Periodically the land was redistributed, based on need. Every Cossack over 16 years of age was guaranteed his own plot of land, and a tenth of the land remained in reserve for later distribution. The host then divided this land among the stanytsias. The host was granted 7.4 million ha of land out of the 9.4 million ha in the entire province. In 1914 the host comprised 37 cavalry regiments, 22 plastun battalions, 6 artillery batteries, and 47 various other units, for a total of about 90,000 men in active service.ДЄt first, landownership was determined according to the traditions of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. Later, Kuban Cossacks were often posted in Warsaw and elsewhere in the empire to suppress revolts and serve as special guard units. In 1860 it mustered 22 cavalry regiments, 3 cavalry squadrons, 13 scout ( plastun) battalions, and 5 artillery batteries. Compared to other Cossack armies, the Kuban host mobilized many units. The Cossacks provided their own uniforms, swords, and horses. It included three years of basic training in the stanytsias, four years of active service in the various regiments, four years in the reserve units with annual summer exercises, four years in secondary reserve units with one major exercise during that period, and five years in the general reserve corps, when the Cossacks could be mobilized in an emergency. Military training for the Cossacks was very demanding. Autonomy was limited to the stanytsia (garrison) level, where officers, including the local otaman, his staff, and judges, were elected. He took the title of acting otaman and also exercised civilian authority in the Kuban provincial government. Election of senior officers was not allowed, and the host was usually headed by a Russian general appointed by the government. The organization of the Kuban host was modeled after that of Russian Cossack hosts, and regular Russian army institutions and discipline were slowly introduced. While the Black Sea Cossacks had originally enjoyed considerable autonomy and were permitted to retain Zaporozhian traditions and practices, these rights were increasingly restricted in the early 19th century. Numbering 400,000 people in 1860, by 1912 the total number had grown to 1,392,000 (including both Cossacks and their families). The Kuban Cossack Host was created in 1860 out of the Black Sea Cossacks, the remnants of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, and the six western units of the Frontier Army. The only formation of Ukrainian Cossacks that existed until the final days of tsarist rule, and one of the 12 Cossack armies in the Russian Empire.

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