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Independent Cossack Brigade (Poland)

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The Indepedent Cossack Brigade (pol - Samodzielna Brygada Kozacka, rus - Отдельная Казачья бригада) was a cossack brigade in the Polish army fighting against Red Army during the Polish-Soviet War.

Background

During World War I, many cossacks server in the Russian Imperial Army, mostly as cavalry divisions. After the german victory on the Eastern Front the cossacks continued fighting in the Russian Civil War, serving the Don Republic and South Russia.

  1. ^ "Kozacy, Rosjanie i Ukraińcy po stronie polskiej w wojnie 1920 r. - Inne Oblicza Historii". ioh.pl. Retrieved 2024-12-15.