Kalarashi ( rum. Călăraşi - riders) - class in the Moldavian principality , then - cavalry units of the Romanian army .
From the Description of Moldova by Dmitry Kantemir [1] :
Under these conditions, when the number of Moldavian nobles increased significantly, the kings were pleased to divide all the nobility into three degrees. The first place was given to the boyars and precisely those who moved to the highest government positions, or those born from such. They belonged to almost the same degree of nobility, to which the Russian empire belongs to the "boyar family", which is different from the rest of the nobility of the lower order. In second place were the Courtenis , or courtiers, who inherited one or two villages from their ancestors and whom the Russians call nobles.
The third place is occupied by the Kalarashi, that is, the horsemen who, for using the lands granted to them by the kings, must constantly accompany them on their own dependencies.
The last are the Rezeshes , whom we prefer to call free farmers, than nobles. They almost correspond to Russian single- servants, they do not own peasants, they mostly live together in the same village and cultivate their lands either by themselves or by hiring servants.
The Kalarashi were territorial cavalry formations, recruited from large and medium-sized landowners, who provided themselves with horses and part of the equipment.
By 1941, the seven Kalarash regiments were divided into reconnaissance squadrons of corps and divisions, and the rest were combined into six cavalry brigades.
See also
- Roshory
- Yeoman
Notes
Links
- Kalarashi // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Kalarashi // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 t.] / Ed. VF Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-islands I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
- Romanian cavalry 1941-1945