1st Guards Cavalry Zhytomyr Red Banner Corps was a military unit of the Soviet Red Army which was renamed from the 2nd Cavalry Corps. Led by Pavel Belov it was involved in several colossal combat operations during the Great Patriotic War, with its most stupendous accomplishments seen during the Battle of Moscow.
1st Guards Cavalry Corps
Soviet Cavalrymen of the 2nd Cavalry Corps receiving the honorary "Guards" title, 26 November 1941
Horsemen of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps riding victoriously during the Moscow Counteroffensive Phase, 22 December 1941
Soviet cavalrymen, presumably soldiers of the corps, entering a liberated town.
Pavel Alexeyevich Belov was a Soviet Army colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. He was nicknamed the "Fox" by the Germans and personally led the longest successful war raid, lasting five months behind the German lines. He has earned legendary status and could be considered one of the greatest cavalry generals. Considering his accomplishments from 1941-1945, his adaptation of combining horses, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on a modern battlefield resulted in the victory against a more technologically advanced enemy, often in the most desperate parts of the Eastern Front.
Pavel Belov