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KEY MESSAGES ON RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE As Of 15 July (142nd Day Of War)

July 15, 2022Eagle

KEY MESSAGES ON RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE

As Of 15 July

(142^nd Day Of War)

Kuban Cossack Host

July 15, 2022March 3, 2024Eagle

Kuban Cossack Host

July 15, 2022

Kuban Cossack Host. The only formation of Ukrainian Cossacks that existed until the final days of tsarist rule, and one of the 12 Cossack armies in the Russian Empire. The Kuban Cossack Host was created in 1860 out of the Black Sea Cossacks, the remnants of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, and the six western units of the Frontier Army. Numbering 400,000 people in 1860, by 1912 the total number had grown to 1,392,000 (including both Cossacks and their families). While the Black Sea Cossacks had originally enjoyed considerable autonomy and were permitted to retain Zaporozhian traditions and practices, these rights were increasingly restricted in the early 19th century. The organization of the Kuban host was modeled after that of Russian Cossack hosts, and regular Russian army institutions and discipline were slowly introduced. Election of senior officers was not allowed, and the host was usually headed by a Russian general appointed by the government. He took the title of acting otaman and also exercised civilian authority in the Kuban provincial government. Autonomy was limited to the stanytsia (garrison) level, where officers, including the local otaman, his staff, and judges, were elected. Read more →