Kuban Cossacks Research Articles

Monument to Catherine II in Yekaterinodar: the practice of monumental commemoration in the context of the historical culture of the Kuban Cossacks

Monument to Catherine II in Yekaterinodar: the practice of monumental commemoration in the context of the historical culture of the Kuban Cossacks

Подвижные казачьи игры: сохранение традиционной культуры в этнопедагогике

The article reveals the traditions of folk pedagogy for the civic-patriotic education of the younger generation, the formation of their physical culture, strength and stamina, preparation for labor, and, if necessary, for military activities based on the practice of the Kuban Cossacks. Active Cossack games are considered as one of the means of physical and moral education of a child - the future successor of the Cossack traditions. Examples of various outdoor games are given, the conditions and features of their organization with primary schoolchildren are described.

Vocal and arranging solutions for broadcasting Kuban Cossack folk songs: methodology and practice

The object of the research is performance as a theoretical and methodological basis for the preservation of folk songs in the modern world. The subject of this work is a variety of tools for translating sources through the use of interpretation through vocal arrangements. The purpose of this study is to find performance techniques for comprehending the folklore of the Kuban Cossack song, illustrative popularization of the real listener through a new reading of the original source. In identifying the substantial foundations of song performance, special attention is focused on the music collections of folklorists V. G. Zakharchenko (born 1938), A. D. Bigdai (1855-1909), G. M. Kontsevich (1863-1937), who made a significant contribution to the foundations of the Kuban Cossack folk singing art. Along with this, the analysis of a wide range of vocal arrangements in the practice of professional and amateur vocalists provides a postulation about the ambiguity of interpolation in the formation of an original reading of folklore documents. The theoretical justification of this study is based on the tactics of analyzing endemic folklore singing concepts in the context of the art history dynamics of modern research. The methodological core of the work identifies the elements of preserving traditional performance through the vocally processed embodiment of Kuban Cossack folk songs. The author's direction has been developed in the complex of the constituent elements of the arranging performance, based on the personality of the vocalist, containing an individual interpretation of the performing plurality. The performing techniques of folklore Cossack sources has been formed. Exceptional accents are identified in the analysis of musical folklore sources (selectively) to establish new technical characteristics of performance. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the genesis of Cossack culture for the author's constructive orientation of ways to preserve and transform musical material to a modern listener. The characteristics of the song material according to the genre-performing component, expressed by the system of mechanisms of performance by vocal-performing solutions, are revealed. The derived orientation of the translation mechanisms opens up new facets of the performance of Kuban Cossack folk songs for the preservation of traditions with multifaceted options for the transformation of folklore documents for subsequent generations.

The continuity of the vocal and performing heritage of the multi-genre song culture of the Kuban Cossacks

The object of the study is the continuous preservation of the multi-genre Cossack folk song, which represents a key purpose in the implementation of the preservation of the traditional mentality at the present stage. The subject of this work is the immanent complexes of traditional song culture in the folklore heritage. The purpose of this study is to structure the issue of the cultural interrelation of the ethnic canvas of the Kuban Cossack folk songs, in the originality of the genesis of the vocal and performing specifics of modern creativity. When discovering the fundamental foundations of the vocal performance of the Cossack song, special attention is paid to the study of the folklore primary sources of the Kuban folklorists, V.G.Zakharchenko, A.D.Bigdai, G.M.Kontsevich. Along with this, an expert assessment of the characteristics of the Kuban Cossack folk song according to the genre classification component is an important feature of the performance of vocal samples today. The theoretical basis is in an analytical approach to the peculiarities of the performance of a local source from the point of view of substantiating the scientific nature of the subject under consideration according to the functionally oriented elements of the report: traditions, traditional manner of performance, interpretation of the text, song melody. Methodological basis: components of the study of the local singing tradition, modernization of folklore song documents, the method of consistency-the genre diversity of Cossack performance. The author's approach to the correlation of musical sources as methodological characteristics of the Kuban Cossack singing traditions has been developed. We test the proposed system when working with archival documents, in the diagnosis of song samples recorded from informants. The key aspect is the musicological analysis of the musical collections of Kuban Cossack folk songs from the point of view of the continuously developing, multifaceted changing performing skills of the soloist and choir. The author takes into account the introduced model of performing Cossack songs since the resettlement of the Black Sea Cossacks, who brought the baggage of multi-genre sources and eventually introduced the Kuban folk singing art. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the author's analytical systematization of authentic song compositions recorded by folklorists, in the analysis of multi-genre Kuban Cossack sources (selectively) for further active performance on stage. The specific directions of performance according to characteristic song genres are determined: historical, military, everyday, marching, lyrical, wedding, ceremonial, round dance, comic. The reproduced orientation of the nature of the continuous preservation of folklore sources in the revised performance interpretation of Cossack vocal works gives rise to significant broadcasting opportunities today.

