the Caucasus Line Cossack Host

Description

The Cossack Host of the Caucasus Line (1832–1860), which included the Khoper Cossacks.

In the chronicle

1. 3. The Caucasian Line

   • …of the Tsesarevich (the heir to the throne), informed Prince Eristov, nakazny (appointed) ataman of the Caucasus Line Cossack Host, that “Uryadnik of the 2nd Khoper Regiment Andrey Kalaushin”, then serving “in His Highness’s Own Convoy”…
   • …the Caucasian Cossack regiments except the Black Sea Host were united “into one whole host under the name of the Caucasus Line Cossack Host”, headed by an appointed ataman, while the regimental and stanitsa administrations remained as before…
   • …and the Kuban and Terek Hosts formed in their place. The Kuban Host received the first six brigades of the Line Host, the Khoper Brigade — the 6th since 1858 — among them…

2. 5. At Court

   • …of the Heir to the Throne in St Petersburg, addressed to the nakazny ataman (the appointed head) of the Caucasus Line Cossack Host, Major-General Prince G.R. Eristov (“Eristavi” in the letter). Colonel Count Adlerberg, head of the…

3. 14. Sources and Further Research

   • …; f. 330, op. 55, d. 37 (service list of the uryadniks of the 3rd Brigade of the Caucasus Line Host, 1859) and d. 2147; f. 330, op. 56, d. 452 (lists of internal-service uryadniks of the Batalpashinsk…