A book about the struggle of the Terek Cossacks against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War published

"Terek Cossacks at the Turn of the Era. Anti-Bolshevik Armed Forces of the Terek Cossacks in the Civil War (1917-1922)" is a new book by Yuri Pyltsyn, published by M. B. Smolin Publishing House (FIV). The publishing house of M. B. Smolin (FIV) published a book by the candidate of historical sciences, head of the Yekaterinburg department of the Russian Imperial Union-Order Yuri Sergeevich Pyltsyn "Terek Cossacks at the turn of the era. Anti-Bolshevik armed formations of the Terek Cossacks in the Civil War (1917-1922)".
The first chapter "On the ruins of the empire (Terek Cossacks in late 1917 - early 1918)" is devoted to the state of the Terek armed forces and the Terek region in the context of growing anarchy and attempts to overcome it at the end of 1917 - 1st half. 1918 (after the October Revolution until the beginning of the Terek uprising). This chapter examines the steps taken by the military government to preserve the Terek military units returning from the front of the Great War and attempts to create new armed formations, attention is paid to the difficult interethnic situation in the region, the role of deserter soldiers in the escalation of the Civil War in the region, the phenomenon of "Cossack Bolshevism" on Terek. Attention is also paid to the attempt of public groups of the Terek region to create a government that suits everyone, which resulted in the holding of the First Congress of the Peoples of the Terek and the role of the Terek Cossack armed formations in this.
The second chapter tells about the Terek uprising of 1918. The chapter describes the internal structure of the insurgent Cossack army and reconstructs the fighting on different fronts of the uprising.
The third chapter "Terek Cossack units as part of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia (AFSUR) and the Russian Army in the Crimea" is the most extensive. The chapter deals with a set of issues related to supply, armament, manning, discipline, morale, attitude towards the White movement and its goals, and other aspects, in relation to the Terek units. The chapter also makes an attempt to reconstruct the Terek Cossacks' battle path on all fronts of the Civil War (starting from the service of the Cossacks in their small homeland - in the Terek-Dagestan region - ending with the service of the Terek Cossacks in the Polish army, in the detachment of Yesaul Yakovlev).
It is worth noting the fourth chapter on the Terek rebellion. The struggle of the Terek Cossacks with the Bolsheviks after the departure of the White Army from 1920-1923. previously not become an independent object of research. The book shows that after the White Army left for the Crimea, the Cossacks did not lay down their arms for a long time. If possible, on the basis of the ChON documents, an attempt was made to describe the course of the partisan and counter-partisan struggle on the Terek in the early 1920s.
To write the book, 303 titles of books and articles (excluding reference publications), 21 titles of newspapers and magazines were used.
The source base of the monograph includes funds of 7 central and 4 regional archives (47 funds in total), 81 published documents, 146 published memoirs and diaries.

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Russian Imperial Union-Order prayer service for the health of the Empress Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna

A prayer service for the health of the Head of the Russian Imperial House E.I.V. Empress Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna. On Saturday, December 25, in St. Petersburg, at the initiative of the local department of the Russian Imperial Union-Order, a prayer service was served for the health of the Head of the Russian Imperial House H.I.V. Empress Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna. The prayer service was timed to coincide with the birthday of Her IMPERIAL HIGHNESS, which was December 23rd. A prayer service was served by the rector of the temple, Archpriest Alexander Rumyantsev. Before the prayer service for the health of the Empress, a memorial service was served for the Blessed Sovereign Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, because. this day marked the 244th anniversary of his birth, as well as the August parents of the Head of the House of Romanov, the Blessed Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich and the Blessed Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna.

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Russian Imperial Union-Order : The ceremony of awarding participants and prize-winners of the XVII Alekseevsky competition took place in Saransk

On December 25, 2021 at 12.00 in Saransk in the assembly hall at the St. Fedorovsky Cathedral, a solemn ceremony of awarding participants and prize-winners of the XVII All-Russian Historical and Literary Competition with international participation in memory of St. birth of the Head of the Russian Imperial House E.I.V. Grand Duchess MARIA VLADIMIROVNA.

