Black Sea Cossacks
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The Black Sea Cossacks were a Cossack host composed largely of former Zaporozhian Cossacks resettled by the Russian Empire along the Black Sea frontier in the late 18th century.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caucasus Line Cossacks | 1 |
| Zaporizhian Cossacks | 1 |
| Zaporozhian Cossack Host | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cossack host
ⓘ
military community ⓘ |
| allegiance | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderGuardDuty |
Caucasus frontier
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire frontier ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | arms of the Black Sea Cossack Host NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| culturalTradition | Cossack songs and dances ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly East Slavic ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1860 ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
horse breeding ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition | Zaporozhian Cossacks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedFrom | Zaporozhian Sich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Catherine II of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Cossack Rada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedLandBy | Russian crown ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Yekaterinodar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSovereign | Russian Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Yekaterinodar Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Black Sea littoral
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kuban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1787 ⓘ |
| language |
Cossack dialects
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | privileged military estate ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Black Sea region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kuban region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Kuban Cossack Host NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
cavalry
ⓘ
infantry ⓘ |
| notableConflict |
Caucasian War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Imperial Russian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Catherine the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Zaporozhian Host NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
colonization of Kuban
ⓘ
frontier defense ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| socialStructure | Cossack stanitsas ⓘ |
| territory |
Kuban River basin
ⓘ
northeastern Black Sea coast ⓘ |
| uniformFeature |
Cherkesska coat
ⓘ
papakha ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Zaporizhian Cossacks
this entity surface form:
Caucasus Line Cossacks
this entity surface form:
Zaporozhian Cossack Host