The anniversary of the rehabilitation of the Cossacks is celebrated in the Kuban

The law of the RSFSR "On the rehabilitation of repressed peoples" was adopted on April 26, 1991. This day is of particular importance for the Kuban Cossacks, because they have the opportunity to return to their way of life, with its traditions and culture. Cossacks are an integral part of our society, they are always at the forefront, in the service of the state. Even now, in difficult conditions, the Cossacks remain at their posts - at the state borders, as part of mobile detachments, together with representatives of law and order, they monitor security and compliance with quarantine measures. Today, the Kuban Cossack army of the Starominsk region has 670 people. 18 people are serving. 

The system of Cossack education of the district includes 2 schools and a kindergarten, as well as 9 classes and groups of Cossack orientation with a total number of more than 300 people. The ataman of the district Cossack society is the military foreman Vladimir Vasilyevich Gorb. - On the eve of our main holiday, I wish everyone a peaceful sky, health and strengthening of primordial traditions. Let's not forget the main thing - the strength of every nation is in unity! Confessor of the Starominsk Cossacks Father Alexander sincerely wished all the Cossacks of the region: Remember your history and draw the right conclusions. A Cossack without faith is not a Cossack, this must be adhered to. The ataman of the village Cossack society, Nikolai Nikolaevich Kostenko, told what he had to start with at first: – Cossacks for me is life. When the law on our rehabilitation came out, they immediately began to act in the direction of restoring everything that had been lost during the years of Soviet power. It was very hard at times. Many did not understand why this was necessary, they called it “mummers”. The whole way of life, all the traditions of the people were destroyed and eradicated over the years. Our task is to revive and pass on to children the traditions, lifestyle and spiritual values ​​of the Kuban Cossacks. So that our children honor their parents, protect their Motherland and love their Motherland. The Chief of Staff Igor Alexandrovich Kalinin spoke in more detail about the activities of the Cossack society. - For thirty years of active work on the restoration of the Cossacks, a lot has been done, and even more remains to be done. In recent years, many difficulties have arisen, not all plans have been implemented, although we have made a big breakthrough and achievements in the education of young people. Two schools with Cossack education have appeared in the district, I would like more, but so far it is not always possible to achieve the approval of parents, although, if we talk about children, they are willing to meet and attend training camps and competitions with pleasure, there are many interested young people and in military-patriotic clubs. The Union of Cossack Youth has been created in the region, we have organized a branch of the Union on the basis of Cossack schools, classes and groups of Cossack orientation. There are more than 500 of them in total. - What exactly are you trying to recover? - First of all, to restore the patriotism of young people, which is not in the word itself, but in concrete deeds. Such as volunteering, helping and supporting loved ones, restoring spiritual values ​​and family life. Men have become more passive than women - this is not right. Before, in Cossack families, the way of life and way of life was clearly spelled out by time. The woman was the guardian of the house and family, the entire household lay on her shoulders, and it was not worth it for her to wave a saber on the battlefield. A woman must be loved, protected and carried in her arms, but a man is a protector, he must defend the honor, the Fatherland and be the main support and breadwinner, the core of the family. The Cossack, by his Orthodox faith and conviction, is first of all a master on earth. It is these moral guidelines that I want to restore and instill in young people. - What are the main tasks of the Cossacks these days? - Now it is important to work with the provision of humanitarian aid. We provided first aid to children and women who were evacuated from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Funds were allocated by the district Cossack society, they were used to purchase goods for refugees. Help was sent to Rostov-on-Don. Now an action of humanitarian aid is being organized for our troops involved in a special operation. Schools and military-patriotic clubs have collected everything the soldiers need. The guys wrote letters to soldiers in military hospitals and in the war zone. Warm words of children will be a good spiritual support for them.

