Later on, when the Russian Empire ruled the area now known as Ukraine, Cossacks served as mercenaries in imperial wars. And in the turmoil that marked the turn of the 20th century in Russia ...

Russia made a deal with the Cossack leadership to persuade the millions of Ukrainian and Russian Cossacks living in Russia to support the Russian war effort in Ukraine. Prior to 2024 Russia had not ...

‘What do you mean, Russian? We’re Cossacks.’ Ukraine's territory according to the 1991 borders covers 603,700 square kilometers (375,000 square miles), but in 1918, during Ukraine's national ...

Cossacks were known as servants of the state or, in Russian - Sluzhilyye Lyudi. These servants of the state played a key role in Siberian settlement by Russians. The Cossacks, a translation of the ...

They were astride dapple-grey horses, the same stalwart breed that the Cossacks had used to run down ... The protest was accepted by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, who sent workers ...

Cossack of the Don. The Illustrated London News. February 3, 1854 Cossacks Skirmishing. The Illustrated London News. November 16, 1855 John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. July 17, 1853 A heavily armed ...

as well as Ukrainian and Russian Cossacks — and also became one of the most prosperous Jewish communities. In its planned urban development in checkerboard, according to the rose of the winds ...