This competition has been held with the blessing of the ruling bishop of the Saransk diocese since 2004 at the initiative of the Russian Imperial Union-Order with the participation of the Mordovian regional branch of the Russian Nobility Assembly and the department for religious education and catechesis of the Saransk diocese. Since 2020, the Union of Historical and Educational Societies "Heritage of the Empire" has been among the co-organizers of the competition. The Alekseevsky competition has the recommendations of the city education department of Saransk, as well as the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Mordovia. This year it was held under the general name "Imperial Heritage "and was dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the proclamation of the Russian Empire. 22 works of students from various educational institutions of Saransk, Ruzaevka, Tula, Epifani, Atyashevsky, Zubovo-Polyansky, Insarsky, Ichalkovsky, Temnikovsky districts of the Republic of Mordovia were allowed to participate in the competition. The hall was attended by the participants of the competition, their teachers and parents.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the prayer "O Heavenly King" was sung and the Russian national anthem "God Save the Tsar!" was performed. The solemn meeting was opened by the Head of the RIS-O D.A. Sysuev, who presented a colorful presentation dedicated to the Alekseevsky competition and its initiator - the oldest Russian monarchical organization - the Russian Imperial Union-Order. Then the official guests of the ceremony and members of the competition committee were introduced. The audience was addressed by: the First Vice-Rector of the Saransk Theological Seminary, Archpriest Pavel Gorbunov, who conveyed to those present at the ceremony the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Zinovy ​​of Saransk and Mordovia and emphasized the importance of appealing to the memory of the Royal Family and preserving historical memory; Mrs. Salmova N.V. - Consultant of the Department of General Education of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Mordovia, who noted the great importance of the ongoing competition in the matter of spiritual and moral education of students and wished the competition further success; Mr. Kupriyanov A.Yu. Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Legal Disciplines, Moscow State Pedagogical University named after M.E. Evsevyeva with a speech dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Empire. Among the invited guests of honor at the ceremony were also Mrs. Volkova N.N. - a representative of the City Department of Education g.about. Saransk and the leader of the Mordovian regional branch of the Russian Nobility Assembly VV Chernavin. At the end, the speech of the Head of RIS-O D.A. Sysuev was made.
This was followed by the presentation of certificates and prizes to the participants and prize-winners of the XVII Alekseevsky competition.
The winners of the competition in the younger age group (grades 1-8) were: winners of the III prize - Chevtaykina Victoria, pupil of the 8th grade of the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Moldova "Center for Assistance to Children Left without Parental Care" for an essay on the topic: "Modern Youth and the Ideals of Holy Russia" Saransk and Monasypova Karina, a student of grade 8a, secondary school No. 33 Saransk for the work on the topic "Admiral Fyodor Ushakov - an example of wisdom, courage, honesty." The second prize was awarded to Bugleeva Alexandra, a student of the 7th grade. MBOU "Purdoshanskaya secondary school for the work" Forgive us! Through repentance to national revival". The student of the 8th grade of the "MOBU Kemlyanskaya secondary school" Nikolai Tikhonov for "The Tale of Alexander the Son of Yaroslav" in the nomination "The Spiritual Contribution of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky to the Imperial Heritage" became the owner of the 1st prize.
In the older age group, the student of the 11th grade became the owner of the III prize. "MBOU Paygarmskaya secondary school" Gunina Anastasia for the work "Charity in the Russian Empire. The 2nd prize was awarded to a student of the 9th grade. "MBOU Purdoshanskaya secondary school" Anastasia Yarochkina for the creative work "Heritage of the Russian Empire in our time". The owner of the 1st prize was 11th grade student of the Saransk secondary school "Secondary school with in-depth study of individual subjects No. 38" Shevnin Timofey for the essay "The Secret of the Old Photography".
In addition to diplomas, each participant received a commemorative glass with Imperial symbols as a gift from the organizers, as well as the books "Return to Russia" and "Volunteers" kindly provided by the Heritage NBF. The prize-winners from the Russian Imperial Union-Order were given as a gift an exclusively made gift set of puzzles under the motto - "Collect the Empire!". As a grand prix, the winner of the competition was awarded a cash prize and a certificate on behalf of the Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Heritage of the Empire Union, President of the NBF Heritage, Lieutenant General, Ph.D. L.P. Reshetnikova.
A touching adornment of the competition ceremony was the performance of the first-grader Nadezhda Aitova from the Lobaskinskaya secondary school, who recited by heart S. Bekhteev's poem "Soldier's Funeral", in memory of the State.

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The last victory of the Russian Imperial Army

On October 25, 1917, the last victory of the Russian Imperial Army was won in the deserts of Iran. A detachment of the Caucasian expeditionary corps under the command of the military foreman of the 1st Gorsko-Mozdok regiment Lazar Bicherakhov forced 2,500 Persian gendarmes to surrender.In World War I, the vast expanses of Mesopotamia turned out to be the arena of hostilities. In Iraq, at Al-Kut, the Turks defeated the 31,000-strong British corps - 8,000 soldiers and officers were taken prisoner led by the commander General Townsend. Neutral Iran was involved in the war zone, where Islamist groups and regular Turkish troops hunted.
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To save the British allies in 1915, the corps of General Nikolai Baratov entered Persia. However, two years later, units of the Caucasian corps found themselves in a difficult situation - the Turks and Persians intended to cut communications between the Russians and the British.

"General Baratov got Bicherakhov to advance to the Diale River and intercept the three thousandth enemy army, which was trying to cut communications between the Russians and the British. The Russian Empire was no longer there, the army was crumbling, and Bicherakhov's detachment turned out to be the only force capable of carrying out such a complex operation," writes in his research, the candidate of historical sciences Aleksey Bezugolny.

In August 1917, the formation of the detachment of Lieutenant Colonel Lazar Bicherakhov began in the Persian city of Kermanshah. In the "partisans" - so in the Russian army then army special forces were called, only volunteers were enrolled. Soon, under the command of Bicherakhov, there were 1000 Terek and Kuban Cossacks with 30 officers. It was armed with a large number of cannons and machine guns.

The detachment was given the task, as stated in the order, "to unite the Russian Persian and British Mesopotamian fronts." Lazar Fyodorovich did the job brilliantly. In a week, his Cossacks made a difficult march through the waterless mountainous terrain and reached the town of Kasri-Shirin, where they occupied both banks of the Diale River. A few days later, units of the Persian gendarmerie approached the same place.