Cossacks of the Krasnoarmeisky district celebrate the 31st anniversary of the rehabilitation of the Kuban Cossacks The law "On the rehabilitation of repressed peoples", including the Cossacks, was adopted on April 26, 1991

A prayer service for the Kuban Cossack army was held in Krasnodar

Cossacks of the Yekaterinodar District Cossack Society took part in a combined-arms prayer service on the square in front of the Cathedral of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky, a prayer service of the Kuban Cossack Army was held, dedicated to the 31st anniversary of the rehabilitation of the repressed peoples, in which about 2 thousand Cossacks of the historical departments of the Kuban Cossack Army, including the Cossacks of the Kuban capital, took part. “The law became not only the starting point for the revival of the Russian and Kuban Cossacks, but also allowed us to once again be openly proud of the glory of our great-grandfathers, as well as to revive the Cossack way of life on the territory of the Krasnodar Territory. During this time, the Kuban Cossack army restored the historical departments, strengthened and became the largest registered Cossack army in the country, with a population of over 57 thousand Cossacks, - said the vice-governor, ataman of the troops Alexander Vlasov. Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Senator from the Krasnodar Territory Vladimir Beketov and First Deputy Ataman of the All-Russian Cossack Society Konstantin Perenizhko took part in the combined-arms prayer service on the square in front of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. As well as cadets of the Cossack corps, representatives of the power structures of the region, the clergy. The Divine Liturgy was officiated by Metropolitan Gregory of Ekaterinodar and Kuban. The Cossacks of the Yekaterinodar District Cossack Society took part in the prayer service - about a hundred people in total. - Ekaterinodar Cossacks traditionally take part in events dedicated to the rehabilitation of the Cossacks. We honor the memory of our ancestors, educate our youth according to the traditions laid down once by atamans, including the Knights of St. George, - said Alexei Klyushkin, head of the department for Cossacks and military personnel of the Krasnodar administration. After the prayer service, the procession and the ceremony of consecrating memorial plaques and the opening of a new Cossack memorial in the Church of the Holy Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky in honor of 300 Cossacks - full Knights of St. George took place. For many years, archival research to search for the names of heroes was carried out by the author of the series of books “St. Thanks to his work, not only names and surnames became known, but also the affiliation of the Kuban Cossacks, St. George Knights to battalions and regiments on the fronts of the First World War. The law "On the rehabilitation of the repressed peoples, including the Cossacks", was adopted on April 26, 1991.

 

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A detachment of Cossack volunteers was formed in the Kuban to participate in Ukraine

Cossacks from all over Russia are participating in Ukraine, there are 1,500 of them. This was announced by the Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Territory and Ataman of the Kuban Cossack Army Alexander Vlasov. The other day, the Kuban Cossack army formed another detachment of Cossacks - about 400 people, who will soon go to Ukraine.

The Kuban Cossacks support the decision of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to conduct a military operation in Ukraine and recognize the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. Now about 1,500 Cossacks from all over the country, including the Kuban, are already taking part in the special operation.
Previously, the Kuban Cossacks took part in hostilities in Transnistria, Afghanistan, Abkhazia, Syria, Yugoslavia and South Ossetia. They have experience and professional training, since since 2014 they have participated in hostilities on the side of the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics. Thanks to the military field training that the Kuban Cossack Army has been organizing for more than 14 years, the Cossacks have all the necessary skills and experience.
Ataman of the Kuban Cossack army Alexander Vlasov stressed that in March, the Cossacks sent humanitarian aid to civilians in the LDNR - 45 thousand kilograms of food and water, essentials and personal hygiene products. The collection of humanitarian aid and the formation of new detachments of Cossacks - volunteers will continue.

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Kuban Cossacks honored the memory of General Kornilov

A commemorative event dedicated to the 104th anniversary of the death of Lavr Kornilov took place on April 16. To honor the memory of the Cossacks who died during the Civil War, the Cossacks of the Yekaterinodar department of the Kuban army, the clergy, and members of the public arrived at the memorial complex at the entrance to the capital of the Kuban.

The vice-governor of the region and ataman of the Kuban Cossack army Alexander Vlasov, deputy chairman of the Krasnodar City Duma Gennady Ufimtsev, Metropolitan Grigory of Ekaterinodar and Kuban took part in the Kornilov commemorations.

A guard of honor was put up at the monument to Lavr Kornilov, a banner group and Cossacks of the Kuban Cossack army lined up on the site in front of the monument and the sculptural composition "Horses". A memorial service for the Cossacks who died during the Civil War was conducted by Metropolitan Gregory with the participation of the confessor of the Kuban army, rector of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, John Garmash. Those present honored the memory of Lavr Kornilov with a minute of silence. Wreaths and flowers were laid at the monument in his honor.

“The hard times of the civil war are a difficult time, difficult to assess historically. We hold traditional Kornilov commemorations so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past,” said Alexander Vlasov.

