the State Register included a painting by Riepin, Cossacks are Writing a Letter to the Turkish Sultan. The artist worked on ...

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The painting is based on the idea the Siberians fought with bows, arrows, and leather armor against the muzzle-loaded guns of Yermak’s Cossacks, though most details of the expedition are lost to ...

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 ...