The “regiment of foreign mercenaries” was formed in the Orenburg region from the Bashkirs, Tatars, Meshcheraks, Mishars, Mordovians, Teptery, Kalmyks, Nagaybaks, Cheremis, Chuvash and other small peoples of the Volga region. Therefore, they fought being in the irregular troops, that is, the Ural and Orenburg Cossack regiments, as well as in the ranks of the regiment of foreign mercenaries. Separate military formations, comprising the Qazaqs, unlike representatives of other nations, were not created (according to historical treaties, the Qazaqs were not called up for regular military service). It is known, for example, that a head of the Qazaq tribe “zhappas” Baysakal Tilekuly, Baizhazyk Kushukbayev and some others traveled around the auls (an “aul” means a “village” in Qazaq), collected cattle and food for the army, organized volunteer detachments. It was livestock, money, clothing, weapons, food, vehicles, etc. The multinational population of the region assisted Russian army by collecting donations for the needs of the troops.
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