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
Founded1995
Country Russia
Allegiance President of Russia
TypeCossacks
Size~40,000
Garrison/HQMoscow, Russia
Websitevsko.ru
Commanders
AtamanVitaly Vladimirovich Kuznetsov
Chairman of the Council for Cossack AffairsAnatoly Seryshev
Insignia
Flag
Patch
AbbreviationКазачество (Kazachestvo)

The Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation, also referred to as neo-Cossacks,[1][2] are a Cossack paramilitary formation that originally performed non-military and public safety 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".[3] However, since the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia the Registered Cossacks have assumed a direct military role. [4]

There reportedly are up to 10 million Cossacks in Russia, and the registered Cossack associations include around 740,000 people, of whom around 600,000 also carry out border and security tasks.[5][6][7][8][9] However, in the 2010 Russian census, only about 67,000 people described themselves as Cossacks. [10]

Cossack units have also been raised by and existing Cossack units have been placed under the control of the National Guard of Russia. [11]

  1. ^ https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/point-view/2017-12-18/putins-cossack
  2. ^ https://www.osw.waw.pl/sites/default/files/pw_68_putin_cossacks_net_0.pdf
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ https://css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/RAD-153-9-12.pdf
  5. ^ RIA Novosti vom 3. Juli 2008: Russlands Kosaken werden für nationale Sicherheit mit verantwortlich.
  6. ^ RIA Novosti vom 1. Juli 2005: Kosaken wieder im Dienst am Staat.[dead link]
  7. ^ RIA Novosti vom 5. August 2008: Russischer Kosaken-Ataman dementiert Meldungen über Spaltung im Kosaken-Heer.
  8. ^ RIA Novosti vom 16. August 2006: Kosaken von Abchasien und Russland schließen Freundschaftsvertrag.
  9. ^ RIA Novosti vom 2. August 2006: Russische Kosaken bereit zum Schutz der Bürger Russlands in Abchasien.
  10. ^ Wie Russlands patriotische Kosaken Moskau erobernDie Welt vom 28. November 2012.
  11. ^ https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20230521060648/https://www.refworld.org/docid/5b728ceda.html

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