The 82nd Cavalry Division was formed from August to 18 October 1941 in the Sverdlovsk Oblast in the Urals Military District.
[1] Formed as part of the mass of reservists in the Urals and Siberian Military Districts and used in the winter counteroffensive in 1941–42.
The division left the Urals in November and was assigned to the Kalinin Front's 30th Army stationed northwest of Moscow.
After a month of fighting the division was assigned to the newly formed 11th Cavalry Corps and spent the rest of the war in the unit.
The corps and division continued to operate behind enemy lines until June 1942 when German forces cleared them.