To the soldiers and commanders of the First Cavalry Army, on the twentieth anniversary of its founding -- a militant salute!

Greetings to Budyonny, Voroshilov, Kulik, Timoshenko, Shchadenko, Gorodovikov, Apanasenko, Tyulenev, Cherevichenko, Yeremenko, and others who laid the foundation of the Cavalry Army and transformed it into a formidable force!

Greetings to the soldiers, commanders, and political workers of the Cavalry Army who routed Generals Denikin, Mamontov, Shkuro, Chesnokov, and Wrangel, and who overthrew the forces of Pilsudski during the historic raid in the Zhitomir area!

Greetings to all our cavalry, including our cavalrymen, who have covered themselves with glory in the battles for the liberation of Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia from the oppression of the Polish lords!

Eternal memory and glory to Comrades Parkhomenko, Dundich, Morozov, Litunov, Bakhturov, and the many other cavalrymen who laid down their lives in battle for the victory of our great Soviet Motherland!

I. STALIN

Pravda, November 19, 1939