The 7th Guards Cavalry Corps of the Soviet Union 's Red Army was a cavalry corps active during the Second World War . It was formed from the 8th Cavalry Corps in February 1943.
39-671: (Redirected from Seventh Cavalry ) 7th Cavalry may refer to: Corps [ edit ] 7th Guards Cavalry Corps , a unit of the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War Divisions [ edit ] 7th Cavalry Division (German Empire) , a unit of the German Army during the First World War 7th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) ,
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156-600: A brick citadel, or kremlin , was constructed in 1514–1521. It was a key fortress of the Great Abatis Belt and successfully resisted a siege by the Tatars in 1552. In 1607, Ivan Bolotnikov and his supporters seized the citadel and withstood a four-months siege by the Tsar 's army. In the 18th century, some parts of the kremlin walls were demolished. Despite its archaic appearance, the five-domed Assumption Cathedral in
195-585: A high share of the military-industrial complex and food manufacturing. A musical instrument, the Tula accordion , is named after the city, which is a center of manufacture for such instruments sold throughout Russia and the world. Tula is also renowned for traditional Russian pryanik , cookies made with honey and spices (see Tula pryanik ). In the West, Tula is perhaps best known as the center of arms manufacturing, mainly by TT pistol , as well as samovar production:
234-879: A unit of the Russian Empire Brigades [ edit ] 7th Indian Cavalry Brigade , a unit of the British Indian Army during the First World War 7th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) , a unit of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War 7th Cavalry Brigade (United States) , a unit of the United States Army during the Second World War, now the 1st Armored Division Regiments [ edit ] 7th Cavalry Regiment ,
273-596: A unit of the Union during the American Civil War Entertainment and games [ edit ] 7th Cavalry (film) , a 1956 American Western film starring Randolph Scott and Barbar Hale 7th Cavalry (wargame) , a 1976 board wargame that simulates the Battle of Little Big Horn Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
312-527: A unit of the United States Army 7th Light Cavalry , a regiment of the British Indian Army during the First and Second World Wars 7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment , a Union regiment during the American Civil War 7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment , a Union regiment during the American Civil War 7th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment , a Union regiment during the American Civil War 7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (also known as " Jennison's Jayhawkers "),
351-636: A workers' study circle . During World War II , the city was important in the production of armaments . Tula became the target of a German offensive to break Soviet resistance in the Moscow area between 24 October and 5 December 1941. According to Erik Durschmied in The Weather Factor: How Nature has Changed History , one German general reached the southwestern outskirts of Tula on 29–30 October 1941. The heavily fortified city held out, however, and Guderian 's Second Panzer Army
390-622: Is also located within the city, built in the mid-19th century and consecrated in 1860. Old Believers ' community services are performed in the church of St. John Chrysostom. The only Roman Catholic church in Tula is the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Since the 1990s, several Protestant denominations have grown, the largest of which is a Baptist church with a prayer house in Tula. Representatives of other Protestant churches in Tula are Seventh-day Adventists , Presbyterians (Church of
429-551: Is home to the Klokovo air base, Tula State University , the Tula Kremlin , Tula State Museum of Weapons, and Kazanskaya Embankment. Tula has a historical association with the samovar , a metal container used to heat and boil water; the city was a major center of Russian samovar production. Yasnaya Polyana , the former home of the writer Leo Tolstoy , is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Tula. Additionally, Tula
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#1732772375793468-643: Is known for its imprinted gingerbread ( pryanik ), which has been made in Tula since the 17th century. The name of the city is likely pre-Russian, probably of Baltic origin. Tula was first mentioned in the Nikon Chronicle (year 1146). In the Middle Ages , Tula was a minor fortress at the border of the Principality of Ryazan . As soon as it passed to the Grand Duchy of Moscow ,
507-484: The 61st Army on 19 September 1943 the corps had added the 1897th SU Regiment (SU-76s) and the 7th Guards Mortar Regiment (120mm mortars). From late September 1943 to March 1944 the corps operated in the 61ast or 65th Armies of the Belorussian Front , trying to enlarge the penetration south of Gomel . In January 1944 the 1897th SU Regiment was replaced by the 1816th SU Regiment (Su-76s), which remained in
546-665: The US 9th Army . The corps' 15th Guards Cavalry Division was converted into the 12th Guards Mechanized Division and transferred to another unit. In the fall of 1945 the corps, with the 14th and 16th Divisions, was transferred from Brest in the Belorussian Military District to Nakhchivan in the Baku Military District . In January 1946, the corps was converted into the 31st Guards Mechanized Division. The 14th and 16th Divisions were reduced to
