The word Cossack comes from the Turkic word meaning “free man” or “outlaw.” True to this moniker, Ukraine’s Cossacks — a semi-nomadic militaristic group originating somewhere in the 15th century — are ...

The men in military fatigues who charged at protesters in Moscow, thrashing them with leather whips, have apparently been beaten by their comrades-in-arms after an outcry about their actions being ...

Last year I joined Russian police officers and Cossack militiamen as they carried out a joint patrol in the Cossack capital of Novocherkassk, on the Don River, in southern Russia. In a clunky gray ...

As one of the leaders of a resurgence of Russia’s Cossacks reaches out to Jews, some of his tribesmen seem to have missed the message that an era of good feelings is at hand. NOVOCHERKASSK, Russia, ...

24.75 x 17.5 x 7 in. (62.9 x 44.4 x 17.8 cm.) ...

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