After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia's Defense Ministry announced plans to deploy small units of Cossacks as part of the Russian Army. In August 1992, representatives for 12 Cossack forces convened in Moscow to discuss their revival at the All-Russian Congress of Cossacks.
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