ДОНСКОЙ КАЗАЧИЙ ПОЛК ВОЙСКОВОГО СТАРШИНЫ ГРЕКОВА 20-ГО (ЮДИНА 2-ГО, КРАСНОВА 3-ГО) НА КАВКАЗСКОЙ ЛИНИИ В 1804-1812 ГОДАХ

Abstract

The history of the everyday military service of the ordinary Don Cossack regiment on the Caucasian line in the period from 1804 to 1812, immediately preceding the beginning of the so-called Great Caucasian War of the 19th century, is described. The author of the article proposes to consider this time as a prologue to the conflict and the initial period of the Great Caucasian War with the recalcitrant highlanders. The presented history of frontier life and participation in the hostilities of the Cossack regiment is investigated on the basis of the service records of the Cossack officers and regiment commanders. The author examined the disciplinary violations of the Cossacks and officers of the regiment, which was one of the reasons for the change of several regimental commanders. Later, the regiment managed to deservedly regain its good name, and its Cossacks and officers were able to distinguish themselves in battles and campaigns of the Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813. in Transcaucasia, receive awards, ranks and return with honor at the end of his service to the Don in 1817.