THE COSSACKS ON GUARD OF THE BORDERS IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS: REALITIES OF FRONTIER SERVICE IN THE END OF THE XVIII -THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY
The article analyses the drawing of the Cossacks to the guard and defense of the borders in the North Caucasus in the period when the region was a part of the Russian empire. The dificulties faced during the organization of the cordon are shown. Fortiication buildings that were erected on a frontier...
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| Language: | Russian |
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North-Caucasus Federal University
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Гуманитарные и юридические исследования |
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| Online Access: | https://humanitieslaw.ncfu.ru/jour/article/view/10 |
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| Summary: | The article analyses the drawing of the Cossacks to the guard and defense of the borders in the North Caucasus in the period when the region was a part of the Russian empire. The dificulties faced during the organization of the cordon are shown. Fortiication buildings that were erected on a frontier line to provide for its reliable protection are examined. In case of the necessity the Cossack villages became such strong points, not once besieged by forces of the enemy. All of them were lined up considering the probability of the raid reflection, although for a long siege were not adjusted. It is marked that Cossacks differed in the irmness and high motivation, as in case of the enemy's successes their houses and families were in danger irst. The author concludes that fortiications played a supporting role in the protection of borders, and main stress laid on mobile detachments of Cossacks, warning or liquidating the breaches of hostile parties deep into the guarded territory. The article features the examples of the armed collisions that ended with both successes and failures for Cossacks. The regional features of the execution of the frontier service come to light, it was related to the landscape specific of the edge. The life in the neighborhood to bellicose highlanders developed a special type of the warriors, perfectly adapted to the tasks that the battle Caucasian daily life put before them. Thus, the Cossacks were the important element of providing for defense of south borders and made their contribution to the matter of joining the Caucasus to Russia. |
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| ISSN: | 2409-1030 |