"Having tried to break through to the water, the gendarmes met fierce resistance from Bicherakhov's fighters. The gendarmes could not retreat back into the desert - there was no water. On October 25, 1917, when the revolution was taking place in Petrograd, the last victory of the Russian army was won in Persia - 2500 thirsty Persians The gendarmes surrendered to Bicherakhov's detachment. The threat to the Expeditionary Force was removed, "writes Bezugolny.
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However, it was necessary to establish contact with the British. The detachment set off on a march in the direction of the city of Mendeli. Since they had to take numerous prisoners for rations, food soon ran out, water was running out. Emaciated, hungry and thirsty, people and horses struggled to overcome the steep ridges of southern Persia. “There was no end to them and as soon as one was overcome, another would grow before our eyes,” one of the officers recalled.

After a week of difficult transition, during which people died from thirst and jaundice, the detachment met with the forward patrols of the British Hindu Cavalry Regiment, which was already waiting for it. The British met the Cossacks with an orchestra and arranged a solemn parade for them.

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The Kuban Cossack army numbers more than 57 thousand Cossacks

 The Kuban Cossack army numbers more than 57 thousand Cossacks, according to the press service of the Kuban Cossack army.

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The reporting meeting of the Kuban Cossack troops took place in Krasnodar on November 26.

At the meeting, the ataman of the Kuban Cossack army, Cossack Colonel Alexander Vlasov, not only summed up the results of the first year of his reign, but also shared plans for the future with the Cossacks.

The atamans of the Yekaterinodar, Taman and Maikop Cossack departments, as well as the elected Cossacks of the Yekaterinodar department, gathered to listen to the report. In the context of a pandemic, Cossacks troops on the territory of the Kuban, Adygea and Karachay-Cherkessia could watch the assembly in the VKS mode.

The Kuban Cossack army numbers 57 thousand Cossacks, and together with family members - more than 166 thousand. The structure of the Kuban army includes 561 Cossack societies, including 495 in the Krasnodar Territory, 34 in the Republic of Adygea, 21 in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and 11 Cossack societies in the Republic of Abkhazia.

With the participation of Cossack vigilantes, 400 crimes were revealed, which is 66 crimes more than in the same period last year. The number of administrative offenses revealed with the participation of Cossacks has also increased, which is more than 51 thousand, 127 persons who were wanted for the crimes committed have been detained, 465 cases of child neglect have been prevented and 301 illegal migrants have been identified.

Let us remind you that the ataman Nikolai Doluda spoke about the initiative of the US congressmen. The Ataman of the All-Russian Cossack Society, Cossack General Nikolai Doluda, commented on the information that 15 US congressmen sent a letter to President Joe Biden with a proposal to immediately strike at Donbass in order to support Ukraine.

As "AiF-Yug" previously wrote, the ataman of the All-Russian Cossack Society told reporters about the nearest plans. The Cossacks are faced with the task of developing a system of Cossack education with an emphasis on the patriotic education of young people. According to Nikolai Doluda, it is necessary to instill in children respect for work, for elders, loyalty to the Fatherland and readiness to defend the Motherland from an early age.

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Residents of Serafimovich honored the memory of the dead Cossacks in the Russian Civil War

Exactly 21 years ago, the Cross of Reconciliation was installed on Mount Pyramida near Serafimovich in memory of all the killed Cossacks: white and red. Several generations of local residents thought about installing such a memorial sign. And so it happened on December 2, 2000. - On that day in the morning, Cossacks, residents of the city, nearby villages and farms gathered at the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Serafimovich, - recalls the chairman of the Council of Old Men of the Ust-Medveditsky Cossack Yurt Grigory Vypryashkin. - The procession to the place of the installation of the cross through the whole city was blessed and led by Metropolitan German of Volgograd and Kamyshinsky. He also served a requiem for the killed Cossacks and consecrated the cross. The Cossacks are still grateful to Vladyka German for the fact that he personally took part in these events. As the former Metropolitan of Volgograd and Kamyshinsky himself noted then, the road to this place on Mount Pyramid will never be forgotten. This has been the case for 21 years now. On solemn dates and weekdays, Cossacks come to the Cross of Reconciliation, young people lay fresh flowers, and participants of the White Doves of the Don festival release white doves into the blue sky. To prevent the Don land from knowing more civil strife and bloodshed, today the Ust-Medveditsa Cossacks have once again come to honor the memory of the fallen.

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Gallipoli Society memorial services for the White Warriors were held around the world

On November 20, 2021, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Gallipoli Society (1921 - 2021), solemn memorial services of the Union of the Descendants of Gallipoli were performed around the world. The Union was supported by the RIU-O, Publishing House White Cross, White Movement Memory Foundation and the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

Sainte Genevieve de Bois, France

St Petersburg

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Praha

Stavropol and Syndey

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In the Kuban, they want to restore a monument to the Cossacks-lineers

The Cossacks of the Labinsky department held a motor rally along the first villages founded by the lineers. The Labinsk cordon line was created in the form of a series of fortresses protecting the lands of the Russian Empire from the raids of the highlanders. The offensive of the Russian troops under the command of Major General Zass led to the fact that the front lines of the empire expanded from the Kuban into the mountains. In 1841, on the Labinsk line, the Cossacks founded a number of villages, thereby creating logistical support for the regiments protecting the borders of Russia. The Linz Cossacks decided to hold a motor rally, timed to coincide with the 180th anniversary of the formation of the first stanitsas of the Labinskaya line. They started from the regional center, visiting two villages: Temirgoevskaya and Kaladzhinskaya. The chief of staff of the Labinsky department, Alexander Krasovsky, a person who is keenly interested in the history of the Linemen, a participant in the reenactments of the battles of the Volunteer Army in the Kuban, acquainted the participants of the race with a historical background.

