Kiver lower rank of hardkote No. 3

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Hardcore (from FR. gardekote — coast guard) — a series of 18 small sailing-rowing vessels, intended for the protection of navigation on the Volga in the first half of the nineteenth century. The court did not have proper names, and went by numbers — from 1 to 18. All hardcore was built the Kazan Admiralty and originally included in the Caspian flotilla Russia.

The first nine garakoev was built according to the decree of the Admiralty Board from 30 June (1 July), 1797, which read: "To stop traveling on the Volga river predatory parties willing to build in the Kazan rowing lung nine military courts". Armed hardcote light cannons and falconets and serviced the naval command assigned to the Kazan Admiralty office. It was assumed that three vessels will be capable of cruising between Tsaritsyn and Astrakhan, three between Tsaritsyn and Kazan, three — above Kazan. Hardcote team consisted of 18 people, including a commander with the rank of Lieutenant and a petty officer with the rank of quartermaster. Hardcote served on the Volga and its tributaries — the Kama, Vyatka, and other rivers. In 1824, on hardcore No. 7 under the command of D. I. Trubnikova from Stavropol to Samara was taken by the Emperor Alexander I.

Until 1828 hardcote were in the Navy. After the abolition of the Kazan Admiralty office hardcote team krejcirova above Kazan, was sent to Kronstadt, and who acted below Kazan to Astrakhan. In 1829 all hardcote along with their crews were transferred to the Directorate General of communications and on their basis was formed the second probation Military work No. 9 battalion, with its headquarters in Kazan. The staffing polybutelene there were two companies of the 8th listovogo crew of the Baltic fleet, and the rest of the way from officials of the Department of Railways, which owns a marine business. Actually the unit has become little more than three hundred people and about 28 armed boats, divided into three groups. One of the teams made cruising between Kostroma and Kazan, and on the rivers Oka and Sura, the second between Kazan and Hulinska and on the rivers Kama and Vyatka, and the third between Hulinska and Astrakhan. In each of the three groups was six hardcote crews, consisting of 15 soldiers and one noncommissioned officer. As the weapons of the personnel of the crews were used rifles with bayonets in scabbards. In winter, the crew of a ship was stationed at the large Volga city. April 1830 in command hardcote begin to assign officers. The last mention of hardkote guard at Samara belong to 1850 years. In December 1856 service garakoev was abolished and Hardcopy the crew disbanded.