Kuban Cossacks are Cossacks who live in the Kuban region of Russia.

Although num
erous Cossack groups came to inhabit the Western Northern Caucasus most of the K
uban Cossacks are descendants of the Black Sea Cossack Host, (originally theZapo
rozhian Cossacks) and the Caucasus Line Cossack Host.
A distinguishing feature from other Russian Cossacks is the Chuprynaor Oseledets
hairstyle, a roach haircut popular among some Kubanians. This is due to their t
raditional roots, going back to the Zaporizhian Sich.
Terek Cossacks[edit]
Main article: Terek Cossacks
The Terek Cossack Host was a Cossack host created in 1577 from free Cossacks who
resettled from the Volga to the Terek River. Aboriginal Terek Cossacks joined t
his host later. In 1792 the Host was included in the Caucasus Line Cossack Host
and separated from it again in 1860, with the capital of Vladikavkaz. In 1916 th
e population of the Host was 255,000 within an area of 1.9 million desyatinas.[c
itation needed] Many of the members of the Terek Cossacks in 1916 were Ukrainian
s, Ossetians, Circassians, and Armenians.[citation needed] The genocide of Sunzh
ensky Cossacks during the Civil war in Russia implemented under the leadership o
f Sergo Orjonikidze was part of the genocide of Circassians.[