- During the visit to the Kuban of Emperor Alexander II, the august ataman of all Cossack troops, after being in Yekaterinodar, he visited the upper reaches of the Laba. The Tsar examined the newly formed villages of Kaladzhinskaya, Andryukovskaya and Labinskaya. I met with veterans of the line Cossack brigades and received a delegation of the mountaineers who expressed their obedience after the long Caucasian war, - said Alexander Krasovsky.

The Cossacks visited the places where the autocrat, who was called the tsar-peacemaker, stepped almost two centuries ago. The delegation visited the site of the monument to the Cossacks of the line regiments who died in battles with the mountaineers and died of wounds.

- This race has strengthened us in the desire to restore the monument to the Cossacks-Lineers. In 1914, our ancestors thought: if there is a monument to the Black Sea Cossacks, then why is the Linear not the same? They collected money for its construction, but they themselves did not do anything, since such structures at that time could only be built with the permission of the emperor. They turned with a request to the chieftain of the Kuban region, Mikhail Babich, and he, in turn, to the sovereign. Having received the royal permission, the Cossacks erected a monument to the founders of the villages of the Labinskaya Line. One of them was in the village of Labinskaya, the other in Voznesenskaya. During the years of Soviet power, the monuments were destroyed. We want to recreate one of them in its original form. We carried out a lot of research work in the regional archive, but, unfortunately, did not find the project of the monument. Now we are working with St. Petersburg museums and archives, where it may have survived, - said Alexander Krasovsky.

The Cossacks of the Labinsky department are ready to build a monument at their own expense, perpetuating the memory of their ancestors.

 

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Chamlyk commemoration: The memory of the White Cossacks who were killed in 1918 honored

 

The memory of the Cossacks who died during the revolutionary battles was honored on June 7th in the Kuban. The Chamlyk commemoration took place in the region. They are dedicated to the Trinity Uprising, which became one of the most tragic pages in the history of the Cossacks.

The veneration cross, at which commemorations are held, is installed on the ground, watered with blood. Here, on the outskirts of the village of Chamlyk, Labinsk district, 30 Cossacks were executed. In total, according to historians, the Trinity uprising claimed more than 1,000 lives in Chamlyk and neighboring Labinskaya, Vladimirskaya, Voznesenskaya and Upornaya stanitsas.

The prayer service is dedicated to the events of 1918. On the eve of Trinity, the Cossacks of several Kuban villages tried to resist the new regime, which destroyed the age-old way of life, order and foundations of an entire people. The participants in the uprising planned to reach Armavir, but already in the village of Labinskaya, the mutiny was stopped. The retreat attempt also failed. The Reds, combing the forest, shot some and captured others. Subsequently, they were chopped down with swords in front of the ir relatives.

“Probably only the Lord knows how much sorrow the people endured, the relatives of all those killed on both sides - from the Cossacks, from the Red Army. Now it is becoming clear to us what was lacking then - firmness, prudence, ”says Bishop of Armavir and Labinsky Vasily.

In order for new generations to remember the cruel lessons of history, every year regional societies of the Labinsk Cossack department, representatives of the administration of the municipality, deputies and students of cadet classes gather at the worship cross.

“The commemorations that the Kuban Cossack army holds annually is a connection with that difficult time when the Cossack, who defended the Fatherland, had to defend himself and his families. The Cossack plowed, the Cossack fought, and in an instant everything turned upside down - the brother went against the brother, the son went against the father, ”says Sergei Zakharov, deputy chieftain of the Kuban Cossack army.

“God grant that this does not happen again. So that a clear, peaceful sky is overhead and that we are going to only remember those who are not with us on this occasion. I would like to wish all those who are now alive to live, work, and benefit our state and our native Kuban, ”says the ataman of the Labinsk Cossack Department, Viktor Verzunov.

According to various historians, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Cossack estate in the Russian Empire numbered about 4.5 million people. They died on the fronts of the Civil War, some emigrated abroad after the revolution, others were repressed. But even during the years of persecution, it was not possible to uproot faith and craving for the traditions of their ancestors.

On the way to the revival, the Kuban Cossacks have made a difficult path. Only in the Labinsky district, 64 specialized classes are now open at schools for those children who in the future want to serve their country. After all, modern Cossacks are not just keepers of customs. They participate in the maintenance of order, cultivate the land and, of course, carry out patriotic work. Those who distinguished themselves in this field were invited to commemoration in order to present awards.


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XII Congress of the Russian Monarchist Movement "For Faith and Fatherland"

On May 23, 2021, in the St. George Hall of the Russian Social and Political Center, the XII Reporting and Election Congress of the All-Russian Public Movement "For Faith and Fatherland" was held. The congress was timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of E.I.V. Sovereign Heir to the Tsarevich and Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich.

The Congress was attended by 56 delegates from 17 regional branches of the Movement, as well as several guests.

The Congress was opened by the Head of the Movement K.R. Kasimovsky, after which the Russian national anthem "God Save the Tsar!"