The monument to the Commander-in-Chief of the Volunteer Army Lavr Kornilov is located at the site of his death in 1918 during the storming of Yekaterinodar. Today, this territory is located within the city - on Kalinina Street. Lavr Kornilov died from wounds received in the explosion of a shell that hit the headquarters of the Volunteer Army on the banks of the Kuban River. Currently, reconstruction work is underway in the headquarters building.

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Russian Imperial Union-Order tribute at Alexander Nevsky monument on the 780th anniversary of the Battle on the Ice

On April 12, 2022, on the 780th anniversary of the Battle on the Ice, associates of the Tula Department of RIU-O laid flowers at the Alexander Nevsky monument.

On April 12, 1242, the "Sun of the Russian Land" Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky defeated the "knight dogs" on Lake Peipus.
The Holy Prince Alexander with his sword protected Russia and Russian husbands from enslavement from the West, and with his humility from final destruction from the East. This man understood a simple thing: Russian civilization and Western civilization are not compatible.
Alexander Yaroslavich saw the essence of the Catholic West, its ferocious onslaught on the East, the desire to conquer and assimilate peoples, including Orthodox ones. He realized the truth that the Tatars needed tribute and obedience, but they would not touch the Russian soul. The West needs the soul of a Russian person, which the West tried to remake in its own image.
Alexander Nevsky made a choice between external and internal slavery. But external slavery led the Russian people not only to spiritual victory, but also to unprecedented state greatness, to the Russian Empire!
Under the banner of Alexander and with his heavenly blessing, Russian warriors, just like 780 years ago, are now fighting the bestial aggression of the West.
On the 780th anniversary of the Battle of the Ice, the comrades-in-arms of the Tula Department laid flowers at the monument to Alexander Nevsky on Alexander Nevsky Square in Tula.
Earlier, the Russian Imperial Union-Order addressed the Administration of the city of Tula with a proposal to return the historical name of Alexander Nevsky to Perovskaya Street, since it is not worth equating the Holy Prince with a murderer and a terrorist! We strongly condemn the communist toponymy of murderers and terrorists on the maps of our cities!
The imperials of the Tula department proceeded along the long-suffering street, distributing informational leaflets with an appeal: to take care of their historical heritage, to remember and honor the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky, to fight the communist dominance of murderers and terrorists in geographical names.

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Kuban Cossacks are in no hurry to join the battle for Donbass

Social projects instead of fighting the enemy. The struggle for grants and socially useful work for the famous Kuban Cossacks turned out to be much more important than the interests of the state, for which the Russian army is fighting in Ukraine. The struggle for grants and socially useful work for the famous Kuban Cossacks turned out to be much more important than the interests of the state, for which the Russian army is fighting in Ukraine. The followers of the battle atamans are not yet in a hurry to join the fight. In the Kuban, local Cossack units teach young people how to get grants and recruit new members to the community. The importance of street greening projects, coastal clean-up work is extremely important work, which, however, will not help our army on the front line.

“We have described the problem of green areas, our city is industrial. Therefore, I would like to develop this direction. Well, the coastal zone. Now she is starting to improve. We have two beaches in the area. One of them is better, another one - we are trying with the help of our colleagues to find solutions here," said Nikolai Lutsenko, senior teacher of the Timashevsk Cossack Cadet Corps.

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Note of the Supreme Council RIU-O - Imperial response to the "Ukrainian question"

In the circulars of the Supreme Council of the Russian Imperial Union-Order (RIU-O), in the decisions of the Imperial Congresses, the need for political self-education was repeatedly emphasized. Moreover, this provision is enshrined in the RIU-O Charter (§66). Unfortunately, we have to state that the associates are not attentive enough to this issue, which sometimes seriously affects their activities, and especially the degree of moral stability in crisis situations.

The modern Ukrainian unrest, which began in 2014, and the recent special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as it turned out, caused an ambiguous attitude to what was happening and led to the fact that a number of associates (albeit very few, but including imperials with considerable experience ) left the Order ranks. They were "amazed" by the position of the RIS-O on the "Ukrainian issue", as well as the call for the organization of material assistance to refugees and victims in the territory of New Russia and Little Russia! Without touching the moral side of such decisions, it is obvious that this "amazement and confusion of minds" is, among other things, the result of elementary ignorance on the most important issues of the Imperial ideology.

