Cossacks in Australia are the descendants of Russian emigrants of the Cossack class who left their homeland as a result of the Civil War of 1917-1923 .
By order of the ataman of the Western Military District S. G. Bobrov, in June 2011, the Detached Cossack Society “Ambassadorial Australian Department” was formed in Australia from the diaspora of the descendants of Cossack migrants from Transbaikalia. The main activity of society is the development of friendship and cooperation between peoples; strengthening ties with the Cossacks abroad; cultural, spiritual and moral education of youth, the preservation and development of Cossack traditions and customs abroad.
One of the shrines of the Australian Cossacks was the regimental banners of the Ural Cossacks , exported to Brisbane in 1923 and stored in the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church. In 2007, the banners were sent to Moscow to the Museum of the Cossack Cadet Corps named after M. A. Sholokhov [1] .
In Australia, there are about 10 thousand descendants of the Cossacks [2] , organizationally united in the Ambassadorial Australian village (department) of the Transbaikal Cossack army with a center in Cabramatt near Sydney [3] . Ataman of the Australian Cossacks - Semyon Boykov [4] . One of the forms of activity of the village is the care of the graves of Russian soldiers and compatriots in Australia ( Rukwood Cemetery ) [2] .
Since 2014, the Russian-language newspaper Russian Frontier has been published [4] .
The Australian Cossacks maintain the Orthodox faith and celebrate Russia Day [5] .
In June 2015, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Ambassadorial Australian Department of the Trans-Baikal Military Cossack Society entered into an Agreement on International Cooperation. [6]
Under this Agreement, the Foreign Ministry of the DPR and the Cossacks of Australia will:
- cooperate in the cultural, scientific, humanitarian and social spheres;
- To establish and develop relations with compatriots living abroad;
- jointly organize events to strengthen peace, friendship and harmony among peoples;
- create favorable conditions for effective military-patriotic education of youth.
Notes
- ↑ Ural banners in Australia
- ↑ 1 2 Cossacks in Australia look after Russian graves
- ↑ Cossacks created a section of the Trans-Baikal Cossack Society in Australia
- ↑ 1 2 Cossacks in Australia start publishing the Russian Frontier newspaper
- ↑ Australian Cossacks celebrate Russia Day
- ↑ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPR signed a cooperation agreement with the Cossacks of Australia .