585-625: The administrative center of Tula Oblast in Russia , located 193 kilometers (120 mi) south of Moscow . Tula is located in the northern Central Russian Upland on the banks of the Upa River , a tributary of the Oka . At the 2010 census , Tula had a population of 501,169, an increase from 481,216 in 2002, making it the 32nd-largest city in Russia by population. A primarily industrial city , Tula
624-405: The 8th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion. It completed this most difficult raid on the rear areas of enemy, distracting significant forces of enemy from reinforcing the frontline units. The Corps sustained very heavy losses breaking out of the encirclement, but the enemy also sustained losses in manpower and material which were essential for reinforcement of the forward units. Order No. 78 of
663-408: The 98th and 99th Guards Mechanized Regiments, respectively. In the spring of that year the 31st Guards became part of the 4th Army . In the spring of 1957, the division became the 25th Guards Motor Rifle Division, and on 17 November 1964 it was renumbered as the 23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division . Tula, Russia Tula ( Russian : Ту́ла , IPA: [ˈtulə] ) is the largest city and
702-714: The Commissariat of the Defense of the USSR dated 14 February 1943 the corps was redesignated the 7th Guards Cavalry Corps. After receiving its Guards designations the corps withdrew from behind German lines through snowstorms. After a week of dodging German patrols, the Corps slipped back through Soviet lines, having disrupted the rear areas and movement of most of the Panzer Corps. After returning to Soviet lines and due to
741-734: The Corps advancing with the 2nd Tank Army ,. By the end of the week, the corps had advanced 200 km, south of Lublin to Radom . The front line stabilized and the corps was on the defensive from 8 August 1944 to 7 January 1945. When the Vistula-Oder offensive started in January 1945 the 1st Belorussian Front formed the Konstantinov Cavalry-Mechanized Group under the 7th Guards Cavalry Commander, Lieutenant General Mikhail Konstantinov . The group consisted of: This group advanced over 400 km from
780-639: The Corps until the end of the war. On 5 March 1944 the Corps was sent to the 2nd Belorussian Front reserves, and in April helped clear the Germans out of the Mozyr and River Turya areas, clearing the south edges of the Pripyet marshes for operations later in the summer. On 17 May 1944, the Corps went to the 1st Belorussian Front in the area of Brest and Kobrin . On 14 July 1944 Operation Bagration began with
819-805: The Holy Trinity, The Glorious Jesus the Lord, the Good News), Pentecostals (Tula Christian Center, Church of the New Testament) and other evangelical churches (Word of Life, the Vine Gypsy Church). The city also has a synagogue and the Jewish Community House. In Russian fist fighting , Tula was considered to have some of the most famous fighters. The city association football club, FC Arsenal Tula , played in
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#1732772375793858-522: The Russian equivalent of "coals to Newcastle" is "You don't take a samovar to Tula". (The saying is falsely ascribed to the writer and playwright Anton Chekhov, whose made a satirical portrait of one of his characters saying "Taking your wife to Paris is the same as taking your own samovar to Tula".) The most popular tourist attraction in Tula Oblast is Yasnaya Polyana , the home and burial place of
897-467: The area of the Seversky Donets river, the Corps went over to the offensive in the direction of Voroshilovgrad (now Lugansk) as part of the 3rd Guards Army under the command of lieutenant general Dmitry Lelyushenko , where it was engaged in furious fighting on the approaches to the city. At dawn on February 14 began the assault, as a result of which the first provincial city in central Ukraine
936-660: The center of the 1st Belorussian front to the Oder River in just 17 days. The group then turned north into Pomerania, where it spent two months clearing the flanks of the Soviet penetration of German lines. In April and May 1945 the Group advanced as part of the Berlin Strategic Operation operating independently sweeping north of the city to seize Brandenburg and then continuing on to meet advancing units of
975-536: The city houses their family vault. The first factory to produce samovars industrially was also established there in the course of the 18th century. After the Demidovs moved the center of their manufacture to the Urals , Tula continued as a center of heavy industry , particularly in the manufacture of matériel . In the 1890s, Ivan Savelyev, a medical orderly, became the founder of social democracy in Tula and set up
1014-777: The city include Muslims , Jews , Hare Krishna , Buddhists and Taoists . All Orthodox organizations in Tula and the Tula Oblast are under the Diocese of Tula and Yefremov . The oldest churches in Tula include the Saints' Cathedral (built from 1776-1800), the Annunciation Church (1692), and the Assumption Cathedral of the Tula Kremlin (1762-1764). The Shcheglovsky Monastery of Holy Mother of God