Having elected the working bodies of the congress, the delegates set to work.

The first to greet the congress was the adviser to the President of the Russian Social and Political Center F.V. Shelov-Kovedyaev (First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in 1991-1992).

On behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church, the congress greeted Priest Dimitri Bogomolov, who conveyed greetings from Archpriest Dimitri Roshchin, head of the Office for Work with Public Organizations of the Synodal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate for Church Relations with Society and the Media.

On behalf of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the congress was greeted by the Head of the Office of the Chancellery E.I. on the historical and memorial activities of Hieromonk Nikon (Levachev-Belavenets).

Also, Father Nikon read out a greeting from the Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, Deputy Head of the LDPR faction Ya.E. Nilov.

The leader of the Russian Noble Assembly O.V. Shcherbachev wished success to the Movement and expressed hope for further fruitful cooperation between the two union traditionalist organizations.

On behalf of the Head of the Movement K.R. Kasimovsky, the Chairman of the Steering Center A.V. Kulemin, who noted the success of the Movement despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Also made a report on the activities of the Voronezh regional department Deputy Chairman of the Management Center Professor E.M. Barsukov.

The congress also approved the report of the Central Control and Auditing Commission, presented by its Chairman S.O. Milovidov, stating that, unfortunately, all events were still paid for at the expense of the personal funds of the organization's associates.

Then the Congress began to elect a new composition of the governing and supervising bodies of the Movement.

Head of the Movement "For Faith and Fatherland" K.R. Kasimovsky was unanimously re-elected. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kulemin was re-elected Chairman of the Management Center, and Aleksey Rostislavovich Karpov and Evgeny Mikhailovich Barsukov were again elected Vice-Chairmen. The composition of the Management Center remained almost the same: Dmitry Vladimirovich Gudimenko, Mikhail Yurievich Dronov, Alexey Pavlovich Maslov, Stanislav Gennadievich Pavlov. Dmitry Petrovich Dobrolyubov became the new Secretary of the RC. Elena Vladimirovna Veselova asked not to re-elect her as Deputy Secretary of the RC for health reasons, which the congress could not but accept.

The Central Control and Auditing Commission will continue to be headed by Sergei Olegovich Milovidov. His deputy was the former Secretary of the RC Mikhail Borisovich Bolotovsky, and the commission again included Konstantin Evgenievich Milevsky, Olga Ryurikovna Pestovskaya and Yuri Anatolyevich Bataev as secretaries.

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Nicholas II birthday remembered in Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk Conservatives rallied in honor of the birthday of the All-Russian Emperor Nicholas II on May 18th 2021.

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600 people attend the Conference "Church and Cossacks: Collaboration for the good of the Fatherland"

On May 17, Moscow hosted the XI scientific-practical conference "Church and Cossacks: Collaboration for the good of the Fatherland." The conference was held within the framework of the XXIX international educational readings "Alexander Nevsky: West and East, the historical memory of the people."

 The organizer was the Synodal Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church for Interaction with the Cossacks with the support of the Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations of Moscow. The event was attended by over 600 people from Russia, France, Belarus, Ukraine and the Czech Republic. Its main goals are the preservation, development and promotion of traditional cultural and historical traditions and spiritual and moral values ​​of the Russian Cossacks, as well as the upbringing of the younger generation of Cossacks. The results of the fruitful work of the conference participants will be combined into a collection of reports, which is planned to be published and used in the further work of the Cossack and church organizations.

 

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Cossacks from the Czech Republic to Paraguay: the project "Legacy of those who left their homeland"

From Europe to South America - The Civil War in the Russian Empire scattered Cossack troops around the world. But largely thanks to emigration, the Cossacks and their heirs managed to preserve memories of life before the October Revolution and relics of a bygone era. The project "The Legacy of Those Who Left the Homeland" is aimed at preserving the historical memory of the unknown heroes of the past.
As the project manager Irina Shcherbakova said, the idea of ​​the project arose thanks to cooperation with the Cossacks of the All-Cossack Union of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. They told that the archive and belongings of the Terek Cossack-emigrant Viktor Karpushkin, which his daughter Nina brought from the USA, were preserved.
"His memoirs became the basis of our project, they reflect that time. From them we can learn what happened in the Vladikavkaz cadet corps, how the Cossacks lived before the revolution. He describes the civil war as an eyewitness from the trenches, he describes the mood in the army, what they thought Cossacks about Denikin and Wrangel. There is very little such evidence left. We consider this manuscript a valuable heritage that has survived abroad, "says Irina.
In addition to her memoirs, Nina Karpushkina gave the Terek Cossacks a valuable family relic - her father's headdress - and an icon.
But there is also other evidence of the life of the Cossacks in exile - the memories of Anastasia Manstein-Shirinskaya, who arrived in Tunisia with her parents as an eight-year-old girl. Anastasia became an elder of the Russian community in Tunisia and wrote a book of memoirs "Bizerte. The Last Camp", published in French and Russian.
Paraguay has become another haven for the Cossacks who were forced to leave their homeland. One of the "Paraguayans" was the last chieftain of the Terek army, Sergei Fleischer. The Cossacks and Russian officers who came to Paraguay, according to Irina, literally created the army and navy of this country. When the Chaco war with Bolivia began, Russian officers defended Paraguay and helped the country win. In the capital of Paraguay, 17 streets are named after Russian officers and Cossacks.
The great-grandson of the ataman Igor Fleischer handed over to the Terek Cossacks the materials preserved after the death of his grandfather. All these materials will form the basis of a documentary-historical film about the White emigrants on the example of the life of Viktor Karpushkin, the sailors of the Russian squadron in Tunisia and the Cossacks who created the army and navy of Paraguay. This film will also be transferred to the Stavropol Regional Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired. V. Mayakovsky, where he will be prepared for perception by blind people.
The Heritage of Those Who Left Their Homeland project was among the winners of the Presidential Grants Competition in 2021. The Presidential Grants Fund will donate about 1.8 million rubles to the Khopertsy Charitable Foundation of the Stavropol Territory for the implementation of the project.
In addition to the film, an electronic and printed book "The Life of Viktor Vasilyevich Karpushkin" will be published at the expense of the President's grant. In addition, there will be a conference dedicated to the anniversary of the end of the Civil War and the 100th anniversary of the "Russian Aid Action" organized by the Czechoslovak government in 1921 for Russian refugees, and a historical quest dedicated to the events of the Civil War.
Already now, the history of the Cossack emigrants can be found on the multimedia portal "The Legacy of Those Who Left Their Homeland", which presents materials about the Civil War and the Russian Exodus. In the future, an audiobook for blind people will be created from the materials of the site, which will be transferred to the Stavropol Regional Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