Yes, modern living conditions often make it impossible to have enough free time to read the capital works of well-known ideologists of Russian monarchical statehood. But anyone can read or listen to a couple of publications. Many articles, studies and books about Ukrainian separatism have been written in the Russian Diaspora. I. Solonevich, I. Ilyin, A. Sedykh and many other thinkers and publicists worked on exposing this malignant phenomenon. Their main works have been republished in Russia and are also available online. Learning from this experience should be a vital need for every Imperial today.

In the current situation, taking into account the existing need, we consider it necessary to once again outline the position of RIU-O on the Ukrainian issue. In this regard, we bring to the attention of our associates and like-minded people the following theses:

1. We are an Orthodox and monarchist organization that categorically does not accept any revolution, revolutionary ideology, etc.

2. We do not recognize the Ukrainian people outside the common triune nation! The Little Russians are an integral and organic part of the Russian people, along with the Great Russians and Belarusians. Some ethnographic and linguistic differences are the result of 400 years of occupation of the southern and western Russian lands by the Catholic Commonwealth.

3. The separatist concept of Ukrainians as a separate people was created by the Poles after the division of the Commonwealth at the end of the 18th century. They sought to prove that Russia was not returning the lost lands of Ancient Russia, but was tearing away from Poland regions that had never belonged to Russia and had nothing to do with it in the past. These ideas were picked up in the 19th century by revolutionary elements on the territory of Little Russia, and their final development was in Austria-Hungary, where the term "Ukrainian" had a political content - the ideologists and adherents of Ukrainianism opposed themselves to the Rusyns (Carpatho-Russians), whose sympathies were on the side of Russia. It was in Galicia, under the patronage of the Austro-Hungarian special services, that the "Ukrainian" alphabet was created. With the outbreak of the First World War in Galicia, mass ethnic cleansing of the Rusyns began, in which the "Svidomo" figures of Ukrainians took the most ardent part, surpassing even the Hungarians and Austrians with their cruelty.

4. Ukrainianism, like Bolshevism and other subversive revolutionary currents, has always been supported by the enemies of Russia. At various times it was sponsored by Austria-Hungary, Germany, Poland, the USA and even Japan. The latter “discovered” the Ukrainian “Green Wedge” in the Far East (the territory from Blagoveshchensk to Vladivostok).

5. The Bolsheviks, the true creators of the Ukrainian "state", favored the "Ukrainian idea" very much. It was under the leadership of Lenin that the modern boundaries of this chimerical formation were established, and Stalin led the total Ukrainization of these territories.

6. Ukrainians constantly sought to split the Russian Orthodox Church. And its most radical wing generally supported the Uniates of Greek Catholics. The advocates of independent Ukraine were not interested in religion itself. They needed a "national church". It doesn't matter what dogmas she professes, the main thing is that she cultivates the "Ukrainian spirit" in her flock.

7. Since the 1920s, the Ukrainian movement, which was in exile at that time, has been increasingly absorbing ultranationalist Russophobic ideas. The OUN headed by S. Bandera becomes the vanguard of Ukrainian chauvinism and separatism. The latter clearly articulated the attitude of Ukrainian nationalists towards Russia: "any Russia is our enemy."

8. In the process of the collapse of the USSR, local divisions of the party nomenklatura, with the support of local KGB structures, formed the current Ukraine, where yesterday's communists had real power, and the ideology was borrowed from foreign Bandera. On its basis, under the careful tutelage of the SBU (the recent KGB), the cultivation of neo-Nazi youth organizations. In fact, Russian and Russian-speaking youth were turned into Janissaries of aggressive Ukrainian nationalism, which was not going to remain within the existing borders, but openly claimed the Voronezh, Kursk, Rostov regions and Kuban.

9. Over the past two or three decades, a quasi-state entity has been created in Ukraine positioning itself as Anti-Russia, controlled by the ruling circles of the United States and its satellites, which, using openly extremist organizations under direct foreign leadership, seeks to change the Russian national self-identification of our compatriots and coreligionists in accordance with the mythology of Ukrainians. At the same time, it resorts to wild, barbaric methods, from wholesale robberies, heinous abuses and murders of individual defenseless people, children, women, the elderly, just civilians, to savage actions of mass intimidation, ethnic discrimination-segregation and real genocide. Unheard of since the time of the Bolshevik persecution, terror is unleashed against the Russian Orthodox Church. Temples and monasteries are destroyed, clergymen, monks and laity are exposed to repressions, mental violence and physical destruction. And all this is happening with the clear approval and encouragement of the Western curators of the Ukrainian Vyrus and non-Russians, who continue the millennia of theomachism.