Иллюстративная зона регионального словаря: структура и содержательный потенциал интенционально фрагментированных воспоминаний носителей говоров

The article covers the various-aspect informative value of illustrative recollections in a regional dictionary. Its aim is to identify structural features of the illustrative area of the regional dictionary and its potential of presenting various types of information about antecedency. An Essay on the Dictionary of Kuban Region Sub-Dialects is taken as a source for examination, with a significant part of justifying examples therefor sampled from materials recorded by the authors of the article during multiyear dialectological expeditions. Pursuant to the purposes of lexicography, dialect macrotexts were subject to fragmentation, i.e. extraction of fragments of various size and structure in their shortened form. The article provides a graduated scale of intentional fragmentation by way of four structural types of intentionally fragmented illustrative recollections: illustrative recollections with actualized composition; illustrative recollections with reduced composition; illustrative recollections with zero composition; one-word remarks, equal to a dialect word, in an illustrative dialogue. The article demonstrates the informative potential of the identified structural types of illustrative recollections and its determinancy by volume. It defines the priority of illustrative recollections with actualized composition for communicating factual content. It also demonstrates that the informative value of illustrative recollections with reduced composition, as well as with the zero one, is ensured by presuppositions which exist in the subtext and must be present in the linguistic consciousness of the reader. The article notes the informative single-aspect feature of one-word remarks, equal to a dialect word, as part of an illustrative dialogue. The analysis of conceptual content, incorporated into illustrative recollections about singing and attitude towards singing in the past, proves the persistence of traditional cultural values of the Kuban Cossacks in the consciousness of Kuban region residents. The article concludes that the actualization of evaluative emotional content and conceptual content allows for illustrative recollections to be viewed as axiological texts by virtue of ethical and esthetical impact on the dictionary reader. In conclusion, the authors establish that the illustrative area of An Essay on the Dictionary of Kuban Region Sub-Dialects, due to broad presence of oral recollections therein, makes it a reliable source for their various-aspect study, due to the fact that the dictionary reconstructs the world of the past and reflects ethnical beliefs of the Kuban region dialect community. The findings allow for the argument that the regional dictionary, with its position at the intersection of two directions of communicational impact, i.e. between the collector and the informant, between the dictionary addressee and the lexicographer, is able to provide a mediated communicative contact between the dialect speaker and the reader, making the voice of the narrator heard through space and time. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

Некоторые аспекты модернизации правовой регламентации организации и функционирования казачьих войск в конце 50-х–70-х гг. XIX в. (на примере Кубанского казачьего войска)

The materials of the article highlight the historical and legal aspects of the revision of legal regulations in the Kuban Cossack Army (hereinafter referred to as KCA) from the late 1950s to the early 1970s of the XIX century, as an essential component of reforming and improving the combat readiness of the second largest irregular military formation of the Russian Empire. The aim of the publication is to present, from the perspective of his-torical objectivity, the preconditions and reasons for the transformations carried out in the army, as well as the legal documents regulating various aspects of the peaceful and civil life of the Kuban Cossacks. The article also traces the course of legislative work of the Ministry of War, the Main Directorate of Irregular Troops and the Provisional Committee under the Directorate of Irregular Troops on the revision of Cossack legal provisions in the 60s of the XIX century. The authors conclude how the reform carried out by the Ministry of War in the sec-ond half of the 19th century affected the combat potential of the Kuban Cossack Army.

«Ставрополь – вторая родина». Заметки на полях о неизвестных годах жизни И.Д. Попко и В.Ф. Золотаренко

The majority of the lives of Lieutenant General of the Kuban Cossack Army, Ivan Diomidovich Popko, and the Kuban writer and ethnographer Vasily Fedorovich Zolotarenko, their scientific and creative biographies, have been comprehensively examined by historians. However, there remains one segment of their lives that, perhaps, remains the most unexplored and unknown: their childhood and adolescence. This is mainly due to the scarcity of documents covering this period. Official pa-pers provide no information about this particular stage of their friendship. Nevertheless, fragments of information about their early years have been discovered in personal documents. Bits and pieces of such valuable data were uncovered in V. F. Zolotarenko's diary and in I. D. Popko's letters, pre-served in the State Archive of the Stavropol Territory. Additionally, a letter from Stepan Ivanovich Romanovsky was found, which mentions the historian's years of study in Stavropol. This publica-tion serves as an appeal for further investigation into this intriguing matter. It is my sincere hope that researchers will unearth additional documents that will contribute to a more comprehensive under-standing of this hitherto unknown period in the lives of these truly remarkable individuals.

