چکیده:
Beyond the military activities of the Cossack Brigade, there were underlying realities that gave it a more pronounced political-military character. These realities are clearly visible not only in the formation stages but also in the process of organizational expansion, the execution of military missions, command, recruitment and discharge of forces, securing financial resources, and the manner of interaction with the country's issues. Opening a small window toward these aforementioned realities and interpreting and analyzing them from the beginning until the victory of the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia is the main point of focus of this article. For this reason, efforts are made to avoid describing and expanding historical events as much as possible, and instead, emphasis is placed on the results derived from them in connection with the Persian Cossack force.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Introduction Historians of the Qajar era have considered the formation of the Cossack Brigade as an achievement of Naser al-Din Shah's second trip to Europe, during which, while passing through Russian territory, especially in Transcaucasia, he was influenced by the neat appearance, upright stature, and order and arrangement of these soldiers and immediately demanded the formation of a similar force in Iran (Etemad al-Saltaneh, n.
Although, on the eve of the Constitutional Revolution, the aforementioned financial crisis placed the Brigade in a position of weakness and prevented its organizational expansion, this short period of hardship passed quickly and—as will be discussed regarding the central and unparalleled role of this force in shutting down the Parliament and establishing the Minor Despotism—the necessity of expanding this force became a focus for both Mohammad Ali Shah and the Russians; and due to the unrest felt in various parts, a portion of these forces were stationed in the northwest, north, and northeast, while at the same time, the Russian efforts to establish branches of the Cossack Brigade in important cities, including Tabriz as the second capital and the seat of the Crown Prince, began.