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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