Analysis of Folklore Note Sources as a Method for Transforming the Modern Performance of Cossack Songs

The purpose of the article is to analyse the signifi cant aspects of folklore note sources that reveal their musical and semantic essence to performers of Cossack songs. Features of the singing and performing modifi cation of vocal works are associated with the modern performing interpretation of Cossack folk songs. In the present, singers highlight the deep content of the original source, plunging into the methodological problem of musicological analysis. To popularise the vocal material, performers add personal interpretation of the Kuban Cossack songs, using the processed, adapted musical resources of the folk epic.

Kuban diocese and the kuban government council during the civil war

The article examines the situation of the Orthodox Russian Church and Orthodox clergy in the territory of Southern Russia, controlled by the forces of the anti-Bolshevik camp, among which the leading place was occupied by the General Command of the Armed Forces of Southern Russia represented by A.I. Denikin, the Kuban Regional Government and the Ataman of the Kuban Cossack Troops. On the materials of the Office of the Ataman of the Kuban Cossack Troops, the Office of the Council of the Kuban Regional Government, documents of the South-Eastern Russian Church Council of 1919, periodicals, memoirs, correspondence, the problems of relations between the church authorities and various representatives of secular power against the background of their complex relationships with each other, the problems of financing the clergy and the organisation of an independent Kuban diocese are highlighted. The conflict between Bishop Ioann (Levitsky) of Kuban and Ataman A.P. Filimonov over the appointment of clergy to the Army Cathedral is examined in detail.

SINGING AND PERFORMING DYNAMICS OF MUSICAL AND STYLE ATTRIBUTES OF KUBAN COSSACK SONGS IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL CONNOTATIONS

The article discusses the features of singing and performing dynamics in the modern interpretation of Kuban Cossack songs using signifi cant modifi cations of the performance style attributes. The features of artistic and performing techniques consistently developed in the course of the functioning of the Cossack song art, complementing the spiritual culture of Russia. Thanks to the historical introduction of connotations into the singing texts, which are the cultural layer of the Cossack ethnic group, the performance of the Kuban Cossack songs, as bright folklore masterpieces, continues and does not lose its relevance in the present time.

Некоторые сведения о военно-политической и административной деятельности генерала И.Д. Попко на Кавказе (1847–1878)

The historian, bibliophile, writer and enlightener, lieutenant general of the Kuban Cossack army, I.D. Popko’s main professional occupation was not archival research and writing historical works, nor the organization of libraries and museums, but the military - political and administrative de-tails that occurred in the North Caucasus and partially in Transcaucasia. It was professional activi-ty that enabled I.D. Popko with financial freedom, allowing him to engage in all the above cases, which was another undeniable ability of the Caucasian Cossack chronicler. The article attempts to explore the life and activity of I.D. Popko through the prism of his professional activity, which lasted over three decades. The material for the article was the official correspondence of the gen-eral and his personal documents (letters).

