Black Sea Cossack Host

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The Black Sea Cossack Host was a military-administrative Cossack organization of the Russian Empire, formed from former Zaporozhian Cossacks and settled along the Black Sea frontier as a border-guard and cavalry force.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cossack host
military unit
allegiance Tsar of Russia
appliesToJurisdiction southern frontier of the Russian Empire
country Russian Empire
disbandedBy Russian imperial authorities
dissolved 1860
ethnicGroup Cossacks
Ukrainians
formedAs reward for Zaporozhian service to Russia
formedFrom former Zaporozhian Cossacks
foundedBy Catherine the Great
garrison Black Sea littoral
linked to: Black Sea coast

Kuban River
governmentForm military-administrative organization
hasPredecessor Zaporozhian Cossacks
Zaporozhian Sich
linked to: Zaporizhian Sich
hasSuccessor Kuban Cossack Host
headquarters Ekaterinodar
inception 1787
language Russian
Ukrainian
location Black Sea region
Kuban region
linked to: Krasnodar Krai

Northern Black Sea coast
mergedInto Kuban Cossack Host
militaryBranch cavalry
militaryFunction colonization of Kuban
frontier defense
namedAfter Black Sea
notableCenter Ekaterinodar fortress
participatedIn Caucasian War
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
partOf Imperial Russian Army
primaryEnemy Crimean Tatars
Ottoman Empire
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
role border guard force
cavalry force
socialStructure Cossack estate
subordinateTo Imperial Russian government
linked to: Tsarist government
task guarding Black Sea frontier
settling newly annexed territories
typeOfUnit irregular cavalry
uniformFeature traditional Cossack dress
usedBy Russian Empire

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Cossack Host includes Black Sea Cossack Host
Zaporizhian Sich significantEvent Destruction of the Zaporizhian Sich
linked to: Black Sea Cossack Host
Ekaterinodar foundedBy Black Sea Cossack Host