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The Zaporozhian Cossacks write a letter to the Sultan of Turkey by Russian famous artist Ilya Repin. Stepan Razin led a major uprising against Czar Alexis in 1670–1671. Cossack Atamans staged numerous uprisings against Moscow, inciting the thousands-strong peasant masses to riot. Understandably, such attempts were met with fierce resistance. The Cossack territories were governed by their own internal laws, which formed a kind of Cossack democracy.Ĭossacks would only choose commanders from their own area during times of war when at peace, all Cossacks are considered equal.ĭuring the 17 th and 18 th centuries, the Cossacks were under constant pressure from the czars, who used all means possible to contain their “outlaws.” It was their Orthodox identity that eventually led the Cossacks to fall under the influence of a resurgent Muscovy – then the Czardom of Russia – initially under vassal (or feudal) law. While Cossacks have never had a particularly strong national identity as such, they do have a well-developed class and confessional (Orthodox) identity. Where exactly do the Cossacks come from? What is their bloodline? Researchers today tend to believe that, in addition to the obvious Russian and Eastern Slavic elements, there are also Turkish and Caucasian influences: Dark-haired and dark-eyed descendants of Cossacks can often be found.Ĭlick to enalrge the infographics 'The history of the Cossacks'Ĭossacks speak – and always spoke – in dialects of Russian that, with the exception of the occasional word, are understood by any Russian. With many trade routes under their control, the Cossacks charged a toll to anyone who wished to pass through their territory. The Cossacks fought at, one point or another, with all of their neighbors (the Grand Duchy of Muscovy, the Crimean Khanate, Turkey and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) when the need arose, they forged temporary alliances with their erstwhile enemies.
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It is on the banks of these great rivers that self-governed Cossack communities were formed – communities that were at constant war with the neighboring states and tribes.
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The word “ kazak” (translated into English as “Cossack”) comes from the Turkic language family and means “someone that is free an adventurer, a wanderer.” It is worth noting that the root of the word can be found in the name of the modern Kazakh peoples.