8th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)

8th Cavalry Division
8th Cavalry Division
8-я кавалерийская дивизия
Active	1875–1918
Country	Russian Empire
Branch	Russian Imperial Army
Role	Cavalry
Engagements	World War I Battle of the Vistula River; ;

The 8th Cavalry Division (Russian: 8-я кавалерийская дивизия, romanized: 8-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya) was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army, part of the 8th Army Corps. It was headquartered at Kishinev by 1914.^[1]

History

The division was formed on 27 July 1875 from the 2nd Brigade of the 4th Cavalry Division, reinforced by a Don Cossack Regiment.^[2]

The division included the following units in 1914:^[1]

The following officers commanded the division:

^ ^a ^b Conrad, Mark (2001). "THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1914". Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^ "8-я кавалерийская дивизия" [8th Cavalry Division]. regiment.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 August 2018.