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3rd Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union)

3rd Cavalry Corps
2nd Guards Cavalry Corps
Active
  • 1925 – 1940
  • November 1941 – December 1945
AllegianceSoviet Union
BranchSoviet Red Army
EngagementsSoviet invasion of Poland
Great Patriotic War

The 3rd Cavalry Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army.

History

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As part of the 11th Army, it took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland 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.[1]

Organization (1939)

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Commanders

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2nd formation

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  • General-Major Lev Dovator (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).

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  1. ^ Tankfront
  2. ^ RKKA
  3. ^ RKKA
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