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Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation
Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation
Russian: Государственный реестр казачьих обществ Российской Федерации
	Emblem of the All-Russian Cossack Society
Founded	1995
Country	Russia
Allegiance	President of Russia
Type	Cossacks
Garrison/HQ	Moscow, Russia
Website	vsko.ru
Commanders
Ataman	Nikolai Doluda
Chairman of the Council for Cossack Affairs	Anatoly Seryshev
Insignia
Flag
Patch
Abbreviation	Казачество (Kazachestvo)

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The Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation are a Cossack paramilitary formation that also performs non-military state services, on the basis of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation dated December 5, 2005 No. 154-FZ "On State Service of the Russian Cossacks".^[1]

In peacetime, the Registered Cossacks tend to be involved in conservation, protection and restoration of forests, education of children and young people in patriotic values and preparation for military service, aiding during natural disasters, accidents, and other emergencies and fire-fighting. Municipal level Cossack patrols (including Special Forces) operate numerous guard formations.^[2]

Registered Cossacks receive a stipend^[2] and are granted certain privileges: a uniform, a rank, insignia and awards, wearing a Cossack whip, sword, Khanjali/Qama dagger and, in certain cases, firearms or a firearms permit in exchange for providing security in certain areas.^[2] Cossacks often wear Uniforms of the Russian Armed Forces or uniforms similar to that of the Imperial Russian Army.^[2]

All-Russian Cossack Society

The All-Russian Cossack Society (Russian: Всероссийское казачье общество, Latinized:Vserossiyskoye kazach'ye obshchestvo) is a government sponsored Cossack advocacy organization in the Russian Federation. It is responsible for the coordination of activities between the 11 registered Cossack hosts. In particular, it works in the spheres of patriotic education and the continuing historical Cossack customs and traditions. Both registered and non-registered Cossack organizations can be part of the society. It is headed by the Society Ataman, Cossack General Nikolai Doluda.

Cossack ranks from yesaul and above are appointed by a Presidential Envoy, the rank of a Cossack general by no less than the President of the Russian Federation. All other ranks are promoted by their respective troop commandants.

Russo-Ukrainian War

Various Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation were identified operating in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea in 2014 during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

The list of Registered Cossack organizations of the Russian Federation

Cossack hosts

The Russian Federation has eleven Cossack hosts officially recognized by the federal government.^[3] These officially recognized hosts may or may not be the same as the historical hosts.^[4]

Host name	Headquarters	Legislation
Volga Cossack Host (Волжское казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Samara 53°11′09″N 50°06′45″E / 53.185963°N 50.112488°E / 53.185963; 50.112488 (www.kazak-volga.ru) – Official site of the troops	Order of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 11, 1996 № 308-p
Siberian Cossack Host (Сибирское казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Omsk 55°00′34″N 73°20′19″E / 55.009514°N 73.338696°E / 55.009514; 73.338696 (www.skv-vko.narod.ru) – Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 12 February 1997 number 95
Trans-Baikal Cossack Host (Забайкальское казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Chita 52°01′42″N 113°30′30″E / 52.028436°N 113.508326°E / 52.028436; 113.508326 Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 12 February 1997 number 96
Terek Cossack Host (Терское казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Stavropol 45°03′22″N 41°59′54″E / 45.056201°N 41.998221°E / 45.056201; 41.998221 (www.terkv.ru) – Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 12 February 1997 number 97
Ussuri Cossack Host (Уссурийское казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Vladivostok 43°06′56″N 131°52′59″E / 43.115622°N 131.883164°E / 43.115622; 131.883164 (www.kazaki-ukv.ru) – Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 17, 1997 № 611
Don Cossack Host (Всевеликое войско Донское)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Novocherkassk 47°25′16″N 40°05′37″E / 47.421028°N 40.093579°E / 47.421028; 40.093579 (www.russiancossacks.ru) – Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 17, 1997 № 612
Yenisei Cossacks Host (Енисейское казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Krasnoyarsk 56°02′50″N 92°56′18″E / 56.047296°N 92.93824°E / 56.047296; 92.93824 (www.eniseycossacks.ru) – Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 17, 1997 № 613
Orenburg Cossack Host (Оренбургское казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Orenburg 51°47′08″N 55°04′40″E / 51.785581°N 55.077874°E / 51.785581; 55.077874 (www.ataman-ovko.ru) – Official site of the troops	Presidential Decree Rossiyskoy federations from 29 March 1998 goda № 308
Kuban Cossack Host (Кубанское казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Krasnodar 45°01′03″N 38°57′58″E / 45.017486°N 38.966027°E / 45.017486; 38.966027 (www.slavakubani.ru) – Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on April 24, 1998 № 448
Irkutsk Cossack Host (Иркутское казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Irkutsk 52°17′25″N 104°16′50″E / 52.290219°N 104.280433°E / 52.290219; 104.280433 (www.irkv.ru) – Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 4, 1998 № 489
Central Cossack Host (Центральное казачье войско)	The main headquarters is located in the city of Moscow 55°44′06″N 37°24′36″E / 55.734933°N 37.409894°E / 55.734933; 37.409894 (www.ckwrf.ru) – Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on May 3, 2007 № 574

Note that under the new uniform regulations the open collar tunic, worn with a shirt and tie, has been replaced by a tunic with a standing collar.

