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Bookmark or Share- History of the Cossacks - WikipediaSince the collapse of the Soviet Union in Russia emerged numerous cossack communities all over the country. In Russia, both registered and unregistered communities identify with cossackism. The Cossack communities in Russia cooperate with each other as well as with the Russian Orthodox Church.
- You've been wrong about Cossacks this whole timeThe very word Cossack (‘казак’) is Turkic and means a free man, a vagabond, a fortune seeker. Obviously, in Russia it appeared to denote people who weren’t tied down to their masters or ...
- Cossacks - WikipediaCossack forces played an important role in Russia's wars of the 18th–20th centuries, including the Great Northern War, the Seven Years' War, the Crimean War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Caucasus War, many Russo-Persian Wars, many Russo-Turkish Wars, and the First World War. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Tsarist regime used ...
- Cossacks: The Warlike Military Settlers of Russia and UkraineThese swaggering Cossack troops were recognized by their clean-shaven heads with the exception of topknots, elegant mustaches, vibrant Tatar attire, and boisterous attitude to go along. However, as opposed to the Russian Don Cossacks – who mainly settled as families and villages, the Zaporozhian Sich Cossacks maintained their military ...
- Who Were the Cossacks? - My Jewish LearningWatching a Jewish president hand out a medal named for a Cossack leader to a heroic defender of a multicultural Ukrainian state suggests that perhaps a historical reconciliation might someday be possible.
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