The 7th Cavalry Division (, 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 (descendant of Ost Zee Germans) 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.3 of 4 regiments had participated in the attack, Olviopol Uhlans and 7th Horse Artillery were left as reserve units 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 Fomin7-я кавалерийская дивизия @ surnameindex.info/mil 1907–1912: Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov 1914–1917: Theodore von Rohrberg
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