Independent Districts

In addition to the military Cossack Hosts, there are other registered societies which are active auxiliaries:

Separate Northwest Cossack District (Territory of activity - Northwestern Federal District). Headquarters - St. Petersburg;
District Cossack society "Baltic separate Cossack District - Baltic Cossack Union" (Territory of activity - the Kaliningrad region). Headquarters - Kaliningrad;
District Cossack society "Sevastopol Cossack District '(Territory of activity - Sevastopol). Headquarters - Sevastopol.
Crimean Cossack District Society "Crimean Cossack troops" (Territory of activity, Republic of Crimea),. Headquarters - Simferopol.

Cossack ranks and insignia

Officers

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group	General / flag officers		Senior officers			Junior officers				Officer cadet
Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation^[5] v t e
Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation^[5] v t e		Казáчий генéрал Kazáchiy generál	Казáчий полкóвник Kazáchiy polkóvnik	Войсковóй старшинá Vojskovói starshiná	Есаýл Yesaúl	Подъесаýл Podyesaúl	Сóтник Sótnik	Хорýнжий Khorúnzhyi	Подхорýнжий Podkhorúnzhiy
Field uniform

Army equivalent				Генера́л-лейтена́нт Generál-leytenánt		Полко́вник Polkóvnik	Подполко́вник Podpolkóvnik	Майо́р Majór	Kапита́н Kapitán	Старший лейтена́нт Stárshiy leytenánt	Лейтенант Leytenant	Mла́дший лейтена́нт Mládshiy leytenánt	Курсант Kursant
Rank group	General/flag officers		Senior officers			Junior officers

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank group	Senior NCOs						Junior NCOs		Enlisted
Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation^[5] v t e
Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation^[5] v t e	Стáрший вáхмистр Stárshiy váhmistr	Вáхмистр Váhmistr	Млáдший вáхмистр Mládshiy váhmistr	Стáрший урядник Stárshiy Uryádnik	Урядник Uryádnik	Млáдший урядник Mládshiy Uryádnik	Прикáзный Prikáznyi	Казáк Kazák
Field uniform

Army equivalent	Ста́рший пра́порщик Stárshiy práporshchik	Пра́порщик Práporshchyk	Старшина́ Starshyná	Ста́рший сержа́нт Stárshiy serzhánt	Сержа́нт Serzhánt	Мла́дший сержа́нт Mládshiy serzhánt	Ефре́йтор Efréĭtor	Рядово́й Ryadovóy
Rank group	Senior NCOs						Junior NCOs		Enlisted

References

^ Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 5 декабря 2005 г. N 154-ФЗ - О государственной службе российского казачества [Federal Law of the Russian Federation from 5 December 2005 No 154-FZ - On the State Service of Russian Cossacks] (in Russian). rg.ru. 8 December 2005.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991 (Elite), Mark Galeotti, Copyright 20 August 2013, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1780961057
^ "Refworld | Russian Cossacks to Join National Guard Units".
^ "Refworld | Russian Cossacks to Join National Guard Units".
^ ^a ^b "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 9 февраля 2010 г. N 171 "О форме одежды и знаках различия по чинам членов казачьих обществ, внесенных в государственный реестр казачьих обществ в Российской Федерации"" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 9 February 2010 Nr.171 "On the uniform and insignia by ranks of members of Cossack societies included in the state register of Cossack societies in the Russian Federation"]. rg.ru. Rossiyskaya gazeta. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[1] Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 5 декабря 2005 г. N 154-ФЗ - О государственной службе российского казачества [Federal Law of the Russian Federation from 5 December 2005 No 154-FZ - On the State Service of Russian Cossacks] (in Russian). rg.ru. 8 December 2005.

[auto1-2] Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991 (Elite), Mark Galeotti, Copyright 20 August 2013, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1780961057

[3] "Refworld | Russian Cossacks to Join National Guard Units".

[4] "Refworld | Russian Cossacks to Join National Guard Units".

[Ranks-5] "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 9 февраля 2010 г. N 171 "О форме одежды и знаках различия по чинам членов казачьих обществ, внесенных в государственный реестр казачьих обществ в Российской Федерации"" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 9 February 2010 Nr.171 "On the uniform and insignia by ranks of members of Cossack societies included in the state register of Cossack societies in the Russian Federation"]. rg.ru. Rossiyskaya gazeta. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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+==All-Russian Cossack Society==
 [[File:Otaman Doluda Mykola.jpg|thumb|left|Otaman [[Nikolai Doluda]], with the rank of Cossack General, is head of the [[All-Russian Cossack Society]] in the newer standing collar uniform.]]
-The All-Russian Cossack Society (Russian: Всероссийское казачье общество Latinized:Vserossiyskoye kazach'ye obshchestvo) is a government sponsored Cossack advocacy organization in the Russian Federation. It is responsible for the coordination of activities between the 11 registered Cossack hosts. In particular, it works in the spheres of patriotic education and the continuing historical Cossack customs and traditions. Both registered and non-registered Cossack organizations can be part of the society. It is headed by the Society Ataman, Cossack General Nikolai Doluda.
+The [[All-Russian Cossack Society]] (Russian: Всероссийское казачье общество, Latinized:Vserossiyskoye kazach'ye obshchestvo) is a government sponsored Cossack advocacy organization in the Russian Federation. It is responsible for the coordination of activities between the 11 registered Cossack hosts. In particular, it works in the spheres of patriotic education and the continuing historical Cossack customs and traditions. Both registered and non-registered Cossack organizations can be part of the society. It is headed by the Society Ataman, Cossack General Nikolai Doluda.
 Cossack ranks from [[yesaul]] and above are appointed by a Presidential Envoy, the rank of a [[Lieutenant general|Cossack general]] by no less than the [[President of the Russian Federation]]. All other ranks are promoted by their respective troop commandants.