About the book: 2015 / This book is about the glorious deeds of Soviet cavalrymen under the command of General P.A. Belov. From the first days of the war, the corps fought stubbornly against the Nazis. In the first days of the war, our cavalry not only did not retreat, but also pushed back the enemy. Only on July 28 did our cavalrymen withdraw from the border areas, although on July 17 Smolensk was already captured. After this, the corps entered into battle with Guderian’s 2nd Tank Army, which was trying to encircle our entire group in Ukraine. In the fall, the corps is transferred to Moscow, where it disrupts the Nazi offensive between Chekhov and Serpukhov. Then, after Guderian’s breakthrough to Kashira, the corps was thrown into the defense of Ryazan, when the corps had already advanced, its task was changed and it was ordered to defend Kashira. Belov's horsemen turn around from the march near Kashira. The chief of staff of the corps flew an airplane to all the stations where additional funds for Belov were sent near Ryazan and redirected them to Kashira. He assembles several dozen tanks and strikes at the rear of the tank division attacking Kashira. The defeat of the Germans begins, which ends at the beginning of 1942 with the capture of Kozelsk. The corps was immediately given the task of capturing Vyazma in the rear of the Germans. For about six months you have been fighting the corps behind German lines. Collecting and restoring weapons on the summer battlefields. 28 restored tanks beat the Germans. In the summer, the corps left the German rear with minimal losses. In August 1942, the Germans made a breakthrough at the junction of the 16th and 61st armies and broke through the front, but came across a cavalry corps that was on vacation. The corps immediately entered the battle, stopped the enemy, and then put him to flight. The book contains documents about the combat activities of the First Guards Cavalry Corps in the first year of the war. In addition to orders and operational reports, the book includes memoirs of participants in the combat operations of the corps, notes from newspapers and the field diary of General P.A. Belova. His 1943 interview with his own edits has been published for the first time. Orders on rewarding both the soldiers of the Cavalry Corps and the units and partisan detachments attached to it were published. Based on the descriptions of the exploits of those awarded, you can create a more vivid and authentic picture of the events that took place during that period. In the name index you can find a familiar surname, or maybe the surname of your grandfather or great-grandfather, who, sparing no effort, fought with the enemy and defeated him, and found ways out from hopeless situations. You will find out for what feats he was awarded a military award, which is carefully kept in the family for many years. Maybe someone will find out the circumstances of the death of his relatives and find a long-lost grave, come to that place, watered with the blood of his loved one, his comrades in arms and, inspired by their deeds, will set himself goals worthy of the memory of his heroic ancestors. The book is intended for historians, local historians and a wide range of readers.