Regimental holidays and the anniversary of His Imperial Majesty's Own Сonvoy in the space of historical culture of the Kuban and Terek Cossacks

The study of interpretations of historical events from the perspective of a certain social group or society as a whole, as well as the mechanisms of formation and transmission of ideas about the past is a promising subject field of modern historical research. The author analyzes the annual regimental holidays and 1911 jubilee celebrations of His Imperial Majesty's own Convoy from the perspective of the concept of historical culture. The focus of the research is on the values and ideas about their past of the Kuban and Terek Cossacks, which are the core of the Cossack Guard (Convoy). The study of the festive commemoration of the Convoy through the prism of the concept of historical culture is conditioned by the need to find effective mechanisms for preserving and modeling the collective historical memory of the modern Cossacks, including through the practice of celebrating memorable dates. Being a historical study, the work was based on historical-genetic, historical-comparative and historical-systemic methods using an interdisciplinary approach. The novelty of the work is determined both by the unexplored nature of the research issues and by the introduction into scientific circulation of new archival material stored in the funds of the State Archive of the Krasnodar Territory. The analysis of the festive events of the Convoy revealed not only similar elements to the festive culture of the Russian army as a whole (parade, liturgy and prayer service, ceremonial march, informal part for officers and lower ranks), but also distinctive features characteristic of the Cossack Guard (the highest presence, jigging, Cossack songs and dances). It was concluded that festive commemoration, which was based on retro-orientation, ritualism, collectivity, corporate value orientation and emotionality, played an important role in the development of the historical culture of the Kuban and Terek Cossacks serving in the Convoy.

historical culture, festive celebration, regimental holidays, anniversary, festive celebrations, military rituals, The Imperial Convoy, Kuban Cossacks, The Terek Cossacks, The sovereign chiefs of the Convoy