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This is an article on the military formation called tabor. For other uses see: Tabor (disambiguation)
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Cossack tabor, Poland
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Cossack tabor, (magnified)
A tabor (Ukrainian: also tabir) is a convoy or a camp formed by horse-drawn wagons. For example, nomadic Gypsies used to wander and camp in tabor formations. Tabors supported the armies in Europe between the 13th and 20th centuries. Tabors usually followed the armies and carried all the necessary supplies and rear units, such as field kitchens, armourers or shoemakers.

In the 13th century the armies of Kievan Rus used the tabors in the battle of Kalka to defend themselves from Mongol forces.

In the 15th century, during the Hussite Wars, the Hussites developed tactics of using the tabors as mobile fortifications. When the Hussite army faced a numerically superior opponent, the Bohemians usually formed a circle of the armed wagons, joined them with iron chains, and defended the resulting fortification against charges of the enemy. Such a camp was easy to establish and practically invulnerable to enemy cavalry. The etymology of the word Tabor may come from the Hussite fortress and modern day Czech city of Tábor. See also, Wagenburg.

The tactics were later copied by various armies of Central Europe, including the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the 16th and 17th centuries, these tactics were also mastered by the Cossacks, who used their tabors for the protection of marching troops as well.

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  • Mount Tabor (disambiguation page)
  • Tábor, Czech Republic
  • Tabor, Iowa, USA
  • Tabor, South Dakota, USA
  • Tabor, Victoria, Australia
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Official language of:  Ukraine
Transnistria (Moldova)
Regulated by: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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ISO 639-1: uk
ISO 639-2: ukr
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convoy is a group of vehicles (of any type, but usually motor vehicles or ships) traveling together for mutual support. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support, though it may also be used in a non-military sense, for example when driving through remote areas.
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cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters. In Southern Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations.[1] Cantonments can be found in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
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Romani people (Devanagari: रोमानी, as a noun, singular Rom, plural Roma; sometimes Rrom, Rroma) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world.
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An armorer or armourer (see spelling differences) was in former times a smith who specialized in manufacturing and repairing arms and armour. In modern usage, the world may also designate a member of a modern military or police force who maintains and repairs small arms, and
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For the making of shoes, see Shoemaking


People named Shoemaker

Well-known people named Shoemaker include:
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Kievan Rus′ was the early, predominantly East Slavic[1] state dominated by the city of Kiev from about 880 to the middle of the 12th century. From the historiographical point of view, Rus' polity is considered a early predecessor of three modern East Slavic
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Battle of the Kalka River (May 31, 1223) was the first military engagement between the Mongol armies of Genghis Khan and the Rus warriors.

It was fought on the bank of the Kalka River, somewhere between present-day Donetsk and Mariupol.
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Movements and denominations
Protestantism
  • French Reformation
  • Huguenots
  • German Reformation
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The Hussites comprised a Christian movement following the teachings of the reformer Jan Hus (circa 1369–1415), who was influenced by John Wyclif and became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation.
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Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs.
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Bohemians are people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. The term refers to inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, located in the modern day Czech Republic. The name derives from the Latin term for the Celtic tribe inhabiting that area, the Boii, who were called
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Cavalry (from French cavalerie) were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat. The designation was not usually extended to any military force that used other animals, such as camels or mules.
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Tábor (IPA: [ˈtaːbor]) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the South Bohemian Region. It is named after Mount Tabor, which is believed by many to be the place of the Transfiguration of Christ; however, the name became
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Wagenburg was used throughout the Hussite Wars. This version of a corral was invented by the imaginative commander Jan Žižka. The tactic was used by the Hussites to combat the heavily armored knights of the armies brought against them and would be used successfully for
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Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe.
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, also known as the First Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), (Polish: Pierwsza Rzeczpospolita or Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów
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Not to be confused with Kazakhs.


The Cossacks (Russian: Каза́ки, Kazaki; Ukrainian:
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A tabor is a Moroccan military term used to describe a formation of three of four goums. A goum in this case is equivalent to a Company (military unit) and a tabor would thereby be equivalent to a Battalion.
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A laager, lager, leaguer or laer (Afrikaans, from Dutch leger (camp); pronounced /ˈlaː.gər/ or /ˈli.
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Polish Army (Polish: Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. The name is in use since early 19th century, although it can be used to refer to earlier formations as well.
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