Summing up the above, it must be admitted that the idea of ​​Ukrainianism is initially revolutionary, anti-Russian and anti-Orthodox. It was created and fully supported (at all stages of its existence) by the enemies of Russia, as a tool for weakening, and ideally, destroying our Fatherland.

Therefore, we cannot put up with Ukrainianism! It, in essence, is a denial of the unity of the Russian people, a denial of the Russian Autocratic Monarchy and the unity of the Russian Orthodox Church. Our Imperial duty is to promote in every possible way, in word and deed, any positive possibility of the reunification of the Russian lands and the Russian people.

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Head of the Russian Imperial Union-Order D. A. Sysuev took part in the round table "Modern youth and the ideals of Holy Russia"

March 21, 2022 at the invitation of the leadership of the Faculty of History and Law of the Mordovian State Pedagogical University. M. E. Evsevyeva, Head of the Russian Imperial Union-Order D. A. Sysuev took part in the round table "Modern youth and the ideals of Holy Russia."
The event took place on the basis of the center of spiritual and moral culture with the participation of teachers and students of the 4th and 5th courses of the specialty "History and Law". In his speech, D. A. Sysuev noted the relevance of the chosen topic of discussion, emphasized the importance of the idea of ​​Holy Russia for the past, present and future of our Fatherland. This ideal filled the existence of the Russian people with deep meaning throughout almost the entire period of its historical development. There was no manifestation of pride and self-exaltation in it, on the contrary, the ideal of Holy Russia turned our ancestors to high examples of faith, holiness and piety, moving them to correlate their lives with them, to follow the path of spiritual growth. It is in relying on the enduring values ​​of Orthodoxy, as the spiritual core of Russian culture, that we can see the guarantee of our coming spiritual rebirth. And the younger generation should be aware of their involvement in the heritage of their ancestors, be worthy of the great mission that lay on the shoulders of many generations of our predecessors - the bearers of the ideal of Holy Russia. Through familiarizing those present with the milestones of service of the Russian Imperial Union-Order, a living connection of spiritual succession between Historical Russia and the bearers of its spirit in modern conditions was shown. At the end of the speech, numerous questions were raised regarding various aspects of the history and current state of Russian society. The meeting participants were donated materials covering this issue and, above all, the work of the famous representative of the Russian Diaspora, P.S. Lopukhin, “Holy Russia and the Russian State”. The discussion was held in an interested and friendly atmosphere, the mutual desire was expressed to continue such meetings.

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104th anniversary march of the beginning of the 1st Kuban "Ice" campaign of the Volunteer Army

On the eve of the 104th anniversary of the beginning of the 1st Kuban "Ice" campaign of the Volunteer Army, senior scouts of the 1st Lieutenant General Baron P.N. The route passed along the path of the holy confessor of the 20th century, John Olenevsky, from the village of Bolshaya Valyaevka to the village of Solovtsovka, Penza province. Before going on a hike in the Church of the Mother of God of the Life-Giving Spring, a prayer service was served. On the first day, the group covered the maximum distance and already at dusk they stopped in a pine forest. Friendly work began to boil. The girls cleared the area for the night. The boys took up axes and hacksaws. Firewood was prepared, the fire was lit. Delicious pilaf and tea were prepared in the cauldrons. After the meal, a bonfire was held in memory of the participants of the 1st Kuban "Ice" campaign. They remembered Generals Kornilov, Markov, Bogaevsky and Denikin. Performed volunteer songs. Distributed night duty and went to bed.
On the morning of the 2nd day, the group continued to move, completing the hike in the Trinity-Sergius Church in the village of Solovtsovka. Two vice scouts received the right to wear authorized uniform berets for completing the campaign.
Russian scout, German Vasiliev, ROVS

104th anniversary of the Ice Campaign (From the Chairman of the ROVS)

