Дорогой славы и утрат. Казачьи войска в период войн и революций

Based on the richest factual material, the book tells about the participation of the Cossacks of all the Cossack troops of Russia - from the Don, Kuban, Terek to the Urals, Orenburg, Siberia and the Far East - in the dramatic events of Russian history of the last century. The stages of the emergence and development of the country's Cossack troops, the general position of the Cossacks at the beginning of the 20th century, the unique system of Cossack self-government and control of the Cossack troops, the participation of Cossacks in hostilities during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, the events of the revolution of 1905-1907, are widely shown. bloody battles of the First World War, in the political storms of the February and October revolutions of 1917, the Civil War. Unknown archival documents attracted by the author, colorful memories of the participants in the events described, vivid newspaper and magazine sketches of those turbulent years, the work of leading Russian, including white émigré, and foreign historians, made it possible to objectively and comprehensively highlight the participation of the country's Cossacks in the largest military and domestic political crises of the 20th century. , to take a fresh look at the little-studied and little-known pages of Russian and actually Cossack history. The book will arouse undoubted interest among all who are interested in the history of the Cossacks and Russia.