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| | Cossacks, Cossack, Russia, voiskos, three, mostly, first, village, separate, mounted, military, although, about - ... |
 | | The Cossacks for their part were mostly happy to plunder everybody more or less equally, although in the 16th century, with Commonwealth dominance extending south, the Zaporoijan Cossacks were mostly, if tentatively, regarded as subjects of the Commonwealth. |
 | | The Cossack attempts to be recognized as equal to the szlachta were constantly rebuffed and plans for transforming the Two-Nations Commonwealth (Polish-Lithuanian) into Three Nations (with Cossacks/Ruthenian people) were limited to a small minority of forward-thinking men, although the Zaporozhian Host was formally recognized as a nation in 1649. |
 | | Cossacks on active service were divided into three equal parts according to age, and only the first third (approximately age 18-26) normally performed active service, while the rest effectively functioned as reserves, based at home but bound to march out at short notice. |
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