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In 1855, after the campaigns in the Caucasus Mountains, the Papakha was introduced in the Russian army as an official part of the uniform for the Cossacks, and later for the rest of the cavalry. Papaq is also very common in Azerbaijan , [ 4 ] Armenia , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , as well as among the Uyghurs .
The hat was created as part of a new uniform for the Russian army by Viktor Vasnetsov, a famous Russian painter, who was inspired by the Kievan Rus' helmet. [1] [2] The original name was bogatyrka (богатырка) – the helmet of a bogatyr – and was intended to inspire Russian troops by connecting them with the legendary heroes of Russian folklore.
Cossacks of the Kuban Host wore their traditional garb: a short black fleece hat (kubanka) with red crown; a red service or drab-coloured linen shirt (beshmet) over which would be worn a drab-coloured, sleeved, ankle-length robe (cherkeska) with a deep v-neck and 7-11 decorative cartridge tubes (gaziry) on each breast which were a traditional ...
In late April of every year, the society organizes a parade of the Kuban Cossack Army in Krasnodar, dedicated to the anniversary of the adoption of the law on the rehabilitation of the Cossacks. There is usually a traditional prayer service, before the Cossack pass along Krasnaya Street to the City Square, to which the parade begins at 12:00 am.
High fleece hats were worn on occasion with crimson cloth tops. No spurs were worn by the Ural and other cossack hosts. After 1907 a khaki-grey jacket was adopted for field uniform, worn with blue-grey breeches. [7] The astrakhan hats and broad crimson/red trouser stripes of the peacetime uniform were however retained during World War I. [8]
Noble family of Don Cossacks origin, the earliest reference dates back to 1670, with Ingnaz Baklanov being the oldest of known ancestors. The most famous member of the family is Jacov Petrovich Baklanov (1809—1873) who was a Cossack Lieutenant General, one of the Russian commanders in time of Caucasian War. Bogaewsky family: 17th – today
In 1770 and 1777 the majority of the Volga Cossacks were relocated to the North Caucasus to form the Mozdok and Volga regiments of the Terek Cossack Host. The Volga Cossack Host proper was abolished. The remnants of the Volga Cossack Host were merged with the Astrakhan Cossack Host in the early 19th century.
Kosta Khetagurov wearing bashlyk (white) A bashlyk, also spelled bashlik (Karachay-Balkar: Başlıq, Adyghe: Shkharkhon, Abkhaz: qtarpá, Chechen: Ċukkuiy, Ossetic: басылыхъхъ, basylyqq, Crimean Tatar: Başlıq, Tatar: Başlıq, Turkish: Başlık; "baş" - head, "-lıq" (Tatar) / "-lık" (Turkish) - derivative suffix), is a traditional Turkic, North Caucasian, Iranian, and Cossack ...