Gen. Alikhanoff, as "Pacifier" of Kutais Province, in 1905, sent a column of Cossacks, ... Gen. Alikhanoff is a native of Turkestan and was named All Khan before he became a Russian officer.

The Cossacks and their leaders are aware of the high Russian casualty rate in Ukraine. That makes it difficult to persuade more Cossacks to fight in Ukraine. When Russia first invaded Ukraine in ...

Turkiye’s adoption of the term “Turkestan” could raise concerns in Moscow, Tehran, and Beijing, as it may be seen as an effort to counterbalance their influence in the region.

True to this moniker, Ukraine’s Cossacks — a semi-nomadic militaristic group originating somewhere in the 15th century — are renowned as sovereign warriors and pioneers of independence in ...

Grozny today bets on the promotion of the Kazačestvo movement - Russia's Cossacks - to revive mobilisation for war and to counter drug trafficking. A bet on yesterday's enemies that the Kreml ...

The Cossacks themselves often attacked Varna, Caffa, Trabzon, Constanta and other large coastal cities of the Ottoman Empire. Sahaidachny followed the anti-Ottoman policy pursued by the Cossack ...

The East Turkestan Government in Exile has issued an immediate and urgent plea to the 78th United Nations General Assembly and its member states for immediate and decisive action to halt China's ...

The French quest came on the heels of similar Western expeditions into "Russian and Chinese Turkestan" to research -- and, in many cases, remove and ship back to Europe -- priceless artifacts of ...

It is a scenic drive to Turkestan from Shymkent in Southern Kazakhstan, about 680 km from Almaty, the country’s largest city. The sepia landscape is stark and generally unpeopled, with camel ...

Then, in 1654, the Cossacks signed the Pereyaslav Agreement with the Russian czars for military protection. The Russian empire grew and punished those who didn't submit.