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 NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction southern frontier of the Russian Empire
country Russian Empire
disbandedBy Russian imperial authorities
dissolved 1860
ethnicGroup Cossacks NERFINISHED
Ukrainians NERFINISHED
formedAs reward for Zaporozhian service to Russia
formedFrom former Zaporozhian Cossacks
foundedBy Catherine the Great NERFINISHED
garrison Black Sea littoral NERFINISHED
Kuban River NERFINISHED
governmentForm military-administrative organization
hasPredecessor Zaporozhian Cossacks NERFINISHED
Zaporozhian Sich NERFINISHED
hasSuccessor Kuban Cossack Host NERFINISHED
headquarters Ekaterinodar NERFINISHED
inception 1787
language Russian
Ukrainian
location Black Sea region NERFINISHED
Kuban region NERFINISHED
Northern Black Sea coast NERFINISHED
mergedInto Kuban Cossack Host NERFINISHED
militaryBranch cavalry
militaryFunction colonization of Kuban
frontier defense
namedAfter Black Sea NERFINISHED
notableCenter Ekaterinodar fortress NERFINISHED
participatedIn Caucasian War NERFINISHED
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) NERFINISHED
partOf Imperial Russian Army NERFINISHED
primaryEnemy Crimean Tatars NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
role border guard force
cavalry force
socialStructure Cossack estate
subordinateTo Imperial Russian government NERFINISHED
task guarding Black Sea frontier
settling newly annexed territories
typeOfUnit irregular cavalry
uniformFeature traditional Cossack dress
usedBy Russian Empire NERFINISHED

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Cossack Host includes Black Sea Cossack Host
Zaporizhian Sich significantEvent Black Sea Cossack Host
this entity surface form: Destruction of the Zaporizhian Sich
Ekaterinodar foundedBy Black Sea Cossack Host