Among the Cossacks, there were not only brave warriors in the service of the tsar and the fatherland, but also cruel robbers and rebels. You will see both in this collection of visually stunning ...

It’s impossible to imagine the life of the Russian Cossacks without churches. During campaigns, they set up temporary field churches and permanent churches were built in villages and at Cossack ...

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 resettlement of Volga accompanied military colonization and Don Cossacks to lands along the Kuban and Terek rivers. In the 1780s, a Shariah movement emerged in the Chechen lands. This period ...

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 ...