Terek Cossacks

Terek Cossacks

The Terek Cossack Host (Russian: Терское казачье войско) was a Cossack host created in 1577 from free Cossacks who resettled from the Volga to the Terek River. In 1792 it was included in the Caucasus Line Cossack Host and separated from it again in 1860, with the capital of Vladikavkaz. In 1916 the population of the Host was 255,000 within an area of 1.9 million desyatinas.

Many of the early members of the Terek Cossacks were Ossetians.

Read more about Terek Cossacks:  Early History, 17th Century, 18th Century, The Caucasus War (1770s-1860s), The Terek Cossack Host 1860-1920s, Terek Cossacks During The Soviet Times, Post-1990 History