Bolshaya Laba River in the context of "Black Sea Cossack Host"

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⭐ Core Definition: Bolshaya Laba River

The Bolshaya Laba (Russian: Большая Лаба; Adyghe: Лабэшхуэ, Labešxwe, [laːbaʃxwa]), or Great Laba, is a 133-kilometer (83 mi) river in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. From the confluence with the Malaya Laba it carries on as the Laba.

Bolshaya Laba has several tributaries, including the right tributary Phiya, which originates from the glacier of the Zakyn-Syrt mountain. Other left tributaries of the river include Sancharo, Makera, Mamkhurts, Damkhurts, and Zakan, which originates from the glaciers of the Main Caucasian Range.

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👉 Bolshaya Laba River in the context of Black Sea Cossack Host

The Black Sea Cossack Host (Russian: Черномо́рское каза́чье во́йско; Ukrainian: Чорномо́рське коза́цьке ві́йсько), also known as Chernomoriya (Russian: Черномо́рия, lit. 'Black Sea region'), was a Cossack host of the Russian Empire created in 1787 in southern Ukraine from former Zaporozhian Cossacks. In the 1790s, the host was re-settled to the Kuban River. It comprised the Caucasus Fortified Defence Line from the mouth of the Kuban River to the mouth of the Bolshaya Laba River.

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