French artist Emeric Lhuisset has recreated a painting by Ukrainian artist Illia Riepin, Cossacks Write a Letter to the Turkish Sultan, in a photo. The painting depicts the modern Ukrainian troops ...

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 15th century — are ...

KHORTYTSIA, Ukraine — This lush, wild island, the largest on the Dnipro River, is just outside the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, not far from the front line where Ukrainian soldiers are trying to ...

March 22, 2025: Desperate to find more justifications for its war in Ukraine, Russia has turned to its small surviving Cossack community to inspire military age Russian men to serve in the military.

COSSACK GIRL — Marina Yurlova — Macaulay ($2.50). Though Marina Yurlova now dances for her suppers on the concert stage she once did a more dangerous pas seul. Readers of Cossack Girl may find it ...

Joint funeral in Simferopol brings together opposing factions. A Ukrainian soldier looks up standing between the coffins of Ukrainian soldier Sergey Kokurin, 35, right, and Russian Cossack militiaman ...

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In the 17th century, the Caucasus and Don region were lawless territories. One of the most well-known figures of those ...

Yuriy Kopishynskyi stands with a horse at his family's horseback riding school on Khortytsia, an island on the Dnipro River just outside Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Claire Harbage | NPR) KHORTYTSIA, ...