Brian Boeck connects the rivalry of the Russian and Ottoman empires in the northern Black Sea basin to the social history of the Don Cossacks, who were transformed from an open, democratic, ...

Among the Cossacks, there were not only brave warriors in the service of the tsar and the fatherland, but also cruel robbers and rebels. You will see both in this collection of visually stunning ...

Discovering ancient ships at the bottom of the Black ... The team told The Guardian, "The find included a 17th-century Cossack raiding fleet, Roman trading vessels complete with amphorae, and ...

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 ...