Caucasus Line Cossack Host
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Caucasus Line Cossack Host (Кавказское линейное казачье войско) was a Cossack host
created in 1832 in the Northern Caucasus
. Together with the Black Sea Cossack Host
it defended the Caucasus Fortified Defense Line from the inlet of Terek River to the inlet of Kuban River
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In 1860 it was split into the Kuban Cossack Host and Terek Cossack Host
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Cossack host
A Cossack host or Cossack viysko was an administrative subdivision of Cossacks in Imperial Russia...
created in 1832 in the Northern Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
. Together with the Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host , also known as Chernomoriya , was a Cossack host of the Russian Empire created in 1787 in the southern Ukraine from former Zaporozhian Cossacks. In the 1790s, the host was re-settled to the Kuban River...
it defended the Caucasus Fortified Defense Line from the inlet of Terek River to the inlet of Kuban River
Kuban River
The Kuban River is a river in Russia, in the North Caucasus region. It flows mostly through Krasnodar Krai but also in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Stavropol Krai and the Republic of Adygea....
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In 1860 it was split into the Kuban Cossack Host and Terek Cossack Host
Terek Cossack Host
The Terek Cossack Host was a Cossack host created in 1577 from free Cossacks who resettled from the Volga to the Terek River. In 1792 it was included in the Caucasus Line Cossack Host and separated from it again in 1860, with the capital of Vladikavkaz...
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