Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation information
Russian ethnic paramilitary society
For the historical Registered Cossacks of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army, see Registered Cossacks.
Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation
Russian: Государственный реестр казачьих обществ Российской Федерации
Emblem of the All-Russian Cossack Society
Founded
1995
Country
Russia
Allegiance
President of Russia
Type
Cossacks
Size
~40,000
Garrison/HQ
Moscow, Russia
Website
vsko.ru
Commanders
Ataman
Vitaly Vladimirovich Kuznetsov
Chairman of the Council for Cossack Affairs
Anatoly Seryshev
Insignia
Flag
Patch
Abbreviation
Казачество (Kazachestvo)
Military unit
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]
^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.
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