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7th Cavalry Division
7-я кавалерийская дивизия
Active	1875–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Allegiance	19th Army Corps, Warsaw Military District
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Cavalry

The 7th Cavalry Division (Russian: 7-я кавалерийская дивизия, 7-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya) was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army.

Organization

• 1st Cavalry Brigade
  • Kinbourne 7th Regiment of Dragoons
  • Olviopol 7th Alfonso the XIII King of Spain's Own Uhlan Regiment
• 2nd Cavalry Brigade
  • Belorussian 7th Regiment of Hussars
  • 11th graf Denisov's Regiment of Don Cossacks
• 7th Horse Artillery Division

Great War

On June 15, 1915 the entire division under the supreme command of Lt.–General Theodore von Rohrberg (Russian: Фёдор Сергеевич Рерберг) finally managed to stop the advance of German forces under August von Mackensen by means of breaking in between the Germans' first and second lines and completely destroying all the means of communication and artillery support, including tens of heavy artillery pieces and machine-guns, suffering just 200 casualties. As a result, Russians were able to start the Great Retreat of 1915 without experiencing instant German pressure.

Headquarters

• Kovel — 1903–1909
• Volodymyr-Volynskyi — 1913–1914

Commanders (Division Chiefs)

• 1905: Leonid Fomin
• 1907–1912: Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov
• 1914–1917: Theodore von Rohrberg

References

1. Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 8 January 2017.
2. descendant of Ost Zee Germans
3. 3 of 4 regiments had participated in the attack, Olviopol Uhlans and 7th Horse Artillery were left as reserve units
4. 7-я кавалерийская дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil

v t e Russian Imperial Army divisions in World War I
Infantry	Guards 1 2 3 1st – 9th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10th – 19th 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th – 29th 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30th – 39th 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40th – 49th 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50th – 52nd 50 51 52 1914 July 53rd – 59th 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60th – 69th 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70th – 79th 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80th – 84th 80 81 82 83 84 1915 June 99th – 109th 99  • 100  • 101  • 102  • 103  • 104  • 105  • 106  • 107  • 108  • 109 110th – 119th 110  • 111  • 112  • 113  • 114  • 115  • 116  • 117  • 118  • 119 120th – 124th 120  • 121  • 122  • 123  • 124 September 125 November 126  • 127 1916 October 128 November 129  • 130  • 131  • 132  • 133  • 134  • 135  • 136  • 137  • 138 1917 January 151st – 159th 151  • 152  • 153  • 154  • 155  • 156  • 157  • 158  • 159 160th – 169th 160  • 161  • 162  • 163  • 164  • 165  • 166  • 167  • 168  • 169 170th – 179th 170  • 171  • 172  • 173  • 174  • 175  • 176  • 177  • 178  • 179 180th – 189th 180  • 181  • 182  • 183  • 184  • 185  • 186  • 187  • 188  • 189 190th – 194th 190  • 191  • 192  • 193  • 194
Grenadier	1 2 3 Caucasus January 1917: 5  • 6  • 2nd Caucasus
Siberian Rifle	1st – 15th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 November 1916 16  • 17 January 1917 Combined  • 18  • 19  • 20  • 21  • 22
Finland Rifle	May 1915 1 2 3 4 January 1917 5 6
Cavalry	Guards 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Caucasus December 1914: 16
Cossack	Caucasus 1 2 3 Native Cavalry 1st Don 2nd Combined
Volunteer	1st Serbian  • Czechoslovak

• Cavalry divisions of the Russian Empire
• Military units and formations disestablished in 1918