Forts had been placed at suitable points, and in most of them troops had been permanently established, composed of Cossacks, formerly possessors of the banks of the River Yaïk.
Gotorlekuak eraiki zituzten ondo aukeratutako lekuetan eta, batik bat, kosakoak jarri zituzten han bizitzen, haiek baitziren Jaik ibaiaren ertzetako lurren jabeak antzina-antzinatik.