The unit’s ideology rests on the following pillars.
Cossack nationalism and statehood
We seek to build a Cossack State on the ruins of Muscovy. As heirs to the ideas of the Free Cossack Movement (VKR) and the Cossack National Movement (KNR) of the twentieth century, we raise the banner of struggle that was dropped before us by comrades who made their peace with the balance of forces around them. The nation is an inspired symbol of a future we have yet to build out of the most mature and worthy of our own kin, and we are the guarantors and the armed sentinels of that process. Without armed struggle, any ideology or politics turns into a farce nobody needs.
Traditionalism
The new aristocratism awakened by the war puts a choice before modern man: to challenge the whole world and pursue his aim at any price, or to avoid the struggle for fear of death and privation. We do not fear death — we have seen it many times, just as our forefathers did over the centuries. We carry the idea of action, of will, of duty towards our own, of honour and of the defence of the order to come, as our own Logos.
Military professionalism above all
Constant self-development, raising one’s personal level of competence physically, tactically and intellectually. We did not start the war, we were not the trigger of these events — but the conscious choice to stand in the ranks of the best, the new elite of Cossackia, rests on us; and so the war must be accepted as the meaning of life and as a spur towards one’s own excellence.
Volunteering
Our legitimacy is founded on the idea that the struggle for the Idea is voluntary. A man who goes to war knowingly, who understands the risk of death and loss, is harder to break from within. A volunteer accepts the realities of war more readily and is more likely to feel passion for his work. Among volunteers there is greater trust in one another, stronger bonds of brotherhood in arms, and a lower risk of letting the collective down at the most decisive moment.
The spirit of steppe knighthood and brotherhood
All of the above forms the backbone of the modern steppe knight, ready to test himself and his brothers for strength, valuing Freedom and desiring Triumph over the enemy. All of it is possible so long as there is mutual support and a high degree of cohesion, a culture of “everything for our own, nothing for the enemy”, and each fighter’s full awareness of his personal responsibility for the future — both of the unit and of the Liberation of the Fatherland.
At the same time we respect the personal qualities of our comrades. A fighter may hold ideological views of his own that differ from those of the majority; but if he is useful, able to carry out his combat duties and no obstacle to the cohesion of the collective, he will be valued.