Editing Cossacks (section)

== Organizations ==

=== Americas ===
The Cossack Congress in America unites the Cossack communities of the North American Continent. It has branches in the U.S., [[Canada]], and [[Colombia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Goal of the Cossack Congress in America {{!}} Рассеяны но не расторгнуты |url=http://www.kazaksusa.com/goals |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516021321/http://www.kazaksusa.com/goals |archive-date=16 May 2021 |access-date=16 May 2021 |website=www.kazaksusa.com}}</ref>

=== Armenia ===
On April 24, 1999, the founding meeting of the International Armenian-Cossack Friendship and Cooperation Association was held in Yerevan. There is a Separate Cossack District of the Great Don Army operating in [[Armenia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Number |date=3 November 2019 |title=Армянское казачество на страже многовековой армяно-российской дружбы - интервью |trans-title=Armenian Cossacks guarding centuries-old Armenian-Russian friendship - interview |url=http://dalma.news/ru/armyanskoe-kazachestvo-na-strazhe-mnogovekovoy-armyano-rossiyskoy-druzhby-intervyu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519020512/http://dalma.news/ru/armyanskoe-kazachestvo-na-strazhe-mnogovekovoy-armyano-rossiyskoy-druzhby-intervyu/ |archive-date=19 May 2021 |access-date=19 May 2021 |website=Dalma News |language=ru-RU}}</ref> The organization was established by the decision of the Council of Atamans on December 15, 2015. It is a partner of the [[Ministry of Defense of Armenia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Казаки на страже Карабаха: вчера и сегодня |trans-title=Cossacks guarding Karabakh: yesterday and today |url=https://www.armmuseum.ru/news-blog/kazaki-v-armenii?format=amp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519020512/https://www.armmuseum.ru/news-blog/kazaki-v-armenii?format=amp |archive-date=19 May 2021 |access-date=19 May 2021 |website=www.armmuseum.ru |language=ru-RU}}</ref>

=== Azerbaijan ===
The Association of Cossacks of Azerbaijan operates in the [[Republic of Azerbaijan]]. The association was established in 1992 and registered with the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan on 16 November 1994, with 1,500 members.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Землячество казаков в АР" - Посольство Российской Федерации в Азербайджанской Республике |url=https://azerbaijan.mid.ru/cossacks |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=azerbaijan.mid.ru |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518211757/https://azerbaijan.mid.ru/cossacks |url-status=live }}</ref> Many Cossacks under the association join the [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Казаки Азербайджана: Мы с нетерпением ждем отправки на фронт, чтобы присоединиться к нашим азербайджанским солдатам {{!}} Общественная жизнь |trans-title=Cossacks of Azerbaijan: We are looking forward to being sent to the front to join our Azerbaijani soldiers {{!}} Social life |url=https://moscow-baku.ru/news/society/rukovoditel_molodezhi_zemlyachestva_kazakov_azerbaydzhana_ruslan_sleptsov_my_s_neterpeniem_zhdem_otp/ |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=moscow-baku.ru |language=ru-RU |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518211757/https://moscow-baku.ru/news/society/rukovoditel_molodezhi_zemlyachestva_kazakov_azerbaydzhana_ruslan_sleptsov_my_s_neterpeniem_zhdem_otp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Belarus ===
There are 3 republican Cossack organizations in [[Belarus]]: the All-Belarusian United Cossacks, the All-Belarusian Unified Cossacks and the Belarusian Cossacks, which have existed since the mid-1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |author-last=Petrovskaya |author-first=Galina |date=17 February 2016 |title=Белорусские казаки: патриоты Беларуси c "русским миром" в голове? |trans-title=Belarusian Cossacks: Patriots of Belarus with the "Russian World" in their Heads? |url=https://p.dw.com/p/1HvO1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206071154/https://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8-c-%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%B2-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5/a-19048509 |archive-date=6 February 2022 |access-date=16 May 2021 |website=DW.COM |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=ru-RU}}</ref>

=== Russia ===

==== Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation ====
{{Main|Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation}}

The Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation are the Cossack paramilitary formation providing public and other services, under the Federal Law of the Russian Federation dated December 5, 2005, No. 154-FZ "On State Service of the Russian Cossacks".<ref>{{cite web |date=8 December 2005 |script-title=ru:Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 5&nbsp;декабря 2005 г. N 154-ФЗ – О государственной службе российского казачества |trans-title=Federal Law of the Russian Federation from 5&nbsp;December 2005 No 154-FZ – On the State Service of Russian Cossacks |url=http://www.rg.ru/2005/12/08/kazachestvo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020101853/https://rg.ru/2005/12/08/kazachestvo.html |archive-date=20 October 2017 |access-date=21 August 2017 |website=rg.ru |language=ru}}</ref>

==== All-Russian Cossack Society ====
The [[All-Russian Cossack Society]] ({{Langx|ru|Всероссийское казачье общество}}) is responsible for the coordination of the activities of all 11 registered Cossack hosts, particularly in the spheres of patriotic education and the continuity of historical Cossack customs and traditions. Both registered and non-registered Cossack organizations can be part of the society. On 4 November 2019, Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] appointed Kuban Vice Governor and Kuban Cossack Host Ataman [[Nikolai Doluda]] as Ataman of the All-Russia Cossack Society.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 January 2020 |title=Поправки в Конституцию напишут Прилепин, Шахназаров и казачий атаман |website=Радио Свобода |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/30379581.html |url-status=live |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728222210/https://www.svoboda.org/a/30379581.html |archive-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> Cossack General Doluda was appointed two years after the atamans and the Cossacks created it in October 2017. The idea was first proposed in 1994. On 27 November 2018, delegates of the Constitutive Assembly voted for the establishment of the society and adopted its official statute. Doluda was then nominated for head of the society, in which he was backed by the Presidential Council on Cossack Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nikolai Doluda: "New opportunities open up for Cossack youth movement" |url=https://yugtimes.com/news/52861/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707063358/https://yugtimes.com/news/52861/ |archive-date=2020-07-07 |access-date=2020-07-07}}</ref>

=== Ukraine ===
The following organizations operate in [[Ukraine]]:
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* Great Council of Atamans of Ukraine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://intercossacks.org.ua/radaotamaniv.html |title=Atamans of Ukraine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225103552/http://intercossacks.org.ua/radaotamaniv.html |archive-date=25 February 2016 }}</ref>
* United Council of Ukrainian and Foreign Cossacks
* Cossack Guard of Ukraine
* [[The Ukrainian Registered Cossacks|Ukrainian Registered Cossacks]]
* International Union of Cossacks
* Registered Ukrainian People's Cossacks
* All-Ukrainian Cossack Army
* Union of Cossack Formations{{Col div end}}