Over the fields of the Kuban - Well, tell us how you flew? asked the regimental commander, barely able to stand on his feet from fatigue. “Safely,” Lev Terpugov reported. “Before you arrived, I had to take command of the regiment. A dozen and a half aircraft will have to be patched up.

In 1775, the free Cossacks of the Zaporizhzhya Sich decided to submit to Russian Empire. This is how the Kuban Cossacks appeared, which today remains faithful to the oath given at the end of the 18th century.

Then, at the behest of Empress Catherine II, all the settlements of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks were destroyed, and the word "Sich" itself was forbidden to be pronounced.

Part of the free Cossacks went to Turkey, where the "New Sich" was created. But far from all the Cossacks went to "foreign shores", many decided to officially serve Russia, receiving salaries and lands for this.

Little Russia needed people who would guard the empty border of the Black Sea. One of the first who advocated the creation of a new Cossack army was Prince Potemkin-Tauride.

The favorite of the empress called for the service of the Cossacks. From their number, the Black Sea Cossack army was formed. Soon the Cossacks led by Sidor Bely, Zakhary Chepega and Anton Golovaty distinguished themselves in the war with Turkey: they took Izmail and Ochakov.

For courage and devotion, the Black Sea Cossacks were granted new lands on Taman. The rescript of Empress Catherine II said: "The army of the faithful Black Sea Cossacks was granted the island of Phanagoria with lands between the Kuban and the Sea of ​​Azov." The award was also a military banner with the inscription "For Faith and Loyalty" and the right to trade in wine and goods.

Since that time, the Cossacks forever said goodbye to Ukraine. More than 20,000 Cossacks arrived in the Kuban, and they took up colonization. Dozens of villages were built, which the Black Sea people called kurens. The newborn capital was christened in honor of the Empress - Ekaterinodar.

On the territory of the Black Sea Cossacks, the Khoperskys and Cossacks of the line lived. They, like the Cossacks, were sent here to populate empty lands and guard the border.

The Black Sea troops had their own flotilla, consisting of frigates, longboats, yachts and boats. Fame came to them in 1811, when the guards hundred became famous for their feat near Leipzig.

The Black Sea people participated in the wars against Turkey, suppressed the Polish uprising, and had to fight a lot in the Caucasian War. A long and bloody war with the highlanders demanded the establishment of control over the conquered territories. By the end of the war, a decision was made to divide the Caucasian Cossack line and create two troops - Terek and Kuban.

In 1860, the Kuban Cossack army began its history, to which the Black Sea army was also attached. Major General Nikolai Ivanov was appointed the first ataman. The seniority of the troops has been considered since 1896. It was then that the Khopersky regiment was formed from the Don Cossacks, which later became part of the Kuban troops.

A new Cossack army was formed from the Zaporizhzhya and Linear Cossacks, which was located on the territory of the modern Krasnodar Territory, parts Stavropol Territory, Adygea and Karachay-Cherkessia.

The Kuban Cossacks participated in all the wars of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. For their military merits, they repeatedly received awards from the hands of the emperors themselves. But the Cossack duties extended not only to military service, but also to the repair of roads, the maintenance of postal stations and village buildings, and much more. As a reward for all these efforts, a land allotment from 7 to 9 acres was given.

But the Kuban people were not proud of wealth, silver and gold. The Cossacks were famous for their valor and courage, and their army - for centuries-old traditions and culture. “I didn’t drink Kuban water - I didn’t eat Cossack porridge,” they said, recalling that the Cossacks are a way of life where honor and loyalty were above all.

By the beginning of the Civil War, the Kuban Cossack army was about 1.5 million people. In revolutionary times, the Kuban sided with the White movement.

In 1920, tens of thousands of Cossacks, led by Ataman Naumenko, were forced to emigrate. But the descendants of the Cossacks live in the Krasnodar Territory even now, trying to revive the glory of the Kuban army. Loyal to their land, people to this day sing a song dedicated to the Kuban:

Remembering you here
Can't stand up for you
Is it for your old glory
Shouldn't you give your life?
We, as our humble tribute,
From glorified banners
We send you, dear Kuban,
Bow to the damp earth.

In 1960, the Kuban Army celebrates the centenary of its existence. However, for the first time, the Cossacks appeared in the Kuban at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries, subsequently forming there, together with the Nekrasovites who came from the Don after the suppression of the Bulavinsky movement, the Great Kuban Army, which existed in the Kuban until the end of the Russian Turkish War 1736-39

The reasons for the appearance there kaz. emigration were of a political and religious nature - the persecution of schismatics.