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Luhansk PR Cossacks asked to join the Great Don Army

An appeal with a request to accept them into the structure of the Great Army of Don Russia was handed over by the Luhansk Cossacks to the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the public organization Union of Cossack Warriors of Russia and Abroad (SKVRiZ), Deputy of the State Duma of Russia Viktor Vodolatsky on May 12 during a round table in Luhansk.
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“We live on the historical lands of the Great Don Host - this is our history, this is our blood. Only all together, united, we can win on our Russian Cossack land, especially since the war is not over yet, ”said Sergei Yurchenko, adviser to the head of the LPR on Cossacks, cadet education and military-patriotic education of youth.

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The Tsarevich and Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich took part in the procession of St. Great Martyr George

 

May 6, 2021, on the feast of St. Great Martyr George the Victorious, H.I.V. The Sovereign Heir Tsarevich and Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich, together with his Bride Victoria Romanovna, prayed on the day of his Name Day in the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Orekhovo-Borisov.

The Grand Duke partook of the Holy Mysteries of Christ and took part in the procession with the icon of the Resurrection of Christ.

At the end of the service, His Imperial Highness presented the insignia of the Imperial Orders to the rector of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, Dean of the Danilovsky District, Archpriest Oleg Vorobyov (numbered to the Order of St. Anna) and hagiographer and patron of the arts A.V. Bugaevsky, whose earlier 75th birthday was celebrated on this day (elevated to the dignity of the Knight of the Imperial and Royal Order of St. Stanislav I degree). Also, the Grand Duke presented the Imperial medals to O.A. Koroleva-Pereleshina (medal of the Order of St. Anna) and V.A. Bugaevsky (hereditary medal "In memory of the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov. 1613-2013").

In the evening of the same day, a reception was held in the building of the Soviet Peace Fund on Prechistenka in honor of the Name Day of the heir to the Head of the Russian Imperial House.

At the entrance to the building of the Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich Foundation, the bride of His Imperial Highness Victoria Romanovna and her father, His Excellency Ambassador Roberto Bettarini, were greeted by the First Vice-President of the Soviet Peace Foundation, Doctor of Law. S.N. Baburin and the ranks of the Chancellery of the Head of the Russian Imperial House.

Before the reception, the head of the Office of the Chancellery E.I.V. on historical and memorial activities, Hieromonk Nikon (Levachev-Belaventz), co-served by Deacon Alexy Kulikov, performed an Easter prayer service with the proclamation of the statutory many years of the royal order.

At the end of the service, His Imperial Highness presented the insignia of the Imperial Orders to one of the church leaders of the Life-Giving Trinity near the Saltykov Bridge N.V. Koryabkin, associate of the Movement For Faith and Fatherland, Count L.P. Komarovsky (elevated to the dignity of knights of the Imperial and Royal Orders of St. Anna, III degree), as well as the head of the press service of the Movement S.G. Pavlov (elevated to the dignity of the Chevalier of the Imperial and Royal Order of St. Stanislav III degree).

Then the director of the Chancellery of the Head of the Russian Imperial House A.N. Zakatov and S.N. Baburin.

The reception was attended by the first President of the Republic of South Ossetia E.D. Kokoity, Counselor for CIS Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in Russia Gonzalo Furner Conde, well-known public figures N.A. Narochnitskaya and A.P. Torshin, Major General V.V. Popov, A.V. Bugaevsky, associates of the All-Russian public movement "For Faith and Patronymic", headed by the Chairman of the Governing Center A.V. Kulemin, members of the Russian Nobility Assembly, headed by the First Vice-leader A.Yu. Korolev-Pereleshin, Chairman of the Societies of the Descendants of the Participants of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the First World War V.I. Alyavdin, President of the Diaghilev Center International Charitable Foundation N.G. Korzun, President of the Russian Middle East Society Foundation I.I. Spivak, secretary of the Moscow Union of Journalists V.I. Cheremukhin, Chairman of the Fund for the Memory of the Grand Duke Sergiy Alexandrovich D.B. Grishin, Chairman of the Russian-Georgian Friendship Society "Dzalisa" T.I. Jandieri, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Spetsnaz of Russia" P.A. Evdokimov, editor-in-chief of the Internet edition "Good people" V.E. Yakobidze, full members of the Russian Academy of Arts P.T. Stronsky and A.A. Shilov, famous opera singer D.D. Davydova, saxophonist Nick Schaeffer and other members of the public.

