Cossacks

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Cossacks were originally members of military communities in Ukraine and southern Russia. Their origins are a subject of scholarly dispute.
Towards the end of the 15th century, Zaporozhian Cossacks had established a Cossack host in the "wild field" of Ukraine around the Dnieper River. In the 16th century, the Don Cossacks established another cossack host in the Don River basin. Other Cossack hosts were established later in the Southern Urals, Siberia and Caucasus.




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