3rd Cavalry Division (Soviet Union)

3rd Bessarabian Order of Lenin, Twice Red Banner Cavalry Division Named After Grigory Kotovsky
3-я Бессарабская ордена Ленина, дважды Краснознамённая кавалерийская дивизия имени Григория Котовского
Active1922 – December 25, 1941
DisbandedPredecessor: 4th Cavalry Division (1922)
Successor: 5th Guards Cavalry Division
AllegianceArmed Forces of the Soviet Union
BranchLand
TypeCavalry
Nickname(s)Bessarabian
Engagements
DecorationsOrder of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner

The 3rd Cavalry Division was a military unit in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army of the Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.