On July 22 the Far East branch of the Russkiy Mir Foundation held a roundtable on Cossacks and Russkiy Mir: The Past, Present and Future dedicated to the 122th anniversary of the establishment of the ...

The total number of Cossacks in the same five voiskos, presuming that the whole available twenty classes are called out, and the opoltchenie or landsturm embodied, is about 60,000 men, but not ...

Discover the Cossacks' impact on Ukraine's history, from their autonomous Sich to the modern revival of their symbols and ...

Today's Cossacks are a far cry from their Czarist-era ancestors, the fierce horsemen with woollen papakha hats, sabres and horsewhips, best known as a buffer force on the borders of the Russian ...

A group who identify themselves as Cossacks scuffle with opposition supporters during an unauthorized anti-Putin rally called by opposition leader Alexei Navalny, two days ahead of Vladimir Putin ...

Zaporizhzhian Cossacks are warriors who have been revered for centuries in Ukraine. A family is maintaining the Cossack traditions by training people with swords, maces and their bare hands.

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) Russia plans to deploy thousands of Cossacks to guard the World Cup, but the traditional paramilitary groups face criticism for their strident nationalism and attacks on ...