Caucasus Line Cossack Host (Кавказское линейное казачье войско) was a
Cossack host
A Cossack host ( uk, козацьке військо, translit=kozatske viisko; russian: каза́чье во́йско, ''kazachye voysko''), sometimes translated as Cossack army, was an administrative subdivision of Cossacks in the Russian Em ...
created in 1832 for the purpose of conquest of the Northern
Caucasus
The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range ...
. Together with the
Black Sea Cossack Host it defended the Caucasus Fortified Defense Line from the inlet of
Terek River
The Terek (; , Tiyrk; , Tərč; , ; , ; , ''Terk''; , ; , ) 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 rise ...
to the inlet of
Kuban River
The Kuban; Circassian: Псыжъ, ''Psyẑ'' or Псыжь, ''Psyź'' ; abq, Къвбина, ''Q̇vbina'' ; Karachay–Balkar: Къобан, ''Qoban''; Nogai: Кобан, ''Qoban'') is a river in Russia that flows through the Western Cauca ...
.
It consisted of the following regiments:
*Vladikavkaz regiment
*Volga regiment
*Gorsky (Mountain) regiment
*Grebensky regiment
*Caucasus regiment
*Kizlyar regiment
*Labinsky regiment
*Mozdok regiment
*Stavropol regiment
*Sunzhen regiment
*Terek regiment
*Urup regiment
*Khoper regiment
Cossack hosts
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