An American Cossack family in the 1950s Cossacks marching in Red Square at the 2015 Victory Day Parade. The Cossacks [a] are a predominantly East Slavic Eastern Christian people …

Several theories speculate about the origins of the Cossacks. According to one theory, Cossacks have Slavic origins, [1] while another theory states that the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710 …

Feb 4, 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 …

Cossack Mamay, a Ukrainian folk figure, observes the hanging of a Jew in this 19th-century painting. Jews wound up serving as leaseholders in an arrangement called the arenda, …

Yalutorovsk ostrog (fortress), Tyumen region, Russia. One of the oldest surviving Siberian Cossack fortresses. Maksim Slutskyi/TASS

The meaning of COSSACK is a member of any of a number of autonomous communities drawn from various ethnic and linguistic groups (such as Slavs, Tatars, and Circassians) that formed …

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian army has proven itself mighty and tenacious to an international community that may have previously thought …

A painting showing some Ukrainian Cossacks. Painted by Ilya Repin from 1880 to 1891.. The Cossacks (Ukrainian: Козаки) (from Cuman cosac, meaning "free man") [1] were a group of …

Welcome to the Cossack of America Brotherhood. This site contains news articles, events, and opinions related to the Cossack community inside of North America.

2 days ago · Ukraine - Cossacks, Steppe, Black Sea: In the 15th century a new martial society—the Cossacks (from the Turkic kazak, meaning “adventurer” or “free man”)—was …