September 9, 2018: Russia is again having problems with the Cossacks and it has become a real back-to-the future moment. Despite 70 years of efforts by the communists to destroy the Cossack community, ...

September 17, 2010: The Cossacks are back, once again coming to prominence in Russia's military affairs. The Cossack people are ethnic Russians with a distinct language and culture (not Russian) and ...

Cossack soldiers attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. The popular image of the Cossacks lends ...

The widely distributed video of a beating incident, which left three Pussy Riot band members hospitalized, has raised questions about the role of the Cossack militia in Russia. At least 10 Cossack ...

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 ...

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 Kremlin has ...

The local Cossack society celebrates its second birthday with a concert and awards ceremony on April 2 at Tallinn's Russian Culture Center. Representatives of the Cossack community will award ...

The 2010 census, which counted Cossacks as a distinct ethnic group, found 68,000 of them nationwide, but many more Russians likely have Cossack ancestry. According to Sergei Shishkin, boisterous ...

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