February 22 marks 104 years since the performance of the Volunteer Army in the 1st Kuban (Ice) campaign. This event, traditionally celebrated in Russia and Abroad by the Russian patriotic community, is neither the date of the beginning of the anti-Bolshevik resistance, nor the day of the creation of the Volunteer Army, nor the day of any military victory won over the enemies. February 22, 1918 - the day of the beginning of a very difficult and very bloody campaign, the participants of which suffered huge losses, lost the Leader who led them into battle and, alas, did not crown their immortal feat with the liberation of Ekaterinodar captured by the enemy ... But, despite all this, Ice campaign - has become a symbol of the Russian military feat, the strength of the spirit of the White Army; symbol of Russian volunteerism. The ice campaign is a historical event that every patriot of Russia can be proud of.

CONGRATULATIONS on the next anniversary of the Ice Campaign to the descendants of the Pioneers, who keep the memory of their heroic ancestors and honor their covenants and traditions!

CONGRATULATIONS to all the ranks of the Russian All-Military Union, who continue the Cause of the White Warriors today and celebrate a double anniversary on this day - 104 years since the start of the Ice Campaign and 26 years since the formation of the 1st Department of the ROVS in Russia (1996)!

CONGRATULATIONS to my fighting comrades-in-arms and all Russian volunteers who fought with weapons in their hands and are fighting today for the Faith of their ancestors, the Honor of the Russian people and the Unity of Russia!

There was no end, the fight continues!

I.B. Ivanov, Chairman of the ROVS.

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Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich at the commemorative events of the first Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in Moscow

On February 17, 2022, commemorative events dedicated to the 117th anniversary of the tragic death of the first Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (IOPS), Grand Duke Sergius Alexandrovich, were held at the Novospassky Stauropegial Monastery in Moscow. The first vicar of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the abbot of the Novospassky Stauropegial Monastery, Metropolitan Dionysius of Voskresensky performed a memorial service at the grave of Grand Duke Sergius Alexandrovich.

Grand Duke Sergiy Alexandrovich was buried in a special crypt in the Miracle Monastery, in the Kremlin. In the early 30s, with the destruction of the monastery, the tomb above the crypt was also destroyed. In the 90s, during repair work, a crypt was discovered in which the murdered Grand Duke Sergius Alexandrovich was buried. The acquisition and solemn transfer to the Moscow Novospassky Stauropegial Monastery of the honest remains of Grand Duke Sergius Alexandrovich took place on September 17, 1995.

Also praying at the service were IOPS Chairman Sergey Stepashin, IOPS Deputy Chairman Georgy Verenich, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Elisabeth-Sergius Enlightenment Society Foundation for Promoting the Revival of Mercy and Charity Traditions, IOPS Deputy Chairman Anna Gromova, Head of the IOPS Moscow Regional Branch Oleg Shabunevich, People's IOPS Member artist of Russia Vasily Nesterenko, Managing Director of the Society Daniil Burdyga, head of the Youth Section of the Society Oleg Robinov, director of the IOPS Museum Grigory Manevich, acting Head of the Scientific Section of the IOPS Sergey Zhitenev, Deputy Head of the Scientific Section of the Society Ritta Butova, Assistant to the Chairman of the IOPS Samvel Kazaryan, Chairman of the Foundation for the Memory of Grand Duke Sergiy Alexandrovich Dmitry Grishin, Member of the Board of the Moscow Branch of the IOPS Hieromonk Nikon (Belavenets), Honorary Member of the IOPS Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich wife, His Serene Highness Princess Victoria Romanovna, brethren and parishioners of the Novospassky Convent, members and friends of the Society.

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Goodbye to Russian Monarchist Mikhail Kulybin in St. Petersburg

 

