The Buh Cossack Host (; ) was a
Cossack host, which used to be located along the
Southern Buh River.
The Buh Cossack Host was formed in 1769 out of
Ukrainians
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,
Vlachs
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, and
Bulgarians
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, who had taken the side of
Russia
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during the
Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. After the war, the regiment was quartered on the Southern Buh River. In 1788, the Buh Cossack Host became a part of the
Yekaterinoslav Cossack Host (disbanded in 1796) and protected the border. It was disbanded in 1800, only to be created again in 1803 under the original name. The Buh Cossack Host had to provide three regiments of 500 men each in the times of war. In 1817, it was included into the
military settlement
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The beginning of ...
s and combined with the two
Ukrainian
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regiments into a Buh
Uhlan
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Division.
18th century in the Zaporozhian Host
Cossack hosts
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