5th Guards Cavalry Division
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The 5th Guards Cavalry Division (Bessarabian–Tannenberg, Order of Lenin, Grigory Kotovsky, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov) was a military unit in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Armed Forces) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Great Patriotic War.
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5th Guards Cavalry Division (Bessarabian–Tannenberg, Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov) | |
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Active | December 25, 1941–1946 |
Disbanded | Predecessor: 3rd Cavalry Division Successor: 5th Guards Cavalry Regiment |
Allegiance | Armed Forces of the Soviet Union |
Branch | Land |
Type | Cavalry |
Nickname(s) | "Bessarabian" "Tannenberg" |
Engagements | Great Patriotic War |
Battle honours | Soviet Guard Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov |
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