TRANSFORMATION OF THE RITUAL GENEALOGICAL PORTRAIT IN PAINTING OF MIKHAILO GUIDA: EUROPEAN CONTEXT

The purpose of the article is to investigate the significance of the European portrait canon in the genre painting by Mikhailo Guida: "Kuban Wedding: Dedication to Great-Grandfather Demian Doroshenko" (2004).
 Methodology. The historical-cultural, comparative, iconographic, iconological, and hermeneutic methods are used.
 Results. Based on a comparison with compositions on the theme of marriage in the art of antiquity, the Renaissance, and the Modern era, in Guida's painting the following has been identified: the presence of a spiritual centre (icon); the role of symmetry in constructing the ritual composition; the national character of the images and symbols (Ukrainian land, home yard, clothing, flowers, ritual objects). The wedding portrait of the Cossack family was created in the iconography of ceremonial aristocratic portraits, developed by Titian, Tintoretto, Velasquez, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Whistler.
 Guida created a new form of portrait and self-portrait in the historical portrait, endowing the image of ancestors with the individual psychology of a person in times of crisis, with its inherent reflection and the desire to understand one’s place in the universe. In the composition of the Ukrainian painter, there is a sacralisation of the land and the house-yard through the connection with the universal. The laconic composition plastically corresponds to the definition of the Kuban Cossack family's place in the steppe landscape. The family is shown as a monolithic integrity, which includes horses embodying the energy of nature. The golden ratio of the composition contains the archetype of the cross. The image of the birth-giving earth is revealed by the horizontal of fertile black soil. The family is included in the spiritual vertical of the ritual "axial time" – Axis Mundi. In the connection between heaven and earth, the strength of the Ukrainian lineage and people is affirmed.
 The scientific novelty of the publication lies in the fact that, for the first time, a comparison is carried out of the ideological content and the form of Guida's painting with ritual compositions on the theme of weddings and the canon of European aristocratic portraits. The art of the Ukrainian painter is incorporated into the context of European art.
 Practical significance. The presented materials, their artistic-stylistic analysis, and generalization can be used in scientific research dedicated to the art of portrait-painting in Ukraine.

Military-Administrative and Demographic Aspects of the Kuban Cossack Settlements Formation on the Adagum Cordon Line in the Trans-Kuban (1860s)

Based on documentary materials, this paper reviews the development of Northwestern Caucasus by the Cossacks in the 1860s. For the development of new territories, a defensive-offensive strategy was used. With the help of fortified settlement structures, the advancement and retention of Russian borders in the trans-Kuban areas were carried out.
 The “inducted” settlements are of particular interest because they were invariably tied to the cordon lines during the settlement period of the Trans-Kuban region. Among them, Cossack villages were the most stable settlement type. The focus of the scientific problem is the civil-settlement aspect and the military-organizational narrative of the Adagum cordon line. Historical settlements arose from a complex interweaving of politics and geography, power, and settlement modus vivendi, reflecting not only the Cossacks' way of life but also their identity.
 The purpose of this paper is to analyze and determine the significance of the Cossack settlement structures throughout the regional historical process to understand the process of development of the Trans-Kuban areas and the emerging network of fortification objects with key settlement structures in the form of fortified stanitsa settlements, as well as the penetration of Russian influence into a new area of the historical region of Kuban.
 This article is intended for historians and anyone interested in the history of the Cossacks.

Formation of Villages of Psekup Cossack Regiment on Northwestern Caucasus (1864—1871)

Based on documentary materials, the article examines the settlement of the Cossack villages of the Psekup Cossack regiment and the description of the resettlement movement in the North-Western Caucasus. The author focuses, first of all, on the civil-settlement aspect, since historical settlements arose from a complex interweaving of politics and geography, power and settlement way of life, reflecting not only the way of life familiar to the Cossacks, but also the Cossack identity. The Psekup Cossack Cavalry Regiment, which was both a military unit of the Kuban Cossack army and an administrative unit within the Kuban region is considered. It is emphasized that, in fact, a military-civilian administration was formed with the maximum sphere of competence in this territory. The problematic aspects of surveying and land use in the Cossack villages of the regiment are revealed. The purpose of the study is to analyze the processes of development of the Trans-Kuban spaces in the form of fortified stanitsa settlements, as well as the penetration of Russian influence in a new area of the historical region of Kuban. The author comes to the conclusion that the villages of the Psekup cavalry regiment were interconnected with the regimental military organization, acting as a stronghold for securing Russian positions in the TransKuban region.

Cossack Military Culture as Expressed in Folklore

The article presents main examples of Cossack military culture and his role in the daily lives of Kuban, Ural and Kazakh Cossack communities. The investigated material consists of a corpus of oral works (songs, proverbs), examples of rituals, elements of the physical education system and folk games. Cossack folk culture and traditions were based upon the fundament of military society. Its members placed their identity in the broader context of warfare, which they understood both as a source of income and glory, as both a practical and ethical interpretation of their historical role. The article's methodology is based on the functional analysis, ethnographic studies and comparative literature methods. Research on this aspect of Cossack culture is an important element of broader studies on Cossack identity. The analyzed materials shed light on the process of creating historical memories and identities of Cossack communities and fits into a wider range of Cossack studies. Keywords: Cossack folklore, military culture, Kuban Cossack, Kazakh Cossack, Ural Cossack.

