Mushegyan, S.V. Legal peculiarities of Cossack use of land in Kuban (late XVII century to the 2nd half of the XIX century).

Abstract: In period between late XVIII and mid-XIX centuries the legislation provided for the land rights of the Kuban Cossacks within the newly formed Kuban oblast. There were certain contradictions in this sphere, however, since many of the Cossacks were not very knowledgeable about the legal technicalities, they both did their military duties, and worked on land, which fit the state just right…