Kuban Cossack army branch opens in Israel

The grand opening of the Kuban Cossack army’s branch took place in Tel Aviv, the Israeli media reports.

It is reported that the event took place at the Hapoel stadium and was accompanied by the large-scale festivities and performances by riders from the Krasnodar Territory and Beer Sheva.

Ataman of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Semyon Ashkenazy recalled that at various times a lot of Cossacks moved from the USSR and the CIS countries to Israel. "Most of them stayed on the promised land. "They passed their Cossack daring to children and grandchildren. And the issue of the opening of branch was finally settled,’’ he said.