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A new nationality "Don Cossack" will appear in the Russian census

Residents of the Don region will be able to self-determine by nationality. This was stated by the head of Rostovstat Marina Samoilova. “Rosstat has compiled and approved a dictionary of nationalities, containing more than two thousand possible answers to the question of nationality. Of these, using the word "Cossack" - thirteen options. Also included in the directory are the phrases "Don Cossacks", "Russian Cossacks", "Orthodox Cossacks" and others, "she said.
Residents of the Rostov region will be able to determine their nationality during the census but nationa-bolshevik Writer, politician and publicist Zakhar Prilepin criticized this decision, calling it "a direct path to separatism." He recalled that the Cossacks are a military class, but not a nation. With the same success, you can include in the list of nationalities and archers. And in general, scientists and officials, who thought of this before, should be driven out of their posts and brought to justice, the politician is sure.

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The 100th anniversary of the Russian Exodus was widely celebrated in Crimea

Kerch honored the memory of all those who more than a hundred years ago were forced to leave their homeland as a result of the fratricidal war.


 

On April 25, 2021, within the framework of the Days of Remembrance dedicated to the centenary of the Russian Exodus , flowers were laid at the cross at the Kerch sea station, according to the official website of the Heritage Foundation .

The event was attended by the orchestra of the 115th separate special-purpose brigade of the Russian National Guard under the direction of Major Daniil Rafailov. The banner group of reenactors of the Drozdovsky regiment from St. Petersburg with an exact copy of the regimental banner stood guard at the cross. Representatives of the military-historical club "Rubezh" from Maikop and the Union of Societies "Heritage of the Empire" from the village of Otradnoye of the Krasnodar Territory, the Kerch-Yenikalsky khutor Cossack society of the Black Sea Cossack Host lined up nearby. Representatives of the Kerch community were also present at the laying of flowers.

The audience was addressed by the President of the Heritage NBF, Lieutenant General Leonid Reshetnikov, who thanked the representatives of the Black Sea Cossack army, Donets, Tertsy for their work on restoring the historical memory of millennial Russia.

“Why are we holding the Days of Remembrance dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Russian Exodus? To learn from the terrible events of more than a century ago. We are trying to tell the truth about the Civil War so that such a split, such hatred does not repeat itself in our country. This war has divided people. As a result, the country lost millions of the best sons of the Fatherland: military men, inventors, scientists, writers, engineers. We must know and remember this tragedy. We have one truth - love for Russia, ”Reshetnikov emphasized in his speech.

Further, a funeral lithium was served for all those who died during the Civil War and who left for the Exodus, flowers were laid at the memorial Cross. After that, everyone went to the embankment of Kerch, where a military-historical reconstruction of the episode of the Russian Exodus took place with the participation of more than 300 reenactors representing military-historical clubs from all over Russia.

To immerse the audience in the era of a century ago, from 11 am on the embankment, interactive platforms were open, where they showed weapons, uniforms, medicine of that time, it was possible to enroll in the Volunteer or Red Army. People dressed in the fashion of a century ago were walking along the embankment.

Children and older people enjoyed examining the Lanchester armored car and the 1902 Russian cannon. Here, like yesterday in the Leninsky District, history was at arm's length. Reenactors talked about the peculiarities of uniforms, weapons, medicine, took pictures with those who wish.

The event was attended by the head of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Crimea A.V. Novoselskaya and the head of the administration of Kerch S.V. Borozdin.

In 1920, Kerch became the last city where the Russian flag was lowered, from where more than 40 thousand citizens of the Russian Empire departed into obscurity. Therefore, the choice of the venue for the festival is not accidental. The first part of the reconstruction was an action with elements of a theatrical production, reproducing episodes of the evacuation in November 1920, based on historical documents and memoirs. The loading of military and civilians on the ship was shown. Two ships participated in the reconstruction - the 100-seater "Chernomorye" and the replica minesweeper KTShch # 581 "Tuapse". According to the scenario, after loading the main part of the reenactors, "Chernomorye", having given a signal, departed from the coast. A wreath was launched from its side in memory of those "who had no place in their homeland." After that, stragglers appeared on the embankment, and the offensive of the Bolsheviks began,a fight ensued. The minesweeper covered the stragglers by firing from the water.

The reconstruction scenario based on historical materials was prepared by the commander of the VIC "Consolidated Officer's General Markov Regiment" Colonel G.A. Yakovitsky. The music was specially selected. The following compositions were performed: G. Kitler "Expectation", Polonaise by Mikhail Oginsky "Farewell to the Motherland", march "Longing for the Motherland", Mozart "Requiem for a Dream", March of Kornilovtsev, March of Markovtsev, Antonio Vivaldi "Tango of Death" and others. The course of the production was covered by the commentator - a military historian from St. Petersburg B.G. Kipnis. Thanks to the dramatic script and professional, captivating commentary, viewers were able to experience unforgettable emotions and feel everything that happened in their city more than a hundred years ago. Many had tears in their eyes. At the end of the action, the audience thanked the reenactors with applause.

