Pugachev, also a Cossack, led his men and peasants to Central Russia, only to be crushed by the Imperial Russian Army. After that, the Don Cossacks were firmly obliged to serve the state.

Cossacks trace their history in Russia back to the 15th century. Serving in the czarist cavalry, they spearheaded imperial Russia’s expansion in exchange for special privileges, including the ...

Cossacks trace their history in Russia back to the 15th century. Serving in the czarist cavalry, they spearheaded imperial Russia's expansion in exchange for special privileges, including the ...

Cossack self-rule was phased out and military service was formalized under imperial Russia, where Cossacks were employed to fight unrest and often led pogroms against Jewish communities in the ...

They once formed the elite guard of a succession of Russian tsars ... soldiers in the imperial armed forces. Now, after decades of repression under communism, the Cossacks are making a comeback.

Cossacks, who spearheaded imperial Russia's expansion and helped guard its far-flung outposts, faced persecution under Bolshevik rule but resurfaced after the 1991 Soviet collapse. Ukrainian ...

The Cossacks, Tsarist officers and emigres wore ... Two days later, at Christie’s famed London auction room, the Imperial Russian nuptial crown— composed of double rows of brilliants ...

In the region of Sloboda, which ran from modern-day Sumy to Kharkiv oblasts, Cossack regiments were reforged into Russian imperial army units. In 1764, the Cossack system was abolished and ...

HOT on the heels of the sold-out tours to Durban this year by the Bolshoi Ballet and the Imperial Russian Ballet, comes the world-renowned Russian State Kuban Cossack Dance Company.