Russian Civil War. The unit was formed in March–April 1918 by Colonel Alexei V. Kravtzov to serve with the forces of Don Army in the opening stages of Russian Civil War. Included to the Army Corps of Gen. Tatarkin on May 19.

1st Cossack Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Don Cossacks flag
ActiveMarch–April 1918
CountryDon Republic
AllegianceDon Army, Volunteer Army
BranchCavalry
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Alexei V. Kravtzov
Grigori V. Tatarkin

Civil War

Cossacks from the Ust-Medveditskaya okrug was brought together by Colonel Alexey V. Kravtzov at the stanitsa Ust-Medveditskaya,[1] on Don Republic territories in preparation for an anti-Bolshevik action in Don Host Oblast. After that was involved in numerous battles during the months-long prelude of the Russian Civil War in Don Host Oblast, including the ill-fated Battle of Loznoye from December 22 to December 30, 1918, where regiment save by manoeuvre corps of Don Army under command of General Golubintzev. In this battle Colonel Kravtzov shot himself not to fall into the Bolshevik hands.[2] In March 1919 part of 4th Don Cossacks Cavalry Division.

Commanders

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Notes
  1. Headquarters of North-East Front of the Don Army (ex-Headquarters of Ust-Medveditskaya okrug. 1st Cavalry Regiment of Voiskovoi Starshina A. Kravtzov) http://guides.rusarchives.ru/browse/gbfond.html?bid=122&fund_id=439053 Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Golubintzev, A.V., «Russian Vandea», 1995, p.24, 80. http://krukov-fond.ru/page,2,russsianvandeya.html Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine

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