These people, constantly facing the Tatar warriors on the steppe frontier, received the Turkic name Cossacks (Kazaks), which was then extended to other free people in Russia.

Nov 15, 2025 · Cossack, (from Turkic kazak, “adventurer” or “free man”), member of a people dwelling in the northern hinterlands of the Black and Caspian seas. They had a tradition of independence and …

Currently, people who identify themselves as Cossacks or say that they are of Cossack origin, are living on the territories of Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and in different parts of the world (many Cossacks …

The term “cossacks” is used to describe a class of 17th century Ukrainians, largely peasants, who separated from the burdens of traditional peasant life to form rebel communities at the furthest …

But the fierce Ukrainian army has an historical prototype in the Zaporozhian Cossacks, a daring and fearsome people of the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries whose adventures fill Ukrainian lore …

Jan 18, 2024 · Originating from the Slavic people, they emerged along the Dnieper River in what is now Ukraine. These early Cossacks were a mix of runaway serfs, adventurers, and others seeking …

Many of them spread across Russia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. In this chapter, we focus on the Ukrainian Cossacks and their contributions to the history of Ukraine, both internally and …

Cossacks were originally an amalgamation of runaway peasants, fugitive slaves, escaped convicts, and derelict soldiers, primarily Ukrainian and Russian, settling frontier areas along the Don, Dnepr, and …

Some historians suggest that the Cossack people had mixed ethnic origins, descending from Russians, Khazars, Ukrainians, Tatars, and others who settled or passed through the boundless …

Under Cossack rule, Indigenous beliefs and customs were brutally suppressed through acts of extreme violence. Groups such as the Sakha (Yakut) were among those brutalized, robbed, forced to convert …