Does Russia still have cavalry?

The cavalry corps (Russian: кавалерийский корпус) of the Workers and Peasant Red Army was a type of military formation that existed from the early days of the Russian Civil War until 1947 when the Red Army was renamed as the Soviet Army and all cavalry corps were disbanded.

Does Russia have a horse cavalry?

Horse cavalry has always played a large part in Russian military campaigns. Russian cavalry forces have been known in every war in which Russia’s troops have fought. During the reign of Czar Ivan the Terrible, a relatively small Cossack force under Ermak achieved the conquest and annexation of Siberia.

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