On November 27, 2018, the Constituent Circle of the All-Russian Cossack Society (Всероссийского казачьего общества) was held in Moscow in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. About 500 delegates from 11 registered Cossack troops gathered at it.
The meeting was attended by the acting Governor of St. Petersburg, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Cossack Affairs A.D. Beglov, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation I.E. Levitin, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Commission for Cossack Affairs V.L. Mutko, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation A.I. Bastrykin, head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities I.V. Barinov, Head of the Presidential Directorate for Domestic Policy, Executive Secretary of the Presidential Council for Cossack Affairs A.V. Yarin, First Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Russian Federation A.V. Gorovoy, chairman of the Synodal Committee for Co-operation with the Cossacks, Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssky.
In the course of the Constituent Circle, a decision was made to create an All-Russian Cossack society, its Charter and structure were approved.
