Abstract
Based on documentary materials, this paper reviews the development of Northwestern Caucasus by the Cossacks in the 1860s. For the development of new territories, a defensive-offensive strategy was used. With the help of fortified settlement structures, the advancement and retention of Russian borders in the trans-Kuban areas were carried out.
The “inducted” settlements are of particular interest because they were invariably tied to the cordon lines during the settlement period of the Trans-Kuban region. Among them, Cossack villages were the most stable settlement type. The focus of the scientific problem is the civil-settlement aspect and the military-organizational narrative of the Adagum cordon line. Historical settlements arose from a complex interweaving of politics and geography, power, and settlement modus vivendi, reflecting not only the Cossacks' way of life but also their identity.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze and determine the significance of the Cossack settlement structures throughout the regional historical process to understand the process of development of the Trans-Kuban areas and the emerging network of fortification objects with key settlement structures in the form of fortified stanitsa settlements, as well as the penetration of Russian influence into a new area of the historical region of Kuban.
This article is intended for historians and anyone interested in the history of the Cossacks.
References
Belokon, V. V. (2012). Temples and monasteries of the Stavropol diocese (1843–1920): Handbook. Stavropol. (In Russian).
Fedina, I. M. (2019). To the history of the formation in the 1860s of the Cossack stanitsa of the Adagumsky regiment of the Kuban army. Russian statehood in the destinies of the peoples of the Caucasus: Materials of the regional scientific and practical conference, Pyatigorsk, April 26, 2019, 342–350. (In Russian).
Kiyashko, I. I. (1908). 2nd Taman, Adagumsky and Abinsky cavalry regiments of the Kuban Cossack troops. Kuban collection for 1909, 14 (384–385). (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-a). F. 252. In. 2. C. 396a. Vol. 2. (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-b). F. 261. In. 2. C. 148. (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-c). F. 347. In. 1. C. 48. (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-d). F. 347. In. 1. C. 48. (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-e). F. 350. In. 2. C. 44. (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-f). F. 350. In. 2. C. 51. (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-g). F. 352. In. 2. C. 259. (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-h). F. 452. In. 1. C. 507. (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-i). F. 574. In. 1. C. 499. (In Russian).
Krasnodar Krai State Archives (KKSA). (n. d.-j). F. Р-1700. In. 2. C. 391. (In Russian).
Mizis, Y. A., Skobelkin, O. V. & Papkov, A. I. (2015). Russian Frontier: Political, Social and Economic Aspects (South of Russia in 16th – late 18th century). Vestnik of Tambov University. Series: Humanities, 10 (150), 7–15. https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2015-20-10-7-15 (In Russian).
Potto, V. A. (2014). The Caucasian War (Vol. 1). Directmedia. (In Russian).
Protasov, M. D. (1887). History of the 73rd Infantry Crimean Regiment of His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich. s. p. (In Russian).
PSZ RI. (1862). Collected. 2-е. Vol. 35 P. 35644. Typography of the 2nd Department of His Emperor Majesty's Office. (In Russian).
PSZ RI. (1865). Collected. 2-е. Vol. 37 P. 38572. Typography of the 2nd department of His Emperor Majesty's Office. (In Russian).
Ratushnyak, V. N. (2013). Encyclopedia of the Kuban Cossacks. s. p. (In Russian).
Russian State Historical Archive (RSHA). (b. d.). F. 1268. In. 10. C. 152. (In Russian).
Russian State Military Historical Archive (RSMHA). (b. d.). F. 846. C. 6696. Part. 14. (In Russian).
Skibitskaya, I. M. (2011). Finishing of Caucasian war (1860–1864): Military-political and social aspects [PhD Thesis]. Kuban State University. (In Russian).
Skorik, A. P. (2021). Settlement way as a social institution (on the example of the historical region of Kuban). Vestnik (Herald) of the South Russian State Technical University (NPI), 14 (5), 44-52. https://doi.org/10.17213/2075-2067-2021-5-44-52 (In Russian).
Tmutarakansky, L. (1914). Babych Pavel Denisovich. Lieutenant-General of Kuban Cossack Troops. 1801–1883 (Bibliographical sketch). In Kuban collection for 1914 (Vol. 19). n. p. (In Russian).
Zakharova, L. G. (Ed.). (1999). Memories of Field Marshal General Count Dmitri Alekseevich Milyutin. 1860–1862. Ripol Classic. (In Russian).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.