Host - An Army, Group, or Formation

An Army, Group, or Formation

  • Cossack host, was the administrative subdivision of Cossacks in Imperial Russia based on their location. There were:
    • Amur Cossack Host
    • Astrakhan Cossack Host
    • Don Cossack Host
    • Kuban Cossack Host
    • Orenburg Cossack Host
    • Semiryechye Cossack Host
    • Terek Cossack Host
    • Transbaikal Cossack Host
    • Ural Cossack Host
    • Ussuri Cossack Host
    • Danube Cossack Host, an Imperial Russian Cossack Host formed from descendants of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
    • Zaporozhian Host, the Zaporozhian Cossacks who lived in Zaporizhia, in Central Ukraine
  • Furious Host or the Wild Hunt, a European folk myth
  • Heavenly host, an "army" of good angels in Heaven
    • Lord of hosts, a common expression in the Old testament

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