According to the deputy commander of the VIC "Consolidated Officer General Markov Regiment" Captain D. Wilhelm, the past two-day festival has become the largest of such events in the Civil War in our country over the past five years and unique - for the first time the reconstruction of the events of the Russian Exodus was shown, loading on ship.

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Kuban's Parade to the 30th anniversary of the rehabilitation of the Cossacks

On April 24, a parade of historical departments of the Kuban Cossack army took place in Krasnodar, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the rehabilitation of the Cossacks. The event took place on the Main City Square in compliance with all sanitary and epidemiological requirements - behind closed doors without spectators.

The event was attended by the head of the region Veniamin Kondratyev, the ataman of the Kuban Cossack army (KKV), the vice-governor of the region Alexander Vlasov, the speaker of the ZSK Yuri Burlachko, the chief federal inspector for the region Alexey Ermakov, member of the Federation Council from the region Vladimir Beketov, Metropolitan of Yekaterinodar and Kuban Grigory , the military priest Archpriest Ioann Garmash and other guests of honor.
The parade participants were greeted by the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev, who in his speech noted the importance of this event and the role of the Cossacks in the life of the region, including their service to the country and the people, protection of borders, participation in the management of cities and villages.
Ataman KKV Alexander Vlasov stressed that today the Kuban army is the most numerous and has more than 55 thousand Cossacks in its ranks. Also successfully organized work on public service, the development of the system of Cossack education.





The parade began with the carrying of the banner of the Kuban Cossack army by the banner group of the Guard of Honor. The banner was consecrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and was presented to the ataman of the Kuban Cossack army by the President of the Russian Federation.
The banner group of the Guard of Honor brought to the square the military banner and regalia of the Kuban Cossacks - among them the diploma of Empress Catherine II, banners bestowed on the Kuban Cossack army by Russian emperors, Orthodox icons. Then the ceremonial calculations of the historical departments of the Kuban Cossack army passed with a marching step. Also, the traditional laying of the "Garland of Memory" at the Eternal Flame took place - it was taken to the memorial by car.



Recall that the parade of historical calculations of the Kuban Cossack army takes place in Krasnodar and is timed to the anniversary of the signing of the RSFSR Law of 26.04.1991 "On the rehabilitation of repressed peoples" and the Day of rehabilitation of the Kuban Cossacks, established 9.10.1995 № 15-KZ "On the rehabilitation of the Kuban Cossacks" and 14.12.2006 № 1145-KZ "On the establishment of holidays and memorable dates in the Krasnodar Territory . "

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A monument dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War was unveiled in Sevastopol

A monument dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in Russia was opened in Sevastopol.

Recall that the original idea was to erect a monument to Russian people forced to flee from the Bolsheviks who occupied the country. Hence the place of installation - the embankment of Sevastopol, from where, among other things, the patriots of Russia went into exile. Then the Russian Military Historical Society got down to business, and the monument turned into a "monument to the reconciliation of the Reds and Whites." It is noteworthy that particular dissatisfaction was expressed by the ideological and spiritual heirs of the Russophobes-Bolsheviks, who announced the rehabilitation of the "unfinished counter".

The monument was opened on the coast of the Quarantine Bay of Sevastopol, from there a view of the Tauric Chersonesos and St. Vladimir's Cathedral opens up. Nearby in the roadstead are lined up the sailing ship "Chersonesos", the patrol ships of the Black Sea Fleet "Pytlivy" and "Ladny" and the oldest naval ship in Russia and in the world, in service - the rescue ship "Volkhov" (Bolshevik nickname "Commune"), built in 1913 ...

The ceremony was attended by Assistant to the President, Chairman of the RVIO Vladimir Medinsky, Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet Vice Admiral Igor Osipov, Senator Yekaterina Altabaeva, Deputy of the Russian State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy , the military and the public.

“There is nothing worse when a split occurs within one state, one family. This monument to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War is a memorial to its tragedy. Dedicated to its participants, all the sons of Russia. This is the first such large-scale memorial in Russia. We must remember this lesson of history - a house, destroyed from the inside, as it is said, will not stand. We can be very different, but we are one people, and we have one Russia, ”said Vladimir Medinsky.

On a high pedestal, a female figure is the image of Russia, the image of a mother calling for the reconciliation of her sons, who were raised by the Civil War. Their figures are located at the foot of the pedestal. At the foot of the column, on three sides, poems dedicated to these tragic days by poets Maximilian Voloshin, Marina Tsvetaeva, Nikolai Turoverov, and also Mikhail Sholokhov are engraved in stone on three sides.

The author of the monument is sculptor, chairman of the Union of Artists of Russia Andrey Kovalchuk.

 

From IA "Legitimist": On the monument is written "We are one people, and we have one Russia." Given that the slogan of the whites was indeed "United and indivisible Russia", and the slogan of the red was "Workers of all countries unite", i.e. the slogan of the world revolution, to which they sacrificed Russia. The activation of the supporters of the Reds in the recent (see, for example, previously published news) clearly indicates that there is no desire for reconciliation on their part.

 

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