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 ...

They were astride dapple-grey horses, the same stalwart breed that the Cossacks had used to run down ... covered the riot more fully than any other Russian story in a long time.

March 22, 2025: Desperate to find more justifications for its war in Ukraine, Russia has turned to its small surviving Cossack community to inspire military age Russian men to serve in the military.

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 ...

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 Russian Cossack soldier ...

CHITA, March 30, /ITAR-TASS/. For the first time since the October Revolution a member of regional government was elected as ataman, a military chief of Cossacks in southern Siberia’s republic ...