Локальные особенности коммуникации советской власти и казачьего населения Кубани в 1920-1922 гг.: хроника станицы Старонижестеблиевской

The article is devoted to consideration of local features of communication between the Soviet government and the Cossack population of the Kuban in 1920–22 on the example of the chronicle of life of Staronizhesteblievskaya stanitsa. Using traditional methods of system analysis, retrospective and comparative approaches to historical research, the authors have set a task of identifying mechanisms for strengthening Soviet power and organizing its interaction with the population in the Kuban villages. The Cossack population was distinguished by its conservative worldview and for most part participated in the Civil War on the side of the White movement. Identification of features of the relationship between the Soviet authorities and the Cossack population of the Kuban in the early Soviet period (1920–22) is relevant for national historical science, as it shows that repressive vector in the system of communication of victorious political forces with individual ethno-social groups and society as a whole was possible, but not mandatory. The novelty of the research lies in consideration of economic, social, and political processes occurring at the grassroots level of the South of Russia rural society, in a Cossack village. Relying on methodological provisions of microhistoric approach, according to which the objects of scientific analysis are historical events and phenomena at the local level, the authors have analyzed socially significant phenomena in the rural society of Staronizhestebliyevskaya stanitsa, revealing features of the Cossack population integration into the Soviet society. The article introduces into scientific use documents of the village revkom and higher Soviet authorities, which highlight social confrontation within the rural society. They show how the Soviet government searched for and implemented mechanisms of combating the “green” insurgency and sabotage of the prodrazverstka, using preventive arrest, confiscation of property, taking and executing hostages. Having reconstructed the chronicle of life of Staronizhesteblievskaya stanitsa in 1920–22, the authors conclude that the Soviet government set a course for confrontation with the wealthy and middle-class Cossacks in its system of communication with the Cossack population of the Kuban in the early 1920s, designing and testing a repressive model of interaction with those disagreeing with political and economic transformations. The study has been carried out on the basis of materials from the State Archive of the Krasnodar Krai. Its results can be used for comprehensive characterization of the Soviet authorities’ activities in the era of their formation and strengthening (1920–22) and of the Kuban Cossacks adaptation to the new model of state and society.

Из историко-литературного наследия И.И. Дмитренко

Introduction. The author considers the historical and literary heritage of I. I. Dmitrenko as an integral phenomenon, claiming that it was an important place in the development of provincial historiography of pre-revolutionary Russia. Materials and methods. The work uses the historical-systemic method, which made it possible to consider the life path and historical heritage of I. I. Dmitrenko as an integral system in which all blocks and elements (the history of the Kuban Cossacks, provincial historiography, the service of a Cossack officer, literary and social activities, personalities, etc.) are interconnected and conditioned. The source base comprises archival funds of federal and regional significance, as well as historical and literary works by I. I. Dmitrenko, identified in the capital and regional materials of the periodical press, collections of historical documents compiled by a historian, etc. Analysis. The author specifies a number of data about the life and legacy of I. I. Dmitrenko. A study of I. I. Dmitrenko’s publications in Kubanskie Oblastnye Vedomosti showed that his articles and notes are a meaningful source on the personal history of the Troops, provide biographical information, and brief descriptions of Kuban generals and officers. One of the main directions of historical and literary creativity of I. I. Dmitrenko is the preservation of the historical memory of the Kuban Cossacks. He addressed this in his journalism, historical articles, archival searches, which resulted in fundamental collections of documents. The fundamental collection of documents compiled by I. I. Dmitrenko was not appreciated by his contemporaries. The periods of life and work of I. I. Dmitrenko in 1903–1917 and 1920–1936 require additional study. Results. The main merit of the historian was a great archaeographic work, the introduction into scientific circulation of a large number of rare documents that made it possible to present the early history of the Cossacks of the Kuban and the Terek. The historical heritage of the Cossack officer reminded of the glorious pages of the heroic past, critically comprehended the role of the state and officials in the life of the Cossacks. The dramatic fate of the historian, as in a mirror, reflected the contradictory era in the life of the country, which he selflessly served.

“A Cossack's Whole Life is War, there is no Fear in a Cossack's Heart!” or How They Become Cossacks Today

The work is devoted to the consideration of the modern Cossacks (on the example of the Kuban), in particular its collective identity through the prism of a complex of theoretical approaches: the theory of masculinity (in the dimensions of hegemony and militarization), as well as affective solidarity grounded on the theory of collective identity. Empirically, the collective identity of the Cossacks is considered through the narratives of the representatives of the Kuban Cossack army, where it is invoked and categorized. The results of the study were the categorization contour of the modern collective identity of the Cossacks. The center of the social identity of the modern Cossacks reveals a historical pattern of militarized masculinity, which is significantly saturated with affective experiences of informants when pronouncing certain categories. The presence of such an experience provides a more complete interiorization of the specific foundations of identity by the Cossacks.