1053-402: The city. City transport is provided by trams , trolleybuses , buses , and marshrutkas . Tula trams, trolleybuses, and bus routes are operated by "Tulgorelectrotrans" (Tula city electrotransport company). The Russian Air Force base Klokovo is located nearby. Most of Tula's churches are Russian Orthodox churches . Next in number are Catholics and Protestants . Other religions present in
1092-653: The corps was rebuilt: The Corps completed its reorganization in June 1942. In July it went into battle with the Bryansk Front against the northern flank of the German summer offensive. After a month of hard fighting the corps went back into reserve. In October it moved south and was assigned to the 5th Tank Army in November for Operation Uranus . 13th Separate Signals Battalion, and 23rd signals air-flight. The Corps
1131-757: The heavy losses from the Stalingrad offensive and the cavalry raid the Corps was sent into the reserves to rebuild. Between March and May 1943 the corps was reinforced and rebuilt in the Southwestern Front . The corps sent north to join the Steppe Front in the STAVKA Reserves in June consisting of: The Corps was not committed in the first part of the summer offensive after Kursk , remaining in STAVKA reserves until September. Assigned to
1170-539: The kremlin was built as late as 1764. In 1712, Tula was visited by Peter the Great , who commissioned the Demidov blacksmiths to build the first armament factory in Russia. Several decades later, Tula was turned by the Demidovs into the greatest ironworking center of Eastern Europe. The oldest museum in the city, showcasing the history of weapons, was inaugurated by the Demidovs in 1724, and Nicholas-Zaretsky Church in
1209-426: The night of February 8, 1943, the Corps accomplished this and by February 14 the raid had been so successful that the whole corps was raised to Guards status. The Corps became the 7th Guards Cavalry Corps, and its three divisions, the 21, 35, and 112 became the 14th, 15th and 16th Guards Cavalry Divisions. During the raid the corps also included the 148th Mortar Regiment, the 263d Separate Cavalry Artillery Battalion, and
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1248-412: The status equal to that of the districts . As a municipal division, the territories of Tula City Under Oblast Jurisdiction and of Leninsky District are incorporated as Tula Urban Okrug . For more than four centuries Tula has been known as a center of crafts and metalworking. Tula is a developed industrial center. Importance in the industrial structure of Tula are metallurgy, machinery and metal with
1287-545: The title 7th Cavalry . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Cavalry&oldid=1244949192 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 7th Guards Cavalry Corps The 8th Cavalry Corps
1326-528: The writer Leo Tolstoy . It is situated 14 kilometres ( 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles) southwest of the city. It was here that Tolstoy wrote his celebrated novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina . The largest public park in Tula is the P. Belousov Central Park of Culture and Recreation . Tula is home to: Since 1867, there has been a railway connection between Tula and Moscow. Tula is a major railway junction with trains to Moscow, Oryol , Kursk and Kaluga . The Moscow to Simferopol M2 motorway runs past
1365-599: Was a fortress at the border of the Principality of Ryazan . The city was seized by Ivan Bolotnikov in 1606 during the Time of Troubles and withstood a four-month siege by the Tsar's army. Historically, Tula has been a major centre for the manufacture of armaments . The Demidov family built the first armament factory in Russia in the city, in what would become the Tula Arms Plant , which still operates to this day. Tula
1404-412: Was assigned to the Southwestern Front ’s in the area of the 5th Tank Army (2nd formation) ( Serafimovich ) north of Stalingrad where it cooperated with the 1st Tank Corps (General V. V. Butkov) during Operation Uranus . in which they had the task of cutting the railroad in the region of the stations Bolshaya Osipovka, Surovikino, and Oblivskaya. Attached to the Corps was: In 1943, on January 30 from
1443-591: Was created on 18 January 1942 at Tula . Lieutenant General Pavel Korzun took command. It was initially composed of the Immediately upon forming the 8th Cavalry Corps was assigned to the Bryansk Front . During the winter fighting in February - March 1942 the Corps controlled the 36th and 37th Ski Battalions. By the end of March 1942, the ski battalions and the 52nd Cavalry Division were gone. In April
1482-516: Was liberated. Although the main role in this operation was played by the 59th , 243rd, 279th Guard rifle divisions, 2nd Guard and 2nd Tank Corps, active assistance in the liberation of Lugansk was rendered by the 8th Cavalry Corps now under the command of General Major M.D. Borisov. The Corps was assigned by the Soviet Southwestern Front to break through German lines at Debaltsevo near the city and cut German communications. On
1521-496: Was stopped near Tula. The city secured the southern flank during the Battle of Moscow and the subsequent counter-offensive. Tula was awarded the title Hero City in 1976. It is home to the Klokovo air base and the Tula Arms Plant . Tula serves as the administrative center of the oblast . Within the framework of administrative divisions , it is incorporated as Tula City Under Oblast Jurisdiction —an administrative unit with
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