The generally accepted simplified interpretation of the church schism is as follows: at the insistence of Patriarch Nikon, the clergy corrected church rites and books, and the masses mistook it for a change in dogmas. Encountering serious resistance, the church turned to the state authorities for help, which fell upon the schismatics with terrible persecutions, which caused them to flee to places where it was difficult for the Moscow authorities to reach: to the Don, Yaik,

Caucasus and Far North.

The beginning of the split on the Don dates back to 1672, when the fugitive monk Job Timofeev founded on the river. Chir male and female Old Believer sketes. At the same time, schismatics appeared on Khoper, Belaya Kalitva, and Medveditsa. The strict life of the Old Believers, the suffering they suffered for their faith aroused the sympathy and support of the majority of local Cossacks. The primitiveness of the beliefs of the inhabitants of the Don, who did not go into religious details, their wide religious tolerance, if only a person believed in God, contributed to the peaceful cohabitation of the Old Believers and followers of Nikon's reform.

The resolution of the Church Council of 1681 on the search for schismatics naturally led to an increase in their number on the Don. Especially a lot of them settled in the riding towns.

Intervention state power gave the persecution of the Old Believers a political character, because mosk. the government viewed the Don schismatics not only as religious opponents, but also as a group hostile to the regime. Indeed, the Old Believers find wide support mainly among the mounted Cossacks, who are opposed to Moscow and are generally dissatisfied with the strengthening of Moscow. influence.

Starting from the middle of the 17th century, the Don Cossacks, which until now had been a single mass, began to stratify into three unequal parts: foremen, homely Cossacks and the “golytba”.

The foremen (former military, marching, village atamans, military clerks, etc.) were the leaders of the Cossacks, retaining their importance and weight even after resigning from themselves the powers that the Circle had once endowed them with. Their opinion was listened to, taking into account their knowledge and experience. The fact that material resources gradually concentrated in their hands also contributed to the strengthening of their significance. A significant number of foremen were conductors of the Moscow policy. authorities. This is understandable: their socio-economic interests are beginning to take on a different character than the interests of ordinary Cossacks. The transition from hunting to cattle breeding, and later to agriculture, the ability to use hired labor, the concentration of trade and industrial enterprises, the presence of significant funds, finally their importance and weight - all this contributed to the fact that the foremen tried to separate from the general mass of the Cossacks and become independent from it. In turn, the Moscow authorities did their best to increase their influence on the foremen; when they arrived in Moscow, they were looked after there, made rich gifts.

However, not all foremen supported and saw off Moscow. politics. At the head of them is Lit. Opponents - the golutvenny Cossacks were such prominent persons as the Army Ataman Samoilo Lavrentiev, foremen Chyurnosov, Murzenkov, Ilya Zershchikov, who was subsequently elected, after the death of Bulavin, as Ataman of the Army.

Golytba consisted to a large extent of the new proletarian Cossacks, who had not yet achieved economic well-being. It was continuously replenished with “newcomers” - people who fled from the Moscow state from serfdom, from the arbitrariness of Moscow. officials, from heavy taxes and duties, and from religious persecution. Having come to the Don, these people found themselves in a difficult economic situation. Farming was forbidden by the Army, hunting and fishing could not feed everyone, the royal salary was barely enough even for the old Cossacks. The war could provide a livelihood, but established relations with Moscow. the government was not allowed to implement it on the required scale. Naturally, the homeless was set up very hostile to Muscovites. authorities and stood for the Cossack liberties, for the independence of the Don. Representatives of this group of the population received the name of the schismatic party on the Circle, because its interests largely coincided with the interests of the Old Believers, as opposed to the elder or Moscow party, which conducted the Moscow. politics.

Between these extreme groups was the old, well-to-do, wealthy Cossacks, who had an economy and some material wealth and occupied a middle position in relation to Moscow. It aspired to the independence of the Don, but at the same time wanted to maintain good relations with Moscow. the authorities.

The struggle on the Military Circle between the two extreme directions acquires a particularly acute character in the early 80s. Representatives of the schismatic party act as defenders not only of religious freedom, but mainly of Don independence and originality. They are against the interference of the Moscow government in the life of the Troops. Their opponents, led by Frol Minaev *), carried out the Moscow policy on the Circle and in the Army. The religious question faded into the background.

