2nd cavalry corps

The 2nd Cavalry Corps was formed on November 8, 1922 in the Ukrainian Military District (hereinafter UkrVO). Office Corps located in Uman.

May 17, 1935 UkrVO is divided into Kiev and Kharkov military districts. The 2nd KK became part of the Kiev Military District (hereinafter KVO).

On July 26, 1938, the Main Military Council of the Red Army transformed the Kiev Military District into the Kiev Special Military District (hereinafter KOVO) and created army groups in the district. The 2nd kk became part of the KOVO cavalry army group.

In September - October 1938, the 2nd KK of the Cavalry Army Group KOVO was put on alert for military assistance to Czechoslovakia.

In September - October 1939, the corps participated in a military campaign of the Red Army in Western Ukraine. The corps was part of the Volochisk Army Group, the Eastern Army Group, and the 6th Army of the Ukrainian Front. (see Vinnitsa Army Group ).

In June - July 1940, the corps participated in a military campaign of the Red Army in Northern Bukovina as part of the 12th Army of the Southern Front .

In late April 1941, the corps administration arrived in the Odessa Military District (hereinafter OdVO) in Romanovka in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR. The corps included the 5th and 9th cavalry divisions .

June 22, 1941 the corps became part of the 9th separate army . On June 24, 1941, the 9th separate army became part of the formed Southern Front . The corps participated in battles in Moldova, in the south, in the center and in the north-east of Ukraine.

From June 22 to November 26, 1941 the corps participated in the Great Patriotic War .

On September 24, the 5th Cavalry Division of the corps went on the offensive in the direction of Lokhvitsy , but was forced to stop, having met with the vanguard of the 9th German Panzer Division .

The corps participated in battles near Belgorod, near Koroch in Russia. In early November 1941, from the district of Novy Oskol (in 2012 in the Belgorod Region) by rail delivered to Moscow. Since November 9, the corps became part of the Western Front.

On November 21, 1941, the corps was ordered to go on the defensive. ^[one]

Since November 23, the cavalry corps began to withdraw from battle, passing its defensive line to rifle units of the 49th army. The transfer was slow, as the 49th Army did not have enough strength to receive and reliably cover the transmitted defense section. ^[one]

On November 24, the commander of the Western Front received an order: due to the fact that the situation at Venev sharply became complicated, the corps made a forced march and by the end of November 25 concentrated in the Chernevo , Zaraysk area . The corps did not even get a few days of rest to put itself in order after heavy fighting. In the cavalry corps there were many forged horses from marching replenishment. The corps command was going to carry out mass forging and reforging, but failed to do so. ^[one]

On the forced march, the corps was given a little more than a day. The corps command realized that this period was unrealistic. At this time, the 9th Cavalry Division was moving to the Lopasni area. The division had to be sent in the opposite direction. Even along the shortest route, the cavalrymen of Colonel Oslikovsky had to make a march of one hundred and fifty kilometers. The 5th Cavalry Division had a shorter path ahead, but it still could not surrender its defensive line to the 194th Rifle Division , which did not have the strength to maintain its position. ^[one]

The corps commander decided to leave one cavalry regiment to surrender the strip. All other parts of the corps received orders to immediately set out on a campaign. ^[one]

The 9th Crimean Cavalry Division and the 15th Guards Mortar Regiment , remaining in the corps after the battles near Serpukhov, were ordered to move from Lopasny to the Lakes and concentrate in Chernev and Zaraysk. The 5th Stavropol Cavalry Division marched directly to Kashira .

By order of the USSR NCO No. 342 dated November 26, 1941 for the courage shown in battle, stamina, courage and heroism of the personnel, the 2nd KK was converted into the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps, and the 5th and 9th Cavalry Divisions were converted respectively into 1st and 2nd guard cd ^[2] .

Corps management deployment

• c1922 - Uman, Ukrainian SSR.
• 1935 - Zhytomyr, USSR.
• 1939 - 1941 - Lviv, USSR.
• 1941 —6.1941 - Romanovka of the Moldavian SSR.

2nd Cavalry Corps named after the Council of People's Commissars of Ukraine

• 1922 - 1922 - Armed Forces of Ukraine and Crimea ,
• 1922-1935 - Ukrainian Military District,
• 1935 - 1938 - Kiev Military District ,
• 1938 - 1940 - Cavalry Army Group, Kiev Special Military District,
• 1940— 1941 - Odessa Military District
• 1941 —1941 — 9th Separate Army ,
• c 1941 - 9th separate army of the Southern Front .

Corps commanders:

• 1922— 1925 - Kotovsky, Grigory Ivanovich . ^[3]
• 1925 - 1937 - Krivoruchko, Nikolai Nikolaevich . ^[3]
• 1937 - 1938 - Kozachek, Sergey Borisovich . ^[four]
• from 1937 - Khatskilevich, Mikhail Georgievich . ^[3]
• 1939 - 1940 - Kostenko, Fedor Yakovlevich . ^[3]
• 1940 - 1941 -
• 1941 - 1941 - Belov, Pavel Alekseevich . ^[3]

Military Commissioner: ( Commissioner (in the military unit) )

• battalion commissar Ilyin (on 07.1938). ^[3]
• Brigadier Commissioner Konstantin Vasilievich Krainyukov (Wrede from 04/12/1939, 05/10/1939-1940). ^[3]

Deputy corps commander:

• Brigadier Commissioner Konstantin Vasilyevich Krainyukov (Wrede from 04/12/1939, 1940-16.07.1941). ^[3]

Military Commissioner:

• Brigadier Commissar Konstantin Vasilyevich Krainyukov (Wreed from 04/12/1939, 07/16/25/08/1941). ^[3]
• regimental commissar, brigade commissar Alexei Varfolomeevich Shchelakovsky (08.25.1941-26.11.1941). ^[3]

Chief of staff:

• Alexander Sergeevich Scheideman (for 1933). ^[3]
• brigade commander Sergey Ilyich Baylo (arrested September 12, 1937). ^[3]
• Pavel Alekseevich Kurochkin (06-10.1939). ^[3]
• brigade commander Pyotr Vasilievich Kotelkov (on 05/08/1940). ^[3]
• Colonel Mikhail Dmitrievich Gretsov (06-11.1941). ^[3]

As of November 1922:

• Office housing.

• 4th Cavalry Division .
• 7th Cavalry Division .
• 9th Cavalry Division .

From 01/15/1923:

• Office housing.

• 3rd Cavalry Division .
• 9th Cavalry Division .

From 1935 to 1939:

• Office of the corps (Zhytomyr - 1935).

• 5th Cavalry Division .
• 14th Cavalry Division .
• The 2nd separate aviation communications link - since 1935, in the city of Zhytomyr.
• 2nd aviation detachment. ^[5] , ^[6]
• 2nd separate corps communications division, in the city of Zhytomyr.
• 2nd separate corps anti-aircraft artillery division, in the city of Berdichev.

On 10/2/1939:

• Office housing, body parts:

• 3rd Cavalry Division .
• 5th Cavalry Division .
• 14th Cavalry Division .
• 24th light tank brigade .

May to November 1940:

• Office housing.

• 3rd Cavalry Division.
• 5th Cavalry Division.

From April to November 26, 1941:

• Office housing.

• 5th Cavalry Division.
• 9th Cavalry Division.

• Cavalry Corps (USSR) .
• Corps (military affairs)

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