The closest in meaning and function to "rangers" among the Zaporozhian and Kuban Cossacks were "plastons" from "plastovaty" meaning "crawling close to the ground". Roughly speaking, these are scouts who could disguise themselves in the field and perform reconnaissance and security warning functions on the movement and number of the enemy. In the Kuban, Plastonovskaya village still exists from then on.

The closest in meaning and function to "rangers" among the Zaporozhian and Kuban Cossacks were "plastons" from "plastovaty" meaning "crawling close to the ground". Roughly speaking, these are scouts who could disguise themselves in the field and perform reconnaissance and security warning functions on the movement and number of the enemy. In the Kuban, Plastonovskaya village still exists from then on.