There was even a current in favor of a complete separation from Moscow. Pyotr Murzenkov, chieftain of one of the riding towns, said: "It is better to be in hard labor than in Moscow." Chyurnosov was less frank: "Where do we go to the Crimean, we need to clear the first thing here, it is better now the Crimean than our tsars in Moscow." His closest assistant, Kuzma Kosoy, directly called for a campaign against Moscow, and Chiurnosov himself was preparing for a serious defense in the event of an attack by Muscovites. troops, trying to organize an alliance with the Terek and Yaik Cossacks: “... and their letters to Yaik and Terek, so that they would not listen to anyone

*) Frol Minaev Kumshatsky, a participant in the Razin campaign in Persia, who repeatedly chose to be Atamans, was a guide to Moscow. politicians. He was especially loved by Peter the Great. He died a monk, under the name Filaret. His sons were prominent people of their time. Maxim Frolovich Kumshatsky was a field chieftain more than once, and from 1715 to 1717 he was also a military commander.

kings or patriarchs, but held fast to the old faith. And if some kind of disgrace comes from Moscow, then you go to us ... many hordes and Kalmyks will stand for us ... "

How strong the significance of the schismatics was can be seen from the fact that in 1681 the Army Ataman S. Lavreniev allowed Samoyla to perform church services according to old books, which was confirmed by the Circle. Their political opponents, the foremen, wrote about their precarious situation to Moscow and even asked the Voronezh governor to deal with the schismatics in Medveditsa. But the voivode, fearing an armed conflict with the entire Don Host, because Medveditsa was considered a "Cossack court", replied: "... it is impossible to commit a fishery, because the whole Don would not be outraged by this case ..."

Moscow the government, which still did not reveal a definite attitude to the split on the Don, but closely followed what was happening, decided that the situation was becoming serious when, during the usual common meal after the Circle, the Cossacks stopped shi to drink, the ancient customs were set aside about the state health, for three years (1684-87) the sovereign was not commemorated in the church service ... ". In 1687, Moscow demanded the extradition of schismatic leaders, including S. Lavrentiev, who at that time replaced Frol Minaev, who had gone on a campaign, at the ataman's post.

Having returned from the campaign, Minaev hardly managed to insist on sending only Kuzma Kosoy on the Circle, and Lavrentiev had to "bury himself."

Moscow order. The authorities were not complied with by the Army. Even more than that: Chiurnosov himself, the chief leader of the splitting party, was sent to Moscow as the chieftain of the winter village. The Army did not issue Ataman Lavrentiev: it simply did not fulfill the first letter, it sent the priest Samoil to the second one, to the 3rd it answered that “Ataman Samoilo, on the search for the Troops, was not involved in the split, he was also sick and in Mos -kwu can't go." The preparation of the last replies proceeded especially rapidly: the Circle gathered five times, the Army Ataman Minaev, fearing for his life, having handed over the chieftainship, left the Circle. Later he was persuaded to take the pernach again.

Moscow adherents wrote to Moscow that in no case should Chiurnosov be allowed back to the Don, because the situation and mood are such that the same “mutiny” as under Razin could occur. On March 5, 1688, Chiurnosov and the entire winter village in Moscow were arrested.

On April 7, 1688, the interpreter Nikitin, who had arrived from Moscow, again demanded that Lavrentiev be extradited. On the Circle, a riding Cossack - a newcomer persuaded not to do this, because when the Cossacks from the riding towns come together, then "the messengers will be so good that no one's name will be remembered." His words were not an empty threat: to one of the previous Moscow. Letters on the extradition of Lavrentiev 7 riding towns sent their sentences to the Circle not to extradite Ataman. The speech of the newcomer on the Circle was met very sympathetically and supported by many Cossacks. A very tense situation has been created for the Moscow Party. F. Minaev "with comrades", realizing that things were taking a bad turn for them and that even their lives were in danger, they beat the speaker "to death", and threw the body out of the Circle. The splitting party, which did not expect such a strong reaction, faltered and, after much persuasion, the Circle, and then the assembled congress of the entire Army, decided to send Lavrentiev and other required persons to Moscow.

In this case, the struggle on the Circle had a pronounced political character. The circle fought against the interference of Moscow in its internal affairs, against the restriction of the independence of the Army. But if some of the Cossacks, especially the riding towns, were preparing for an open military clash with Moscow, then the other understood that now the Army was not able to fight the Muscovite state, and that, on the contrary, conflicts with the capital could accelerate the limitation of Cossack identity.