In the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Lesnoy, the funeral was held for the founder and permanent editor of the Monarchist newspaper, Mikhail Nikolaevich Kulybin.
On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Lesnoy, the funeral service was held for the founder and permanent editor of the Monarchist newspaper, holder of the Imperial Order of St. Anne of the II and III degrees, Mikhail Nikolayevich Kulybin, who died on February 12 year of life. The cause of death was COVID 19.
The funeral service was performed by the rector of the church, Archpriest Mikhail Gruzdev, in concelebration with Priest Igor Ivanov.
His relatives, friends, representatives of the St. Petersburg public, associates of the Russian Imperial Union-Order came to say goodbye to Mikhail Nikolayevich. Of particular note is the large representation of the St. Petersburg journalistic community, since the newly deceased was widely known and respected in journalistic circles and was repeatedly awarded high professional awards.
After the funeral, the coffin with the body of Mikhail Kulybin was transported to the village of Strugi-Belye (the Soviet-occupation name of Strugi Krasnye) of the Pskov region, where he was interred in the family plot of the local cemetery. Mikhail Nikolaevich rested next to his parents Nikolai Nikolaevich and Tatyana Ivanovna Kulybin. Although the Kulybin family does not come from these places, but for many decades they have owned a dacha there and Struga-Beliye have become their second home. A year ago, the younger sister of Mikhail Nikolaevich, Nadezhna Nikolaevna, moved to Strugi from St. Petersburg for permanent residence.
The editors of the news agency "Legitimist" expresses condolences to the widow of Mikhail Nikolaevich Kulybin Maria Anatolyevna and his sister Nadezhda Nikolaevna, as well as to all relatives and friends.
In blissful sleep, grant eternal rest, O Lord, to Thy servant, the newly-departed Michael, and create for him eternal memory!

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"Kappel commemorations" were held, organized by the Russian General Military Union

On January 29, at the grave of the national hero of Russia, Lieutenant-General V.O. Kappel, "Kappel commemorations" were held, organized by the Russian General Military Union. For the third year in a row, in unity with the Moscow Marines of the Heir to Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolayevich, this important commemorative event is being held by cadet classes.
According to tradition, the commemoration began with a litia for the boyar Vladimir. After that, a roll call of the participants of the Great Siberian Ice Campaign was held. 207 names of hikers, including priests, women, privates and generals, entire families who left their usual occupations and joined the military system for the restoration of law and order on the Russian land.
After the roll call, the cadets set up a post at the graves and saw off Zorya with a ceremony. Cadets and indifferent Russian people laid flowers, and from the Russian All-Military Union and the National Organization "Russian Scout" a wreath was laid on the grave of General V.O. Kappel.
From the ROVS, a few words were said about the personality of Vladimir Oskarovich. About his attitude to the family, to the service, to Russia, to his native Army and to ordinary soldiers. On behalf of the Skobelev Committee, its vice-chairman A.N. Alekaev, who was directly involved in the transfer of the body of the general from Harbin to Moscow, spoke.
Colonel A.I. Golomedov read out the order on the MMCC of Tsarevich Alexei and, for 25 visits to the post in the Donskoy Monastery, presented the badge "For the Glory of the Russian Army" 2nd degree to vice non-commissioned officer Timofey Yermashov.
A.S. Terzov

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Tallinn: restoration of the chapel in memory of the soldiers of the White Russian Northwestern Army

 

On January 27, 2022, in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn, the restoration of the chapel in honor of the Great Martyr George the Victorious, which is dedicated to the memory of the soldiers of the North-Western Army, who fought against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War, began, reports Foma.Ru.

The rite for the founding of St. George's Chapel, co-served by the clergy, was led by Metropolitan Eugene of Tallinn and All Estonia. The ceremony was attended by Mayor Mihail Kõlvart, who noted that it is important for Estonia to preserve the memory of the Northwestern Army.

“Many Tallinners, including famous people, supported the initiative to restore St. George's Chapel, and one of the inspirers was Evgeny Tomberg. According to Orthodox tradition, donations from parishioners and philanthropists were involved in the restoration of the chapel. We thank everyone who took the restoration of the memorial to heart,” the head of the city said.

During the laying of the chapel, a time capsule was laid in its foundation, where they put a mortgage letter, drawings of the chapel, the latest issue of the Postimees newspaper, the January issue of the Põhja-Tallinn Newspaper, souvenirs and coins.

The Northwestern Army, which fought against the Bolsheviks, was forced to retreat to the territory of Estonia at the end of 1919, where it was disarmed and liquidated. In Estonia, a typhus epidemic began in the ranks of the SZA. Several typhoid hospitals were located in the Tallinn region of Kopli (Koppel). The northwesterners who died in them were buried in the area adjacent to the Koppel Lutheran cemetery. According to researchers, about 700 people were buried in mass graves.

