Alexander Shcherba, "Cossacks of Pridnestrovie selflessly serve the fatherland"

There was a large reporting and election circle of Cossacks of the Black Sea Cossack Army in the capital, which included 286 delegates from the Cossack districts of Pridnestrovie. Traditionally, the annual event was held in the presence of a servant of the Orthodox Church and the Council of Old Men of the Black Sea Cossacks Army. Honorary guests of the Cossack circle were the Chairman of the Supreme Council Alexander Shcherba, the State Advisor to the PMR President Anna Volkova, the representative of the Russian Embassy in Moldova Sergei Skvortsov, the Minister of State Security Valery Gebos, the chairman of the Union of Pridnestrovian Defenders Vladimir Buchka.

The ataman of the troops Igor Nebeigolova spoke with the report on the work of the Black Sea Cossacks Army for the past year. He noted that the Pridnestrovian Cossacks are permanent participants of all state and public events held in the republic. There are achievements in the Cossacks and the Black Sea in the sport, which by their results glorify the Cossacks and the republic in international sports arenas. The Cossacks pay much attention to the upbringing of the younger generation. Last year, by decision of the council of atamans, three children's festivals of Cossack culture were held. Every year, the Black Sea Cossack Army carries out military sports training, in which more than 300 Cossacks took part in 2017.

Igor Nebeigolova emphasized that the Pridnestrovian Cossacks are expanding cooperation with representatives of the Cossacks of other countries, in particular, with the Cossacks of Russia. The Speaker of the Parliament Alexander Shcherba addressed the Pridnestrovian Cossacks. He noted the high role of the Cossacks in the development and development of the PMR.

The main event of the big Cossack circle was the election of the ataman of the Black Sea Cossack army. On the advice of the council of the elderly and atamans of the Cossack districts, the Pridnestrovian Cossacks supported the candidacy of the incumbent ataman Igor Nebeygolova. He was given the traditional symbols of military power - an insect and a pernacus. By tradition, the atamans of the Cossack districts of the republic swore allegiance to the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, elected to the ataman, the Cossack army and the Orthodox Church. Speaking to the Cossack community, the ataman Igor Nebeigolova noted that the main task of the army was and remains the defense of the republic.

The Cossacks in Pridnestrovie revived in the period of increasing aggression on the part of the Moldovan nationalists. The descendants of the Cossacks led by the ataman Pantelei Sazonov in 1991 proclaimed the "Union of Dniester Cossacks", and on December 17 of the same year a descent of the Cossacks took place. The Supreme Council adopted the law "On the Cossacks of the PMR" in 2000. The Pridnestrovian Cossacks are serving in the border troops.