The 17th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Corps ( 17th KK ) is a cavalry formation of the Red Army cavalry in the Armed Forces of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War .
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| Armed forces |  USSR Armed Forces | |
| Type of Armed Forces |  ground troops | |
| The type of troops (forces) | cavalry | |
| Type of formation | Cavalry corps | |
| Formation | January 1, 1942 | |
| Dissolution (transformation) | August 27, 1942 | |
| Number of formations | one | |
| Commanders | ||
| major general Maleev Mikhail Fedorovich , major general Kirichenko Nikolay Yakovlevich | ||
| Combat operations | ||
The Great Patriotic War | ||
| Continuity | ||
| Successor | 4th Guards Cossack Cavalry Corps | |
It was formed in the Krasnodar Territory on January 1, 1942 by order of the Supreme Command in the North Caucasian Military District . The formation took place on Cossack funds from the Kuban Cossacks - volunteers. For military services, on August 27, 1942, the honorary name "Guards" was given and renamed the 4th Guards . Tens of thousands of his soldiers were awarded orders and medals, later on the 22nd was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
Content
- 1 Battle Path
- 2 Command staff of the corps
- 2.1 Corps commanders
- 3 Composition
- 3.1 On February 1, 1942
- 3.2 On May 1, 1942
- 3.3 June 1, 1942
- 4 Awards and honorary titles
- 5 Memory
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
Battle Path
As part of the North Caucasus Front, he participated in the Battle of the Caucasus , including the Armavir-Maykop defense operation, and the defense of distant approaches to Tuapse . Under the village of Kushchevskaya, he delayed the advance of the Nazi troops for several days, repeatedly delivering counterattacks on foot and on horseback , and he himself suffered significant losses. The village passed from hand to hand several times.
Corps Command
Corps commanders
- Major General Maleev M.F. (01/01/1942 - 06/09/1942)
- Major General Kirichenko N. Ya. (06/10/1942 - 08/27/1942)
Composition
February 1, 1942
- 10th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division
- 12th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division
- 13th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division
- 167th mortar regiment
- 261st Horse and Artillery Division
- 27th Separate Communications Division
On May 1, 1942
- 12th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division
- 13th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division
- 15th Don Cossack Cavalry Division
- 27th Separate Communications Division
June 1, 1942
- 12th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division
- 13th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division
- 15th Don Cossack Cavalry Division
- 116th Don Cossack Cavalry Division
- 267th separate equestrian artillery division (room: captain S. Chekurda, military commissar: battalion commissar Fedyuchenko)
- 364th separate air defense artillery battalion (comm .: Major Glagolev, military commissar: battalion commissar Volodarsky)
- 27th separate communications division (room: Major Golik I.K.)
Awards and honorary titles
- August 27, 1942 for military merit was transformed into the Guards ( 4th Guards Kuban Cossack Cavalry Corps ):
On August 25, for the courage and heroism of the 555 Cossacks, commanders and political workers of the corps, they were awarded orders and medals, and on August 27, Pravda issued an order from the USSR People's Commissar of Defense to assign the rank of guards to the corps and its parts.
“For courage in battles for the Fatherland,” the order said, “for perseverance, courage, discipline and organization, for the heroism of the personnel to transform:
- 17th Cossack Cavalry Corps in the 4th Guards Cossack Cavalry Corps - corps commander Lieutenant General N. Ya. Kirichenko;
- 12th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division to the 9th Guards Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division (division commander Major General I. Tugarinov);
- 13th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division to the 10th Guards Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division (division commander Major General B. S. Millerov);
- 15th Don Cossack Cavalry Division to the 11th Guards Don Cossack Cavalry Division (division commander Major General S. I. Gorshkov);
- 116th Don Cossack Cavalry Division to the 12th Guards Don Cossack Cavalry Division ( division commander Major General Ya. S. Sharaburko );
- The 149th mortar regiment to the 149th guards mortar regiment (regiment commander Major V. N. Maslovsky);
- 267th Separate Horse-Artillery Division to the 2nd Guards Separate Horse-Artillery Division (division commander captain S. T. Chekurda);
- The 27th Separate Communications Division to the 27th Guards Separate Communications Division (division commander Major I. K. Golik). ”
Memory
- At the entrance to the village of Kushchevskaya, a monument to the Cossacks of the corps was erected.
Literature
- From Kuban to Prague, Krasnodar, 1972
- Cossacks Guards, Krasnodar, 1980
- Fourth Guards Kuban, Krasnodar, 1981