Horea, Cloșca și Crișan Division
The Horea, Cloșca și Crișan Division (full name: "Romanian 2nd Volunteer Infantry Division 'Horea, Cloșca și Crișan' ") was established in April 1945 from Romanian volunteers, mostly prisoners of war, but also Communist activists such as Valter Roman. It was created by the Soviet Union at Kotovsk, and named after the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan. History. Its first leader was General Mihail Lascăr, who had been taken prisoner in November 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad. General Lascăr commanded the division from April 12 to September 12, 1945. The division did not see combat  in World War II. In late 1945 the division was reported to have been integrated into the Romanian 4th Army. Under the firm control of Romanian communists and backed by Red Army troops, the HCsC Division was a key instrument with which the Soviets established complete communist control of Romania after the war against the wishes of the regular Romanian Land Forces. By 1947, the HCsC Division, along with its sister unit, the Tudor Vladimirescu Division, was motorised and partially equipped with tanks, giving the two divisions a significant advantage in mobility and firepower. From 1954 the division's lineage  appears to have been merged with that of the previous 1st Cavalry Division. The Independent Cavalry Division became the Inspectorate General of Cavalry in 1897, Divizia I Cavalerie Independenta in 1913, Brigada 1 Cavalerie in 1948, Divizia 59 Cavalerie in 1953, Divizia 91 Mecanizata "Horea, Cloșca și Crișan" in 1954, 6th Mechanised Division "Horea, Cloșca și Crișan" in 1956, Divizia 6 Tancuri "Horea, Cloșca și Crișan" in 1964. In 1989, as part of the Fourth Army, its composition was reported as: In 1994 it was transformed into the 6th Army Corps "Horea, Cloșca și Crișan", and in 2000 into Brigada  6 Tancuri "Horea, Cloșca și Crișan". Later the division appears to have become the 6th Tank Division and been based at Târgu Mureș.