THE PARTICIPATION OF THE DON COSSACKS IN THE CAUCASIAN WAR
The article is devoted to participation of the Don Cossacks in the hostilities in the North Caucasus in XVIII-XIX centuries. It is shown how the main contingent of Cossacks on the Caucasian Line was formed on the basis of the Don Cossacks. The construction of fortresses and, together with it, the advancement of the Cossacks in the Caucasus, followed the line of the Volga and the Terek, from the shores of the Caspian sea to the North-West, and then, at the end of the ХVIII century, from the Taman Peninsula, from West to East. While a new Cossack troops were formed directly on the border, the Don Cossacks continued to guard the border and fight against a rebel population of the North Caucasus. The features of the Cossacks service in the Caucasus, their role in the Caucasian war, the hardships of service in an unfamiliar climate are shown. The losses of the Cossack troops during these events are also described.