Cossacks
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The Cossacks are a traditional community of people living in the southern steppe regions of Eastern Europe (primarily Ukraine and southern Russia) and Asian Russia. They are famous for their self-reliance and military skills, particularly horsemanship. "Cossack" may also refer to a member of a Cossack military unit. Originally Cossacks were runaway Ruthenian peasants who escaped Polish and Russian feudal pressure and settled in the southern steppes.
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See also
- Ivan Mazepa
- Hurrah!!! ou la révolution par les cosaques (1854) is a text by Ernest Cœurderoy.
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