Monument to the Zaporozhian settlers in Taman as a reflection of the historical culture of the Kuban Cossacks

The article analyzes the main structural components of the historical culture of the Kuban Cossacks through the prism of the creation of the monument to the Zaporozhian settlers in 1911 in Taman. The study utilized historical-genetic and cultural-historical methods, as well as narrative analysis and interdisciplinary approach. The novelty of the work is determined by both the subject area of the study and the source base, represented by the materials of the State Archive of the Krasnodar Krai. Using the example of the creation of the monument to the Zaporozhian Cossacks, the main elements in the structure of historical culture are highlighted: the core, the image-symbolic space around it, actors, historical contextuality, functions. It is shown how various social groups - the Cossack community and the official government - updated historical narratives stored in collective memory, making them socially significant in certain historical periods. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that the historical culture of the Kuban Cossacks is embodied in the monument in two concepts - as an event that consolidates the imperial granting of the Kuban land to the Cossacks “for eternal possession”, and as a tool for transmitting the required corporate values and social model of behavior aimed at serving the Fatherland and the state.