Cossack identity in the new Russia: Kuban Cossack revival and local politics

@article{Toje2006CossackII,
  title={Cossack identity in the new Russia: Kuban Cossack revival and local politics},
  author={Hege Toje},
  journal={Europe-Asia Studies},
  year={2006},
  volume={58},
  pages={1057 - 1077}
}
  • Hege Toje
  • Published 1 November 2006
  • Sociology
  • Europe-Asia Studies
Abstract This article deals with the problem of contemporary Cossack identities, and discusses the question of popular support for the Kuban Cossack organisation in the southern Russian region, Krasnodar krai. In the early 1990s the Cossack movement gathered between 3.5 and 5 million people, and constituted a significant political movement in post-Soviet Russia. Today, the movement's political force has weakened. In this article it is argued that one important reason for this is the tension… 
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