The Caucasian Native Mounted Division (Russian: Кавказская туземная конная дивизия), or 'Savage Division' (Russian: Дикая дивизия) was a cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army, formed in 1914. It was composed of volunteers from Chechnya, Ingushetia, Karachay, Circassia, Kabarda, Azerbaijan, Dagestan and some from Ossetia, Armenia, Georgia, Abkhazia, Adjara. It took part in World War I, commanded by the Russian general, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov, brother of Tsar Nicholas II.[1]

During the Russian Revolution of 1917 the Savage Division remained loyal to the Russian Provisional Government.

Elements of Savage or Wild Division
1ére brigade: régiment du Daghestan et régiment Kabarde
2ém brigade: régiment Tchéchéne et régiment Tatar
3ém brigade: régiment Tcherkesse et régiment Ingouche