The Cossacks, with their distinctive appearance, legendary dancing, and military mastery, have been mythologized for centuries. They became the heroes of folk tales, however, some crossed sides to ...

Cossacks: In a now-infamous recent incident in Sochi, members of the punk-rock protest collective Pussy Riot were horsewhipped by a man in uniform identified as a Cossack. For Jews, the word ...

The author’s go bag list Photo by Joan Afton The “running across the rooftops, carrying our things” I’d always heard about was “to escape the Cossacks [ptui!],” not the Nazis.

The proverbial Russian phrase “if only the tsar knew” captures this mindset. But as the economist Brad DeLong likes to say, “the Cossacks work for the Czar.” In other words, the blame for misdeeds ...

Cossack of the Don. The Illustrated London News. February 3, 1854 Cossacks Skirmishing. The Illustrated London News. November 16, 1855 John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. July 17, 1853 A heavily armed ...

A meeting of the Second Greater Circle of the Russian Cossack Society was held at the Supreme Church Council Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.

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 ...

The Cossacks become involved in a dispute between the gods Zeus and Mars. Zeus wants to set up the Olympic games, while Mars wants to undermine him and start more wars. The Kozaks help Zeus and ...

Dakota Valley was tied at halftime and entering the fourth quarter before holding Sioux Valley scoreless for nearly half of ...

If the U.S. blocks intelligence sharing again, Ukraine will be able to obtain satellite data from Europe and process it ...

Dakota Valley girls basketball opened up state tourney play in Spearfish, South Dakota. The Panthers were up against the ...

But as the economist Brad DeLong likes to say, “the Cossacks work for the Czar.” In other words, the blame for misdeeds rests with the top man, who often uses seemingly uncontrollable minions ...