1st Caucasian Cossack Division

The 1st Caucasian Cossack Division was a cavalry Division of the Imperial Russian Army that participated in World War I.

History
The 1st Caucasian Cossack Division was a former cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army that participated in World War I. The division consisted of cossack regiments from the Caucasian region of the Russian Empire. The division was part of the 1st Caucasus Army Corps during the war. The division participated in the Caucasus Campaign during the war.

Organization
The division had the following structure just before mobilization for World War I:
 * Divisional Headquarters at Kars
 * 1st Brigade
 * Brigade Headquarters at Kars
 * 1st His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Mikhail Mikolayevich Kuban Cossack Regiment at Karakurt
 * 1st Brigadier Holovaty Umansky Kuban Cossack Regiment
 * 2nd Brigade
 * Brigade Headquarters at Kars
 * 1st Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna Hopersky Kuban Cossack Regiment at Olty
 * 1st General of the Krukovsky Gorsko-Mozdok Terek Cossack Regiment at Olty
 * 1st Caucasian Cossack Horse Artillery Battalion
 * RHQ at Akhalkalaki
 * 2nd Kuban Horse Artillery Battery at Sarykamysh
 * 1st Terek Horse Artillery Battery

Commanders
Commanders of the division included:

Commanders

 * Major General S. A. Sheremetev (???? - 1898)
 * Lieutenant-General Baratov Nikolai Nikolayevich (November 1912 - March 1916)
 * Major General Raddatz Ernest-August Ferdinandovich (May 1916 - July 1916)

Chiefs of Staff

 * Colonel Alexander Alexandrovich Zegelov
 * Colonel Alexander Vasilyevich Yereshchagin
 * Colonel Ivan Petrovich Tomkeev
 * Colonel Fedor Grigorievich Chernozubov
 * Lieutenant Colonel later Colonel Luka Lukich Kondratovich
 * Colonel Maximov
 * Colonel Piontkovsky
 * Colonel Nikolai Frantsevich Ern

Brigade Commanders

 * 1st Brigade
 * Major General Alexey Ivanovich Domontovich
 * Major General Turgiev
 * Colonel Mikhail Georgievich Fesenko
 * 2nd Brigade
 * Major General Ali-Sheikh-Ali Davletovich