В поисках аланского следа: генетическая история Северного Кавказа по полногеномным данным об аутосомном генофонде

Introduction. The question of whether the Alans left a genetic heritage in the modern population of the North Caucasus, and if they did, which populations carry it in their gene pool, is not only a problem of basic science, but also an acute issue of public discussion. Population genetics can test the hypothesis of preserving the contribution of the thousand-year history of the Alanian tribes to the gene pools of the modern peoples of the Caucasus. Materials and methods. The genomes of 207 individuals (on a panel of 4.5 million markers) were studied: Abkhazians, Adyghes, Balkarians, Georgians, Dargins, Ingush, Kabardians, Kuban Cossacks, Karachays, Nogais (Astrakhan, Kuban, Stavropol), Laks, Southern Russians, Tabasarans, Farsi-speaking populations of Dagestan, Circassians, Chechens, Yaghnobis. The contribution of ancestral components to each of 207 genomes was modeled using the ADMIXTURE method. 140 independent ADMIXTURE models were created, the optimal model with K=11 ancestral components is analyzed and mapped. Results and discussion. A single ancestral component was not found in the gene pools of the peoples in the area of the "metropolis" of the Alans: of the eleven ancestral components, the greatest contribution to the genomes of the alleged "heirs" of the Alans was made by four, which are connected like a puzzle on the periphery of the areas. "Ossetian" and "Nakh" make the greatest contribution to the genomes of Ossetians, Ingush and Chechens, with a significant contribution to the genomes of other peoples of the North Caucasus. The gene pool of the Balkars appears to be complex – with the largest contribution of the "Abkhaz-Adyghe" and with a small contribution of the "Ossetian" and "Nakh" ancestral components. The Karachay gene pool is dominated by its own "Karachai-Nogai" component. An analysis of the structure of the Ossetian gene pool showed that the contribution of the "Ossetian" ancestral component is higher in the southern societies of Ossetians, and some Ossetian societies could have retained the Alan trace to a greater extent. Conclusion. The hypothesis of the presence of a common Alanian heritage in the gene pools of modern peoples living in the area of the Alanian “metropolis” has not been confirmed. If we assume that both ancestral components – "Ossetian" and "Nakh" – reflect the genetic heritage of the Alans, then we will have to admit a set of unlikely events. To solve the problem, it is necessary to analyze ancient DNA from different parts of the Alanian area from different chronological sections. The pharmacogenetic landscape differs from the pattern found throughout the genome. Therefore, a thorough analysis of the pharmacogenetic profile of populations is necessary for the transition to personalized medicine.

Донские казаки в кубанском повстанческом движении в 1920 году

Introduction. In the archive of the Federal security service for the Rostov region a Tribunal case was found, in which people, named Kuban Cossacks, are accused of rebellion. They participated in the mutiny, raised in April 1920 on the Kuban territory by Colonel Sukhenko. On closer inspection, the vast majority of them turned out to be Вon Cossacks, but enlisted in the Kuban regiments, that surrendered to the Bolsheviks in early 1920. Methods and materials. The discovered materials were studied based on the principles of historicism and objectivity. The research also used special historical methods: problem-chronological, anthropological and comparative-historical. The study was based on the Tribunal case stored in the archive of the Federal security service for the Rostov region. Analysis. The article discusses the causes of this mutiny, its course and its consequences. The former white Kuban regiments surrendered to the Bolsheviks in early 1920 and, being reinforced by the surrendered Don Cossacks, they were sent by the Bolsheviks to the front against the poles, but on the way rebelled, not wanting to fight. Soviet troops crushed the remnants of the rebel regiments. The surviving Don Cossacks re-surrendered to the Soviet troops. Some of the surrendered Donets were shot, some were sent to work in the mines. The article discusses the criteria for which the Tribunal imposed death sentences, and for which it allowed people to live. Results. During the mutiny, the Kuban began to go home and continued to hide, and the Don Cossacks, remained in the regiments, were far from their home and did not know what to do. The Tribunal sentenced to death all those who held white command positions and volunteers. The motivation for some of the Tribunal’s decisions remains unclear.