The word Cossack comes from the Turkic word meaning “free man” or “outlaw.” True to this moniker, Ukraine’s Cossacks — a semi-nomadic militaristic group originating somewhere in the ...

As the 19th century came to a close ... "Europe is not yet all Cossack, but danger seems as great as it did to Napoleon." In the summer of 1900, much of America was on the move.

The Cossacks, a translation of the Russian word 'kazak', are obscure in origin but served as agents of the Russian empire. The peak of their influence occurred during the first century of Russian ...