News archive on the topic "Cossacks"

In Australia, a group of emigrants, including descendants of Cossacks, held a rally in support of Russia at the Polish consulate, where a demonstration with opposing views was gathering - opponents of the Russian Northwestern Military District in Ukraine. Australian journalist, leader of the Russian Cossacks in Australia Semyon Boykov reported this on Radio Crimea, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We held a demonstration at the walls of the Russian Consulate General...

Some will say that the exploits of the past are fictitious. That this doesn't happen. That people cannot throw grenades under tanks. That they are afraid to stand under a hail of shells against an enemy ten times superior. That no one will cause fire on themselves. We saw that all this is reality. And most importantly, our contemporaries are capable of incredible feats. Feats,...

The Black Sea Cossack Army is forming new units to be sent to the Northern Military District zone. The previous ones went on vacation as soon as partial mobilization was announced in the country. Now the need for volunteer units has arisen again. Ataman Anton Sirotkin announced the formation of new detachments in the “Political Department” program on the “Crimea 24” channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Black Sea Cossack army is the very first in the Russian...

The special military operation showed how bureaucratic and slow the Russian Armed Forces were. Soldiers wait for days for replenishment of ammunition, cannot contact senior leadership to make decisions, and in the meantime they are fired at from modern NATO weapons. Crimean experts spoke about this on the Crimea 24 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our battalion had the opportunity to complete the assigned task, achieve the goal,...

In Sudak, they said goodbye to the Cossack, monk, and hierodeacon of the Kiziltash Monastery, Veniamin, who died during a special operation in Ukraine. He served in the Crimean battalion “Tavrida” and became the first soldier of the Cossack platoon of this unit to die, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A recording of the funeral was published by a photographer from Sudak, Alexander Kiryakov. “I said today in my parents’ house and I will repeat that on behalf of everyone...

Representatives of the Izobilnensky District Cossack Society (IRKO) took part in the All-Russian Forum “Mashuk”, which took place in Pyatigorsk. They brought a mobile multimedia history museum, reports the government of the Stavropol Territory. Guests of the large-scale event were able to watch films such as “Cossacks at the Front” or “Reconstructed Rituals of the Cossacks of the South of Russia.” The first picture about the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, when more than 100 thousand Cossacks entered...

The wall of a kebab shop near the village of Kuskun in the Krasnoyarsk Territory was decorated with a banner with Cossacks in the uniform of the German army from the time of the Third Reich. This was reported by the information portal NGS24.RU. The incident was reported by readers of the publication who noticed a banner on the wall of one of the eateries on the Baikal highway. Their attention was attracted by the Wehrmacht emblems on their clothes. All signs indicate that what's on the shield...

In Russia they are planning to create a unified textbook on the history of the Cossacks, work on which has been ongoing for the second year. Similar attempts had been made previously, but there were doubts about the competence of the authors of previous projects, and therefore scientists took up the matter. As expected, the work was not easy, since no one had ever tried to write such a work before. To researchers...

In the city of Morozovsk, Rostov region, they are going to publish a book about the legendary volunteer Cossack hundred. The newspaper “Our Time” reports this. It is known that the volunteer Cossack hundred began to form in Morozovsk in 1941 from veterans of the First World War and the Civil War. Despite poor health and other reasons, they wanted to get to the…

Volunteer Cossack detachments carry out combat missions in the most important directions in the Northern Military District zone. This was announced by the head of the All-Russian Cossack Society, State Duma deputy Nikolai Doluda. According to the ataman, the combat detachments of the Kuban Cossacks “Tavrida” and “Ermak” are currently conducting active military operations in the Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kharkov directions. Soldiers of the Kuban detachment are conducting an offensive in the area...

Yeniseisk hosted the Siberian championship in sword cutting and combat flanking, dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the creation of the Yenisei Cossack army. The event began with a concert of Krasnoyarsk creative groups, a ceremonial formation and prayer. The championship consisted of three stages, upon completion of which the participants were awarded bladed weapons, medals and certificates. Unfortunately, the Cossacks continue to enthusiastically demonstrate their saber skills exclusively...

Residents of Pyatigorsk witnessed the All-Russian Youth Forum “Mashuk-2022”. The organizers were Stavropol Cossacks, who introduced the participants and guests to the peculiarities of the culture. At the event site, a Cossack kuren (the traditional dwelling of warriors) was installed and a multimedia history museum was opened. Visitors were also invited to watch the film “Cossacks at the Front”. The film tells about the exploits of the military class in 1941. Then their ancestors...

All-Russian Ataman Nikolai Doluda visited Irkutsk to meet with a number of representatives of regional authorities, the education system, law enforcement officers and local Cossacks. As a result of the meetings and meetings, 15 new cooperation agreements were signed with the executive branch, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, DOSAAF, the military registration and enlistment office, and the agricultural university. From 2023, Irkutsk Cossacks will begin to maintain public order, protect forests, and eliminate emergency situations.…

The village Cossack society in Vyselki elected a new chieftain - Andrei Nazin. The inauguration ceremony took place in accordance with all customs: the old men admonished the ataman to faithfully serve the Motherland, not sparing his belly, to preserve military honor and increase the wealth of society. As priority areas of his work, Nazin outlined an increase in the area of ​​arable land, the development of vegetable growing, as well as work...