For the Don Host, the events that took place had three consequences:

1. The army lost the right of religious asylum, as in 1671, after the Razin movement, it lost the right of political asylum.

2. The role and importance of the foremen, who, relying on the support of Moscow, began to manage the Don in their own way, increased enormously.

In May 1688, Lavrentiev and Chiurnosov were executed in Moscow “from the trader”. In August, a detachment of Cossacks from Ataman Mikhailov, sent along with the Kalmyks to the upper reaches of the Don, destroyed the schismatic hermitages there, as well as their main town on Medveditsa. About two thousand Cossacks - schismatics with Peter Murzenok at the head left the territory of the Don for Kuma in the possession of Shakhmal Tarkovsky. The local population greeted them cordially, and Shakhmal, on whose land they settled, declared them to be his “tegachs” (guests under popular protection). Having learned about the intention of the Cossacks to build boats and engage in “zipun mining” at sea, Shakhmal settled them between the river. Sulak and its sleeve Agrakhan, where the Cossacks with the new energetic ataman Kostka Ivanov (the former ataman of the Panshina town on the Don), set up a town, for the defense of which they made wooden cannons with iron hoops (N. P. Krasnov. "Histor Don's essays, 1884). They retained their military structure, the Circle and the Army Ataman, but had to accept citizenship to the Sultan, the owner of the Caucasian lands, in relation to which the formed Army on Agrakhan was in vassalage. In religious terms, the Turks showed complete religious tolerance. The neighbors of the Agrakhans were the Terek and Grebensky Cossacks, who treated them with complete sympathy, and the Caucasian highlanders, relations with whom, thanks to the agitation of Moscow agents, after some time began to deteriorate. The livelihoods of the Agrakhans were obtained by fishing, hunting, and mainly by raids on Moscow and Persian villages, royal uchugs, ships of Moscow and Persian merchants. They shared the booty with Shakhmal.

The Agrakhans did not lose touch with the Don, where they still had many co-religionists. The “anonymous” and “charming” letters they sent there, restoring the ordinary Cossacks against the elders, and most importantly against Moscow, had a certain success on the Don. They called the dissatisfied Don people to come to Agrakhan.

At the same time, the Agrakhan Cossacks were not averse to moving on to more active actions. P. Murzenkov, who played a prominent role among them, threatened to return to the Don and "cut the foremen's heads, tie them with beards and hang them through anchors." Often, schismatics took part or were guides in the raids of the highlanders on Moscow lands and Cossack towns.

Such a seemingly ambivalent attitude towards the Don Host is explained by the fact that the Agrakhans in the foreman saw only faithful servants of Moscow, which they treated with fierce hatred. They were much more tolerant of the slanderous Cossacks.

The Moscow government is trying by all means to force the Cossacks - schismatics - to return to the Don. At his insistence, the Don Army sends letters to Agrakhan with calls to return, promising a full amnesty. The tsarist governors also wrote to the emigrants, but everything was to no avail. The Agrakhans beat the Moscow ambassadors on the Circle with “oslops”, “put them in the water”, killed scouts and agitators, and handed over to the Don Cossacks so that they would not contact them with such proposals, otherwise the military envoys would suffer the same fate.

At the same time, the Moscow authorities repeatedly appealed to the Kabardian princes, Tatar khans and murzas, Kalmyk taishas with a call to destroy the settlements of the Cossacks - schismatics on Agrakhan. Moscow wrote about this to the governors in Astrakhan and on the Terek, demanded that the Don Cossacks take more active measures of a military nature, but all this remained without consequences. Neither the natives nor the governors took serious steps, because the Agrakhans were under the auspices of Shakhmal, who greatly appreciated them for their maritime "abilities", and the Don Army naturally did not show a great desire to destroy their brethren, whom many of the Cossacks who were on the Don, very sympathized. The Don foreman, fearing in addition to this strengthening of the Army on Agrakhan, repeatedly pointed out that if the persecution of dissenters on the Don continues, then “they will have many traitors and fools, and they will go there to death to the dissenters.”

