 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Corps yakatanga kuvapo pakati pa1928 na1938 muNorth Caucasus sechikwata chenzvimbo, uye yaive Cossack unit kwemakore maviri ekupedzisira ekuvapo kwayo. Yakagadziridzwa muna June 1938, boka racho rakarwa muSoviet invasion yePoland muna September 1939 uye rakashandurwa kuva boka rakagadzirwa nemichina muzhizha ra1940. Yakagadziridzwa muCentral Asia muna Ndira 1941, iyo corps yakashanda mukupinda kweAnglo-Soviet muIran muna Nyamavhuvhu wegore iro, ichidzokera kuCentral Asia mukudonha kwa1941 kuti igamuchire zvikamu zvitatu zvitsva zvevatasvi vemabhiza. Rakaramba riri ikoko kusvikira muna September 1942, parakaenda kuStalingrad Front. Mukati meOperation UranusPanguva yeHondo yeStalingrad, 4th Cavalry Corps yaifanirwa kuita sesimba rekushandisa, asi nekuda kwekushomeka kwayo yakakomberedzwa uye yakarasikirwa zvakanyanya munaNovember naDecember. Zvasara zvaro hazvina kuparara kutozosvikira muna May naJune 1943. 