Ural Cossack forces

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The Ural Cossack forces were a regional Cossack military formation from the Ural River area that fought on the anti-Bolshevik side during the Russian Civil War.

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Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Cossack host
counterrevolutionary force
military formation
allegiance White movement
associatedWithRiver Ural River NERFINISHED
borderGuardFunction yes
conflict Russian Civil War
country Russian Empire
disbandedIn 1920s
dissolvedBy Soviet authorities
ethnicComposition Cossacks
formedFrom Ural Cossack Host
garrisonLocation Ural River NERFINISHED
governedBy Cossack ataman
historicalEra Russian Civil War era
late Russian Empire
locatedIn Ural River region
Ural oblast NERFINISHED
southern Russia
militaryBranch cavalry
infantry
militaryTradition Cossack cavalry warfare
mountedWarfare yes
notableEnemy Red Army units in the Ural region
opposed Bolsheviks
Red Army
partOf Cossacks
politicalOrientation monarchist-leaning
primaryTheaterOfOperations Ural region
southern Ural front
primaryWeaponType carbine
rifle
sabre
regionType frontier region
role anti-Bolshevik military force
border defense
irregular cavalry
sideInConflict anti-Bolshevik side
socialStructure Cossack stanitsa communities
statusAfterCivilWar disbanded
suppressed
timePeriod 1917–1920s
early 20th century
traditionalReligion Russian Orthodoxy
uniformType Cossack uniform
usedLanguage Russian language

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ural Cossack forces ("Ural Cossack Host")
formedFrom
White Army
hasPart
Cossacks ("Ural Cossacks")
subgroup

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