Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Tales from the Pale Once Seen As Violent Pogromists, Cossacks, Still on Horses, Are Revived

Nikolai Kozitsyn, chief of the Great Host of Don Cossacks, comes rushing into his second-story office in downtown Novocherkassk, apologizing for the informality of his navy blue sweat pants and ...
WUNC

The Cossacks' traditions live on near the front lines in Ukraine

KHORTYTSIA, Ukraine — This lush, wild island, the largest on the Dnipro River, is just outside the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, not far from the front line where Ukrainian soldiers are trying to ...
The New York Times

RUSSIA'S COSSACK HORSEMEN MOST INTERESTING OF SOLDIERS; Their Present Strength, Unique Fighting Methods, and Study Ponies as Factors in the Present War.

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recordnet

Horse riders up to old tricks

Real Cossacks don’t just dance with bent knees and arms folded across their chests. They daringly display the horsemanship that’s native to the historic nomadic tribalism of Kazakhstan. “No, that was ...
Yahoo

Who were the Ukrainian Cossacks?

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 ...