Terek Cossacks
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The Terek Cossack Host was a Cossack host created in 1577 from free Cossacks who resettled from the Volga to the Terek River. The local aboriginal Terek Cossacks joined this Cossack host later. In 179
Cossacks (right) attack the Ottoman army at the crossing of the Terek in the Battle of Sunzha River, during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590). Secaatname (1586)
Terek Cossacks uniform of 1st Volgsky Regiment
Terek Cossack couple in the 19th century, painting by a Prince Gagarin
Cossacks of the 2nd Mountain-Mozdok Regiment of the Terek Cossack Army
Terek (river)
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The Terek is a major river in the Northern Caucasus. It originates in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia and flows through North Caucasus region of Russia into the Caspian Sea. It rises near the
Terek Cossacks
…The Terek Cossack Host was a Cossack host created in 1577 from free Cossacks who resettled from the Volga to the Terek River. The local aboriginal Terek Cossacks joined this Cossack host later. In 1792 it was included in the Caucasus Line Cossack Host and separated from it…
The Terek river in Vladikavkaz
Mountain Zilgi-Khokh and source of the River Terek in 1886
The Terek river in North Georgia