Finnish Dragoon Regiment

20th Finnish Dragoon Regiment
20-й Драгунский Финляндский Полк
20y Dragunskiy Finlyandskiy Polk
Active1806–1860
1889–1901
1901–1918
Country Russian Empire
 Russian Republic post Feb 1917
Branch Imperial Russian Army
Russian Army post Feb 1917
TypeCavalry
SizeRegiment
Part ofFinland Inspectorate
Headquarters & DepotVilmanstrand, Grand Duchy of Finland
Nickname(s)"The Black Dragoons"
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Major General Prince Nikolai Levanovich Melikov

The 20th Finnish Dragoon Regiment (Russian: 20-й драгунский Финляндский полк, romanized20y Dragunskiy Finlyandskiy Polk) was a cavalry regiment of the Imperial Russian Army which saw service during the later half of the 19th Century and beginning of the 20th before disbanding following the October Revolution. Three regiments went by the name of 'Finnish Dragoon Regiment', of which the 20th was the last.


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