Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation

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 № 154-FZ "On State Service of the Russian Cossacks".[1]

The shoulder mark used by registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation

Flag of Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation

About

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 police (including Special Forces) operate numerous Cossack guard formations. At present, the Russian Federation has 11 official Cossack Hosts officially recognized by the federal government.

Registered Cossacks receive a stipend [2] and are granted certain privileges: a uniform, a rank, insignia and awards, wearing a Cossack whip, sword, dagger (or Qama) and, in certain cases, firearms or a permit for one.[3]

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.

The list of register of Cossack troops

Sleeve Patch (emblem troops)	Name troops	Everyday uniforms	HQ location	Legislation
	Volga Cossack Host (Волжское казачье войско)		The main headquarters is located in the city of Samara 53.185963°N 50.112488°E (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 55.009514°N 73.338696°E (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 52.028436°N 113.508326°E 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 45.056201°N 41.998221°E (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 43.115622°N 131.883164°E (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 47.421028°N 40.093579°E (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 56.047296°N 92.93824°E (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 51.785581°N 55.077874°E (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 45.017486°N 38.966027°E (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 52.290219°N 104.280433°E (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 55.734933°N 37.409894°E (www.ckwrf.ru) – Official site of the troops	Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on May 3, 2007 № 574

In addition to the military Cossack societies, 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

Lower and junior ranks (example boards Volga, Yenisei, Kuban and Siberian Cossack troops)
	Lower ranks					Junior ranks
Everyday uniform insignia
Cossack ranks	Cossack (Казáк) (Kazák)	Prikaznyi (Прикáзный) (Prikáznyi)	Junior Uryadnik (Млáдший урядник) (Mládshiy Uryádnik)	Uryadnik (Урядник) (Uryádnik)	Senior Uryadnik (Стáрший урядник) (Stárshiy Uryádnik)	Junior Wachtmeister (Млáдший вáхмистр) (Mládshiy váhmistr)	Wachtmeister (Вáхмистр) (Váhmistr)	Senior Wachtmeister (Стáрший вáхмистр) (Stárshiy váhmistr)
Field uniform insignia

Senior, major and supreme ranks (example boards Volga, Yenisei, Kuban and Siberian Cossack troops)
	Senior ranks				Major ranks			Supreme rank
Everyday uniform insignia
Cossack ranks	Podkhorunzhyi (Подхорýнжий) (Podkhorúnzhiy)	Khorunzhyi (Хорýнжий) (Khorúnzhyi)	Sotnik (Сóтник) (Sótnik)	Podyesaul (Подъесаýл) (Podyesaúl)	Yesaul (Есаýл) (Yesaúl)	Vojskovoi starshina (Войсковóй старшинá) (Vojskovói starshiná)	Cossack colonel (Казáчий полкóвник) (Kazáchiy polkóvnik)	Cossack general (Казáчий генéрал) (Kazáchiy generál)
Field uniform insignia

See also

• History of the Cossacks
• Cossack explorers

References

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.
2. Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991 (Elite), Mark Galeotti, Copywrite 20 August 2013, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1780961057
3. Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991 (Elite), Mark Galeotti, Copywrite 20 August 2013, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1780961057