But the persecution continued, as a result of which in 1692 more than a thousand Cossacks - schismatics again left the Don for Agra-Khan. Their arrival prompted the Agrakhan Cossacks to take an active stand against the Don Cossacks. In 1693, a large cavalry detachment of the Agrakhans ravaged the Cossack towns along the middle reaches of the Don, and the foreman and wealthy Cossacks especially got it. This raid caused serious repression from Moscow. Numerous royal troops were sent to destroy the Agrakhan Army. Under their pressure, it completely moved deep into the mountains, but the friction that began among the Cossacks themselves and damage to relations with the natives led to its disintegration. Part of the Agrakhans moved to the Grebensky Cossacks, and the other, more significant, went to the Kuban, where they settled along its course, from the mouths of the Laba to the sea itself. Subsequently, the Agrakhanian Cossacks, who settled in the Kuban, became part of the Great Kuban Army, which took shape in the Kuban after the suppression of the Bulavin movement.

Military art has always been a fairly significant part of the life of many nationalities and states. After all, as soon as a person picked up a stick, he began to use his strength to subjugate his own kind. This negative love of violence has haunted humanity throughout history. This fact led to the fact that in each nationality a separate class of warriors appeared, distinguished by professionalism and ruthlessness.

It should be noted that similar warlike castes also existed on the territory of the Slavic states. The history of their formation is quite interesting, given the fact that on the territory modern Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other CIS countries there were constant wars for territorial domination between different states. Thus, constant military conflicts significantly hardened the population living in the countries represented.

Speaking specifically about Russian Federation, then in this state the most famous military community are the Kuban Cossacks. The creation of this army was carried out for years, and their activities are alive to this day.

The article will consider the most striking stages in the development of the Kuban Cossacks, as well as the specifics of this military formation.

Who are the Kuban Cossacks?

The history of the Kuban Cossack army dates back to very distant times. Today it is quite difficult to imagine the entire chronology of the existence of this military formation, since it is still operating on the territory of the Russian Federation, which will be discussed later in the article. However, if you take into account historical facts, then the Kuban Cossack army is part of the entire Cossacks in the Russian Empire, which was based in the North Caucasus. In other words, this formation played the role of modern border guards.

From historical sources it is known that the military headquarters of the Kuban Cossacks was based in Yekaterinodar (the modern name of the city is Krasnodar). Despite the fact that the Kuban Cossack army was a typical military group, one of the elements of the army of the Russian Empire, its own ethnic group was formed on its basis. This fact today allows us to talk about the Cossacks not just as warriors, but as a separate nationality, along with Russians, Chechens, Kazakhs, etc.

History of creation

The Cossacks of the Kuban Cossack Army were not originally a homogeneous ethnic mass of patriots of their state. After all, as mentioned earlier, the history of the creation of this formation is quite complicated. The Kuban Cossack army was formed from several groups of Cossacks, which by the middle of the 18th century were quite numerous on the territory of the Russian Empire.

Of course, the progenitors of the Cossack regiments of the Kuban should rightfully be considered the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks, who appeared in the 16th century. As we know, they were originally based on the territory of modern Ukraine, which is located near the modern city of Zaporozhye. Subsequently, they became a threat to imperial power, because they turned from an organized military formation into ordinary robber groups. Therefore, by the end of the 18th century, the Cossacks as such received the status of "outside the law." However, this fact did not become the final point in the development of such formations.

Black Sea Cossacks

In 1774, the Russian Empire received access to the Black Sea. At this stage, Turkey ceased to pose a threat, and the Commonwealth, one of the most powerful states in the west, was on the verge of complete collapse. Therefore, the need to keep the Cossacks in their historical place was no longer required. In addition, these formations by the end of the 18th century began to turn into gangster structures. Confirmation of this fact is the support of the Pugachev uprising by the Cossacks. Thus, in 1775, a decision was made on the complete destruction of all its inhabitants. In this massacre, only 12 thousand Cossacks were able to survive, who subsequently fled to the mouth of the Danube.

The army of faithful Cossacks

It should be noted that the appearance of the Transdanubian Sich became a weighty argument for Turkey, which acquired additional forces consisting of 12 thousand soldiers. In turn, the Russian Empire, seeing a threat to its territorial interests in the south of the state, stops the process of eliminating the Cossacks. Moreover, in 1787 he created the Army of the Faithful Cossacks from among the previously persecuted members of the regiments of the same name. With their help, the Russian Empire not only strengthened in the south, but also won the Russian-Turkish campaign of 1787-1792.

