3rd Bessarabian Order of Lenin, Twice Red Banner Cavalry Division Named After Grigory Kotovsky | |
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3-я Бессарабская ордена Ленина, дважды Краснознамённая кавалерийская дивизия имени Григория Котовского | |
Active | 1922 – December 25, 1941 |
Disbanded | Predecessor: 4th Cavalry Division (1922) Successor: 5th Guards Cavalry Division |
Allegiance | Armed Forces of the Soviet Union |
Branch | Land |
Type | Cavalry |
Nickname(s) | Bessarabian |
Engagements | |
Decorations | Order 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.