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Not all Kuban Cossacks had Ukrainian roots. The Black Sea Cossacks were resettled from Ukraine to Kuban at the end of the 18th century, in addition to the Caucasian Linear Cossacks (mostly Volga Cossacks), and there were also locals. Kuban cannot be called a "Ukrainian region", although the Ukrainian language was indeed preserved there for a long time, and even now the Kuban dialect is relatively easy to recognize.The Kuban region, another basket, was de facto Ukrainian until the Soviet collectivisation, purges and forced migrations. Old maps show that the Ukrainian ("Malorossian" in pre-1917 terms) language dominated the region.
Are there any known quantitative estimates of the scale of this phenomenon? I'm just curious.It was official data that didn't include Ukrainians who changed their identity to Russian in the papers in the 1930s after the famine, collectivisation and purges. The common phenomenon in the Soviet era: families changed their surnames to sound as Russian. For example, changing the typical ending "-ko", to Russian "-ov".
Kyiv rejects Russia's claims that Ukraine is delaying exchange of soldiers' bodiesRussia accuses Ukraine of postponing exchange of soldiers' bodies
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The Cossacks were of different roots, indeed, but they didn't represent the majority.Not all Kuban Cossacks had Ukrainian roots. The Black Sea Cossacks were resettled from Ukraine to Kuban at the end of the 18th century, in addition to the Caucasian Linear Cossacks (mostly Volga Cossacks), and there were also locals. Kuban cannot be called a "Ukrainian region", although the Ukrainian language was indeed preserved there for a long time, and even now the Kuban dialect is relatively easy to recognize.
I'm afraid that we will never know. Unless someone attempts a serious study. But such a study can not be complete without the polling of the population of the Russian Federation, and I don't think we can expect unbiased answers today.Are there any known quantitative estimates of the scale of this phenomenon? I'm just curious.