4th Guards Cavalry Corps

{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = 4th Guards Cavalry Corps

| image = Части 4-го гвардейского кавалерийского корпуса на марше.jpg

| dates = August 1942 - April 1955

| country = {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| branch = Cavalry

| battles = Great Patriotic War

| notable_commanders = Issa Pliev

}}

File:Гвардейское казачье подразделение форсирует реку.jpg

4th Guards Order of Kutuzov Cavalry Corps was a prominent cavalry formation of the Soviet Red Army which served most notably as part of the Cavalry mechanized group under the command of Guards Lieutenant General Issa Pliyev in operational engagements from Operation Bagration until the Battle of Prague when the Great Patriotic War finally came to an end.

Enagagements

= Operation Bagration =

= Operation Debrecen =

= Battle of Prague =

Commanders

  • Lieutenant General Nikolai Kirichenko (27.08.1942 - 03.11.1943)
  • Lieutenant General Issa Pliyev (04.11.1943 - 05.11.1944)
  • Major General Vasily Golovskoy (05.11.1944 - 08.04.1945)
  • Lieutenant General Fyodor Kamkov (12.04.1945 - end of war)

References

  • {{Cite book|title=Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской|last=Feskov|first=V.I.|last2=Golikov|first2=V.I.|last3=Kalashnikov|first3=K.A.|last4=Slugin|first4=S.A.|publisher=Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing|year=2013|isbn=9785895035306|location=Tomsk|language=ru|trans-title=The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces|ref={{SfnRef|Feskov et al|2013}}}}

Further reading

  • От Кубани до Праги, Краснодар, 1972
  • Плиев И. А., Дорогами войны, Орджоникидзе, 1973
  • Казаки-гвардейцы, Краснодар, 1980
  • Четвёртый гвардейский Кубанский, Краснодар, 1981
  • Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defence (Центральный архив Министерства обороны РФ) (ЦАМО), ф. 10 гв. кд., оп. 1, д.50, л. 192
  • ЦАМО, ф. 4 гв. кк.; оп. 1, д. 30, л. 2.
  • ЦАМО, ф. 40 гв. кп, оп. 345798, д.1 л. 7.
  • Хранилище документов новейшей истории Республики Адыгея (ХДНИ РА)ф. 1,оп. 2., д. 84, связка30, лл. 237—239.
  • {{cite book| author = Хазретбий Сиджах. | title = Адыгейский полк в боях за Советскую Родину |location= Maikop |year= 1998 |publisher= РИПО «Адыгея» | page = 568 | isbn = 5-7992-0021-7}}
  • {{cite book| author = Глухов В.М., Ачмиз А.Г. | title = Адыгея в дни Великой Отечественной войны. |location= Майкоп |year= 2008 |publisher= ОАО <<Полиграфиздат «Адыгея»>> | pages = 266–293| isbn = 978-5-7992-0488-4}}
  • {{cite book| title = Soviet Military Encyclopedia: [В 8 томах]. |year= 1977 |publisher= Moscow, Voenizdat |volume= 4 "К-22"-Линейный. | pages = 502–503}}

{{Soviet Union corps}}

{{Soviet Union divisions 1945{{endash}}57}}

Category:Cossack military units and formations

Category:Guards cavalry corps of the Soviet Union

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1946