St. George's Chapel was erected in 1936 at the cemetery of the North-Western Army in the Tallinn district of Kopli according to the project of architect Alexander Vladovsky. The chapel is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the Kopli typhoid hospitals of the North-Westerners.

In the late 1940s, the chapel was desecrated and destroyed, and the icon of the Great Martyr George the Victorious, which was in it, was shot, the cemetery of the North-Western Army was destroyed, and an electrical substation was built on its territory.

Preparations for the reconstruction of the chapel began about two years ago. In the autumn of 2021, the project for the reconstruction of the memorial chapel, developed by the architectural bureau AB Ansambel on the order of the St. George Society, was transferred to the Tallinn City Hall. The city allocated the necessary amount for the construction and held a tender to select a contractor.

The walls of the chapel are currently under construction and should be completed by the end of summer 2022. St. George's Chapel is being restored, including on voluntary donations.

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The Cossacks of Lugansk commemorated their ancestors who were victims of Communist repression

Cossacks of the LPR commemorated their ancestors who were victims of political repression
Representatives of the Cossacks and the public of the Republic took part in funeral services for the Cossacks, who became victims of political repressions in post-revolutionary Russia of the 20th century.
January 24 is a tragic date in the fate of the Cossacks: on this day in 1919, the Organizing Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) adopted the secret “directive on decossackization”, developed by the chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the RSFSR, Yakov Sverdlov, which laid the foundation for mass repression against representatives of the Cossacks.
Cossacks of all territorial Cossack societies took part in the memorial events. The Cossacks of Lugansk prayed for their ancestors in the church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Vladimirskaya" of the Holy Kazan parish and in the church of the holy martyrs Guriy, Samon and Aviv.
“Every year the Cossacks in their yurts and villages go to churches to honor the memory of the repressed Cossacks of 1919. Therefore, we honor and always remember this date, ”said Sergei Dorokhin, ataman of the Lugansk district of the Don Cossacks of the Great Don Army.
Aleksey Selivanov, ataman of the international public organization "Faithful Cossacks", noted that "Cossacks of Russia and the whole world" remember the mourning date today.
“They tried to destroy the Cossacks as the backbone of Russia, as a traditional part of Russian society, as a pearl in the crown of the Russian empire, as people who collected and created Russia, as representatives of a great culture. But the Cossacks were not destroyed - the states on the territory of the Russian Empire are changing. and the Cossacks remained. And the contribution that the Cossacks are making today to protect the fighting Donbass, to the gathering of Russian lands, cannot be overestimated. Cossacks were, are and will be!” he said.
The cleric of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Guria, Samon and Aviv, Archpriest Alexy Slyusarenko, in his sermon after the memorial service, noted that there are no official figures on the number of victims of political terror, since all the archives about this were destroyed, but "a lot of people suffered."
“In fact, no one knows how many extrajudicial reprisals there were - there were no papers left, only God knows how many there were in fact, especially since the repressions against the Cossacks were not limited to 1919 - they continued for many years. This is very bitter, because the Cossacks put a lot of effort into the defense of our Motherland. And even in this last war, as soon as problems began here, the Cossacks were the first to come to the rescue, and they came from all over Russia!
The priest urged to pray in churches and cell prayers for all whose names are known, "and whose names are unknown - God knows about them."
“Save, Lord, you for these prayers. I wish you God's help in your service, in your work in our time, which is also difficult, not easy, so that you, like them, are faithful to God, the Motherland, the Don and, in general, to all the Cossacks, ”added the archpriest.
Recall that with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, every year on January 24, memorial services are held in Orthodox churches in Russia and around the world for all the murdered Cossacks and their families.
Website of the "Faithful Cossacks" (vk.hrest.info)

Aleksey Selivanov, ataman of the international public organization "Faithful Cossacks"

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New Baron Ungern graffiti in Novo-Nikolaevsk (Novosibirsk) at the place of his execution

A newly applied graffiti depicting Baron Ungern von Sternberg at the place of his execution was painted in Novo-Nikolaevsk (Novosibirsk). The graffiti appeared on the wall of house 10 along Fabrichnaya Street with the image of Baron Roman Fedorovich Ungern von Sternberg, a hero of the Civil War, one of the outstanding leaders of the White movement and implacable fighters against Bolshevism. According to historians, it was at this place that the baron was shot by the Bolsheviks 100 years ago.

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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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