Kalmücken-Kavallerie-Korps

[Panzermahn]

I am trying to put in all the infos regarding personnel of the Kalmuckian Kavallerie-Korps from the sources I have. Please feel free to add or to correct if there are any mistakes.

Names:
Kalmücken-Kavallerie-Korps (Kalmytskiy Kavaleriyskiy Korpus in Russian)
Kalmücken-Verband Dr. Doll
Kalmyken-Abteilung Dr. Doll
Kalmücken-Verband

Commanders:
October 1942 to July 1944 - Sonderführer Othmar Rudolf Wrba (aka "Dr. Doll", former Austro-Hungarian officer, merchant and architect, 3 years working employment with the German Consulat in Odessa, fluent speaker of Kalmyk language)

August 1944 to December 1944 - Oberstleutnant Bergen (another source stated Bergen is a code name for Pipgorra?)

January 1945 to May 1945 - Oberst Raimund Hoerst

Chief-of-Staff:
January 1943 - Dordzhi Arbakov

February 1943 to June 1943 - Sanchir Konokov

July 1943 to March 1944 - Baldan Metabon

May 1944 to July 1944 - Mukeben Kahkhlyshev

August 1944 to April 1945 - Dordzhi Arbakov

Advisor:
Date (?) - Bembe Cuglinow (former mayor/Bürgermeister of Elista, capital of the Kalmyk territory)

Chief Medical Doctor:
Date (?) - Ageew

Chief Veterinarian:
Date (?) - Salchakow

Supreme Lama of the Kalmücken-Kavallerie-Korps:
Date (?) - Basliew

Known German officers:
Rittmeister Bröcker (Regimentsführer des Kalmücken-Regiments)

Known Kalmyk officers/men:
Basang Ogdanow (Squadron chief)
Sergej Badushow (Squadron chief)

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Source:
1. Kalmückische Reiter-Verbände in der Deutschen Wehrmacht by Oberst a.D. Constantin Wagner, Deutsches Soldatenjahrbuch 1976, München, page 226-236

2. Siegrunen 56 (1994) by Richard Landwehr

[Endzeit Jan]

Hi
OoB from Kalmücken Kav.Korps:
Date???
1.Division (1., 4., 7., 8., 18.Schwadron) Kdr.Čilgirov, Lukjanow

2.Division (5., 6., 12., 20., 23.Schwadron) Kdr.Sandżi Mukebenov, Boldyriev

3.Division (3., 14., 17., 21., 25.Schwadron) Kdr.Čilgirov, Abušinov

4.Division (2., 13., 19., 22., 24.Schwadron) Kdr.Savkajev, Konokov

Jan

[Panzermahn]

Hi Jan

Many thanks! Not many books dealt with the Kalmücken Kavallerie Korps even in German or in Russian. Do you have Joachim Hoffmann's Deutsche und Kalmyk book?

I would be most interested to see the picture of the Supreme Lama of the Kalmücken Kavallerie Korps

Panzermahn

[Panzermahn]

Oberstleutnant Bergen, one time commander of the Kalmücken Kavallerie Korps

Thanks to the folks at Reibert Forum



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[Arto O]

Thanks Panzermahn,

Excellent

Aero

[Michi]

For Major/Oberstleutnant Bergen I have following informations:

Major/Oberstleutnant Bergen (a.k.a. Pipgorra)
Major Bergen was one of the worst talented ..... commanding officers within the eastern troops.
He was successor of Major Mayer-Mader in being CO of the turk. F.Btl. 450.
He was first commanding officer of the W-Grp. d. SS „Turkestan“/Osttürk. W-Vbd. d. SS.
And he was successor of Dr. Doll (after his death) in being CO of the Kalmyken-Kavallerie-Korps.
August 1942: Mjr. u. Kdr./turk. F.Btl. 450
August 1944: Mjr. u. Kdt./Kalmyk.Kav.K.
Oktober 1944: SS-Stubaf. (Mjr.) u. Kdt./W-Grp. d. SS „Turkestan“/Osttürk. W-Vbd. d. SS



For August 1944 I have:
Kalmykisches Kavallerie-Korps: Major Bergen (d.i. Pipgorra)
Regiment 1/Kalm.Kav.K.: Rittmeister Sorensen
Regiment 2/Kalm.Kav.K.: Rittmeister Gut...

Sources:
Hoffmann. Ostlegionen 1941 – 1943.
Hoffmann. Kaukasien 1942/1943.
Hoffmann. Deutsche und Kalmyken 1942 bis 1945.
Pfeiffer. Osttürkische Waffen-Verband der SS.


MfG Michi

[Doktor Krollspell]

OoB from Kalmücken Kav.Korps:
Date???
1.Division (1., 4., 7., 8., 18.Schwadron) Kdr.Čilgirov, Lukjanow

2.Division (5., 6., 12., 20., 23.Schwadron) Kdr.Sandżi Mukebenov, Boldyriev

3.Division (3., 14., 17., 21., 25.Schwadron) Kdr.Čilgirov, Abušinov

4.Division (2., 13., 19., 22., 24.Schwadron) Kdr.Savkajev, Konokov

Antonio J. Munoz' in his "The East came West - Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist Volunteers in the German Armed Forces 1941-1945" (2001) lists the same OoB and dates it to "August 1943" when the unit was designated Kalmücken Kavallerie Korps.


Regards,

Krollspell

[Doktor Krollspell]

"Another valuable officer, Lieutenant Kuskin, the Chief of the Kalmuck Field Police Troop, died in September 1944."

Source: Antonio J. Munoz (2001)

[Semenov]

kalmyken from Ebay

[Arto O]

Hi,
Not sure about the rest, but the NCO at left look like kalmuck: any opinions?
Arto

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Source: forums.gunboard.com

[Arto O]

from ww2incolor.net

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[Arto O]

From mourningtheancient.com

[Semenov]

From mourningtheancient.com

mourningtheancient.jpg

on my opnion he is kalmuck in cossacks unit (see other image from this unit), not KKK

[Arto O]

Hi Semenov,
Yes, especially on the photos sent on 05 Feb 2014. I wonder how a kalmuck got to a cossack unit. It seems that germans never had an idea that they are quite different people from cossacks.
with best regards
Arto

[clement]

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