Beginning with the new school year, the Russians plan to increase the number of so-called "Cossacks" involved in the "education process" in schools in Ukraine's temporarily-occupied territory. [The so ...

A new political force has emerged in Russia. Seven million Cossacks are patrolling cities, joining the National Guard and getting ready to form their own political party. Kommersant Vlast attempts to ...

Cossacks are not a race, nation, profession, nor a term for a particular location. They are all of those, combined. Let’s debunk the myths about what the Cossacks were and what they are now. They ...

They are wrapped in folklore, faith and history, often portrayed as relics of another age: Russia’s Cossacks. Once marginalised and persecuted, they have been drawn back into the centre of state power ...

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 shocking footage of the brutal treatment meted out to members of Pussy Riot in Sochi today has dramatically changed the image we have of Cossack soldiery. For many, the term Cossack evokes ...

Once they were the outriders of the Russian empire, feared and fearless warriors who extended the Czar's authority as far as their horses would carry them. Now, modern-day Cossacks are doing the same ...