Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation
Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation (Russian Реестровое казачество Российской Федерации ) are Cossacks in paramilitary formations, largely volunteer for public agencies as well as government organizations and institutions on the basis of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation of 5 December 2005 № 154 -FZ On the public services of Russian Cossacks in Russia operate or be employed.
In peacetime, the registered Cossacks for the following activities and functions are used:
- For the conservation, protection and restoration of forests;
- The patriotic education of young people and they prepared for military service before;
- To natural disasters, accidents, disasters and other emergencies;
- To extinguish forest fires and other fires;
- For the protection of public order;
- For border protection and security of the state border;
- For protection in the municipalities and the municipal institutions and organizations;
- In some regions of a city police with Cossacks (including special units " Cobra ") to operate, where numerous Cossacks for public safety care.
Registered Cossacks in modern Russia exercise a substitute function on behalf of the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation. They compensate for the lack of essentiellem personnel in the security structures of the country and signify by their voluntary volunteer work a real saving for the Russian state budget.
Currently, the Russian Federation has 11 Registered Cossack associations. The registered Cossacks, the government grants certain privileges in Russian society. The Cossacks have further military ranks and get similar to other state institutions relevant orders and awards. On his uniform bears the registered Cossack, in addition to the rank insignia, medals and decorations, a Kantschu (belt whip ), a sword and a dagger and, in certain cases, firearms.
The Cossack organizations see themselves as successors of the former Russian Cossacks of Tsarist Russia and as their new Jessaul, for the authorized representative of the president ( commander of the Cossacks ), in the rank of Cossack General and the President of the Russian Federation. In Russia there is to be up to 10 million Cossacks and the Registered Cossack associations include approximately 740,000 people, of whom about 600,000 also exert border security tasks. In the Russian census 2010 only about 67,000 people in 2010 but designated themselves as Cossacks.
The American counterpart to the Russian registered Cossacks is to be compared to some degree with the National Guard of the United States.
List of registered Cossacks units
Coat of Arms of the unit ( Badge of units)
Name of the unit
Shaping the Everyday uniforms
Location and fit of the unit
Legal basis
Volga Cossacks ( Волжское казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Samara
53.186 ° N, 50.1125 ° O53.18596350.112488
( www.kazak - volga.ru ) - The Official website of the units
Order of the President of the Russian Federation of 11 June 1996 № 308- p on lawmix.ru
Siberian Cossacks ( Сибирское казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Omsk
55.0095 ° N, 73.3387 ° O55.00951473.338696
( www.skv - vko.narod.ru ) - The Official website of the units
Decree of President of the Russian Federation of 12 February 1997 Number 95 on bestpravo.ru
Trans -Baikal Cossack ( Забайкальское казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Chita
52.0284 ° N, 113.5083 ° O52.028436113.508326
Official website of the units on kazakirossii.ru
Decree of President of the Russian Federation of 12 February 1997 Number 96 on bestpravo.ru
Terek Cossacks ( Терское казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Stavropol
45.0562 ° N, 41.9982 ° O45.05620141.998221
( www.terkv.ru ) - The Official website of the units
Decree of President of the Russian Federation of 12 February 1997 Number 97
Ussuri Cossack ( Уссурийское казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Vladivostok
43.1156 ° N, 131.8832 ° O43.115622131.883164
( www.kazaki - ukv.ru ) - The Official website of the units
Decree of President of the Russian Federation of 17 June 1997 № 611
Don Cossacks ( Всевеликое войско Донское )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Novocherkassk
47.421 ° N, 40.0936 ° O47.42102840.093579
( www.russiancossacks.ru ) - The Official website of the units
Decree of President of the Russian Federation of 17 June 1997 № 612 bestpravo.ru
Yenisei Cossacks ( Енисейское казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Krasnoyarsk
56.0473 ° N, 92.9382 ° O56.04729692.93824
( www.eniseycossacks.ru ) - The Official website of the units
Decree of President of the Russian Federation of 17 June 1997 № 613 bestpravo.ru
Orenburg Cossacks ( Оренбургское казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Orenburg
51.7856 ° N, 55.0779 ° O51.78558155.077874
( www.ataman - ovko.ru ) - The Official website of the units
Presidential Decree of the Russian Federation of March 29, 1998 № 308 bestpravo
Kuban Cossacks ( Кубанское казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Krasnodar
45.0175 ° N, 38.966 ° O45.01748638.966027
( www.slavakubani.ru ) - website of the unit
Decree of President of the Russian Federation № 448 of 24 April 1998 on bestpravo.ru
Irkutsk Cossack ( Иркутское казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Irkutsk
52.2902 ° N, 104.2804 ° O52.290219104.280433
( www.irkv.ru ) - The Official website of the units
Decree of the President of Russia on May 4, 1998 № 489 on bestpravo.ru
Central Cossack ( Центральное казачье войско )
Headquarters and location of the unit in the city of Moscow
55.7349 ° N, 37.4099 ° O55.73493337.409894
( www.ckwrf.ru ) - The Official website of the units
Decree of President of the Russian Federation № 574 of 3 May 2007 on bestpravo.ru