15/4/19

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 Army Nikolai Pervakov, Chairman of the Krasnodar City Duma Vera Galushko, Deputy Head of the Krasnodar City Municipality, Ataman of the Ekaterinodar RKO Sergey Vasin, Ataman of the Ekaterinodar Department Victor Svetlichny and others.

There were visiting guests at the event - Cossacks from the Don, Stavropol and Taman, from Maikop and neighboring countries. More than 100 students of Cossack classes, as well as representatives of military-patriotic clubs attended the commemoration.

The memory of General Kornilov, the Cossacks observed a minute of silence. The commemorative event ended with a weapon salute and demonstration performances of Cossack military-patriotic clubs and creative teams, the press service of the Kuban Cossack Army reported. Lavr Kornilov was born in the family of a hereditary Cossack on August 30, 1870 in the stanitsa of Karkalinskaya of the Semipalatinsk region. He participated in the Civil War, was commander in chief of the Volunteer Army, leader of the White movement in southern Russia. He died on April 13, 1918 near Yekaterinodar during the shelling of the army headquarters with Red Army artillery.
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