Creation of the Kuban Cossacks

The Kuban Cossack army, the photo of which is presented in the article, was formed in 1792. After the Russian-Turkish campaign, a delegation was sent to the capital of the Russian Empire, headed by the judge of the Black Sea army Anton Golovaty. The delegation was assembled in order to ask the “enlightened monarchy” for land for the settlement of the Black Sea Cossacks. Negotiations took place from March to May 1792. The "leadership" of the empire did not want to allocate to the Cossacks the surroundings of Taman and the lands on the right bank of the Kuban. In this case, the position of the imperial authorities was understandable - the unwillingness to create a formation similar to the Cossacks, which could betray at any moment. However, an agreement was nevertheless reached. Thus, since 1792, the regiments of the Kuban Cossack army began to be located on the territory of Taman and Kuban. These lands were transferred to them "for eternal and hereditary possession", which is generally confirmed by the existence of the Kuban Cossacks today.

History of the linear Cossacks

It should be noted that the Kuban Cossack army was formed not only from the Black Sea Cossacks. The Kuban regiments also included the so-called "linear Cossacks", who became part of a large military formation in 1860. However, the history of the Caucasian linear Cossack army begins in the middle of the 15th century. The progenitor of the linear regiments were the Khoper Cossacks.

History of Khoper regiments

The Khoper Cossacks have lived on the territory of Medveditsa since 1444. But in the XVIII century, these regiments launched an uprising against the power of Peter I. The reaction of the monarch was immediate and cruel.

In the period from 1708 to 1716, virtually no one lived in the territories between these rivers. However, since 1716, the Cossack regiments, which were participants in the Northern War, have been returning here. For military prowess during the war with Sweden, the Khoper Cossacks were allowed to build their fortress in their historical homeland. Subsequently, the army developed so much that part of it was transferred to the North Caucasus to protect the borders of the Russian Empire. And in 1860, as mentioned earlier, this part of the Cossack army was transferred to the Kuban military formation.

The modern stage of development of the Kuban Cossacks

The Kuban army of Cossacks exists to this day in the territories that were allocated to them at the end of the 18th century. This military formation plays the role of unspoken border guards. It should be noted that the Kuban Cossacks were participants in the First World War and the Great Patriotic Wars. The last historical period, which began in 1945, significantly abolished the role of the Cossacks in the sphere of public administration and service. Nevertheless this formation no one disbanded, even taking into account the political doctrine Soviet Union.

Throughout the history of its existence, the atamans of the Kuban Cossack army with all their might defended the rights of their people, which by 1945 could already be called a completely separate ethnic group. After the collapse of the Soviet Union on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Cossack communities were united in order to increase the identity and glorify the ethnic minorities of the state. Since that time, there has been such an organization as the Kuban Military Cossack Society (KVKO).

CWCO

The history of KVKO begins in 1990. The first ataman of this military organization was Vladimir Gromov. It should be noted that the combat effectiveness of the KVKO units is at a fairly high level. high level. This is confirmed by the participation of the mentioned organization in the Abkhazian war. In 1993, KVKO units were the first to enter the city of Sukhum. Later, the Kuban Cossack Host was included in the State Register of Cossack Societies of the Russian Federation. This means that the activities of the KVKO have become legal. In addition, there are regalia of the Kuban Cossack army and a peculiar structure of society. Today, the organization plays the role of a law enforcement rather than a military body.

Territorial structure of the KVKO

The Kuban military Cossack society has its own territorial structure, which allows us to talk about the significant development of not only the organization as a whole, but also its activities. To date, the structure of the KVKO consists of the following territorial units:

1. Yesky Cossack department.
2. Caucasian Cossack department.
3. Taman Cossack Department.
4. Ekaterinodar Cossack Department.
5. Maikop Cossack Department.
6. Batalpashinsky Cossack department.
7. Black Sea Cossack District.
8. Sukhumi Special Cossack Department.

This structure allows the KVKO to carry out its law enforcement functions much more efficiently and as quickly as possible.

Culture of the Kuban Cossacks

In addition to a significant role in the military sector of the Russian Federation, the Kuban Cossacks are quite an interesting ethnic group. social education. Its cultural traditions date back to the Zaporozhian Cossacks. The Kuban warriors are quite close in the cultural issue with the native Ukrainians. There is also a Cossack uniform of the Kuban Cossack army, the design of which was also formed historically.

The article presented the Kuban Cossack army. The origins of the formation and structure of this organization date back to the time of the existence of the Zaporozhye Cossacks, who, in fact, became the progenitors of the Kuban army. This ethnic formation is still active on the territory of modern Russia. Let's hope that this island of Slavic culture will not be lost in the abyss of centuries!