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2 unusual facts about Caucasus Line Cossack Host


Balachka

Further south Karachay–Cherkessia and Stavropol - the traditional home of the former Caucasus Line Cossack Host, their accent has a greater Circassian influence, and is thus considered a balachka not by the initial definition but due to the term being becoming applied universally to all Cossack dialects.

Caucasus Line Cossack Host

Together with the Black Sea Cossack Host it defended the Caucasus Fortified Defense Line from the inlet of Terek River to the inlet of Kuban River.



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