In the story, Lyutov – Babel’s alter-ego who hid his Jewish identity from the Bolshevik-supporting Jew-hating Cossacks with whom he served as a correspondent – discovers the dying son of a ...

Potemkin wanted the Israelovsky Regiment to be a mix of infantry and cavalry, and by March 1788 some 35 bearded Jewish Cossacks were in training. Soon, the regiment grew to two squadrons, ...

From the Cossack uprisings with their many real-life Jewish victims, to the fearsome Cossacks in “Fiddler on the Roof,” Cossacks have long imparted an air of menace in Jewish culture.

Potemkin's Jewish Cossacks: The story of the Israelovsky Regiment -feature One of the most curious episodes of Jews bearing arms in a military capacity occurred 250 years ago in the Russian Empire ...

Cossacks are first mentioned in the 15th century as freedom-loving ex-serfs, Tatars and descendants of Scythian warriors living on the open plains of southern Ukraine and Russia’s Don River basin.

Cossacks are first mentioned in the 15th century as freedom-loving ex-serfs, Tatars and descendants of Scythian warriors living on the open plains of southern Ukraine and Russia’s Don River basin.

They were scattered by infantry, who instantly cordoned the Jewish quarter and threatened to annihilate the Cossacks. The latter were withdrawn to their barracks by their Commandant's order.

Jewish guilt: It’s optional. ... through our struggles with Crusaders and Cossacks and Nazis through the centuries, we have more than our share of baggage to lug through the generations.

Zaporizhzhian Cossacks are warriors who have been revered for centuries in Ukraine. A family is maintaining the Cossack traditions by training people with swords, maces and their bare hands.