Terek Cossacks honour those killed in the Communist genocide of the 1920s

On April 20, 2019, the Cossacks of the Terek Cossack Army, together with the North Ossetian RO SKVRiZ and the North Ossetian RO "Two-Headed Eagle" commemorated the Day of Remembrance of the Terek Cossacks. The event was attended by representatives of the Terek Cossack troops from the Stavropol Territory, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria,...

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Lenin's monument boycotted in Moscow

On Lenin’s birthday, a monument “To be Disassembled” was hanged on a monument in Moscow. On a monument to Vladimir Lenin on Kaluzhskaya Square in Moscow, activists hung a banner with the inscription “To be dismantled as part of decommunization”. Activists called for "dismantling all 7,000 monuments to Lenin and other functionaries of...

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Awarding of the Crimean Cossacks with medals on the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Crimea

On April 11, 2019 in the Republic of Crimea celebrated the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic. Exactly 5 years ago, after the reunification of the Crimea with Russia, the State Council of the Republic of Crimea adopted the main document of the Republic. A solemn event dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the...

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The big circle of the Union of Cossacks of Russia was held in Tyumen

The capital of the region receives the Cossacks of Russia for the second time. Over 300 Cossacks from all over Russia and neighboring countries gathered on April 20TH in Tyumen for the 10th report-election congress, traditionally referred to as the “circle”. The delegations even represented such remote regions as Kaliningrad and...

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In Krasnodar, commemorated Lavr Kornilov and the victims of the Russian Civil War

At the memorial on April 15th gathered 1,5 thousand people. The Kuban Cossack army holds traditional commemorations every year. To recall those tragic events came more than 100 students of Cossack classes and representatives of military-patriotic clubs. Flowers and wreaths were laid at the memorial...

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Reconstruction of the ice campaign of General Kornilov held in the Kuban

The reconstruction of the events of the Civil War took place on April 13 in the village of Gorkaya Balka, Novopokrovsky District. Among its participants there were a lot of registered Cossacks of both the Caucasian Department of the troops, on whose territory the event was held, and of other departments of the Kuban. The Kuban (Icy)...

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In Krasnodar, 5,000 Kuban Cossacks honored the memory of General Kornilov

On April 13th, on the territory of the memorial complex to the memory of General Kornilov and the Cossacks who died during the Civil War, Kornilov commemorations were held. Memorable meeting gathered representatives of the administration, the Cossacks and the public. Among the honored guests are: Deputy Ataman of the Kuban Cossack...

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Conference about Lavr Kornilov yesterday in St. Petersburg

On April 13th in St. Petersburg, the conference “The fate of Russia. Historical experience and the choice of Kornilov." was held. Three major specialists in historical issues traced the path of the democratization of power in Russia. Was it possible to avoid the catastrophe of 1917? How did the monarchy in Russia inexorably march toward...

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Yalta commemorates Romanov family

On April 11, a memorial event was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the forced emigration of members of the Imperial family took place on the embankment of Yalta near the stele Romanov. Employees of the Livadia Palace Museum, students of the cadet class of school number 11, residents and guests of the city took part in...

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Memorial plaque was opened in memory of the tsarist Vice Admiral Bakhirev

In Novocherkassk, a memorial plaque was opened in memory of the tsarist Vice Admiral Mikhail Koronatovitsch Bakhirev in Novocherkassk. From August 21, 1917 he- head of the Naval Forces of the Gulf of Riga, in September-October 1917 hw commanded the Russian fleet in the Moonsund battle, where he managed to prevent the German fleet from breaking...

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Conflict inside the Baltic Union of Cossacks

The Baltic Union of Cossacks was organized in 1992 and has been operating in the Baltic, in the Kaliningrad region. Later, in 1998, within the framework of the policy of new disclosures, the Cossacks of the Baltic Cossack Union were misled, and created the Baltic Registered Separate Cossack District (BOKO), which is not related to the organization...

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Conversation with the historian Vasily Tsvetkov: Whites in the Russian Civil War

A hundred years ago civil war raged in Russia, the Reds fought against the Whites. We talked with Vasily Zanikov , a professor at the Moscow State Pedagogical University, about what the White movement was: who they were white, what they wanted, why they were called that, what was their attitude towards religion in general and Orthodoxy...

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