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	Black Sea Cossacks
		Cossacks and established, by the ukase of 2 February 1788, the Army of Loyal
		The host was assigned the task of defending the
		Black Sea Host perpetuated for almost a century, although in a slightly altered form, the traditions of the
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/B/L/BlackSeaCossacks.htm (364 words)

	Cossacks
		Sea; their participation in the struggle of the Ukrainian people against socioeconomic and national-religious oppression by the Polish magnates; and their role in the building of an autonomous Ukrainian state.
		Cossacks (horodovi kozaky), was formed for the defense of the towns.
		Sich on Turkish territory (1775–1828); the Cossacks in the
	encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/C/O/Cossacks.htm (1917 words)

	Zaporozhian Host - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Host was formally recognized as a third consituent part of the Commonwealth (together with Poland and Lithuania) in the Treaty of Hadiach ratified by the Polish Sejm or parliament in 1659.
		Cossacks fought for their independence from Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which attempted to turn them into serfs, and later began several uprisings against the Russian Tsar, in fear of their independence.
		On June 4, 1775, while the Zaporozhian cossacks were fighting the Turks, a Russian army under the command of General Tekeli surrounded the Sich and razed it to the ground.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zaporozhian_Host (1152 words)

	Black Sea Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is connected to the Mediterranean by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch.
		Strabo (7.3.6) thinks that the Black Sea was called inhospitable before Greek colonization because it was difficult to navigate, and because its shores were inhabited by savage tribes, and that the name was changed to hospitable after the Milesians had colonized, as it were making it part of the Greek civilization.
		The Caspian, Azov, Aral and Black Seas are the remnants of this evaporated basin.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Black_Sea.html (1740 words)

	Foreign Military Studies Office Publications - The Cossack Brotherhood Reborn: A Political/military Force in a Realm of ...
		Cossack military colonies were moved to the very edges of the Empire and loyalty to the throne was assured through a system of watchful army officers and governors empowered to use any means to prevent further Cossack uprisings.
		Cossack forces and their families were ordered to the far-flung frontiers of the expanding Russian Empire as military colonists, where they served as border guards and the first line of defense.
		Cossacks in Chita (Eastern Siberia) gave a vote of no confidence to their ataman and his aides because of the ataman's use of public flogging, creation of his own intelligence service, creation of morality patrols, and maintaining files on all the members of the Cossack community.
	fmso.leavenworth.army.mil /documents/cossack/cossack.htm (6398 words)

	Kuban Cossacks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Second World War the majority of the Cossacks and their descendents in general fought for the Red Army, some did chose to collaborate with the German Invaders, however most of these were members of the Don Cossack Host, which survived much harsher purges and repressions in the 1920s.
		The Cossack regiments of the Red Army itself saw heavy action, starting from the defence of their homeland during the Battle of Stalingrad and acted mostly on the southern sections in the front.
		After the war the Cossacks were once again removed from the military, but not before they proudly marched on the Red Square in the famous victory parade of 1945 (only the Kuban Cossacks were allowed to march, being the largest group).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kuban_Cossacks (621 words)

	Cover, Viskovatov Vol 29
		Horse Regiments of the Black Sea Cossack Host.
		Swordbelt and Belt for Officers of the Black Sea Cossack Host, according to the pattern confirmed 1 November 1840 and 1 February 1841.
		The cossack in the background appears to have a dark-blue forage cap with red capband and piping; the shoulder straps and collar patches of the greatcoat are probably red.
	home.comcast.net /~markconrad/V29.html (10759 words)

	The author of the project of Cossacks 15-21 cent.
		The settlement of Sary-Kay // Antiquity of the Black Sea coast and the Crimea Steppes.
		Cossacks of Southern Ukraine in the first half of XIX century: the Azov Cossack Host.
		Azov Cossacks - the last Ukrainian reinforcement of the Kuban Cossack Host (on the archives materials) // The results of 2002 folklore and ethnographic research of the Northern Caucasus ethnic cultures.
	www.cossackdom.com /avtore.html (834 words)

	The Cossack Wars
		Poland promised to restrain the Cossacks and Turkey agreed to curb the Tartars.
		It may be of interest to record here the fact that it was during this period that the women of Poland and Lithuania for the first time in their history collectively memorialized the Diet demanding better protection against exploitation, and the restriction of the rights of fathers and an enlargement, of the rights of mothers.
		The number of registered Cossacks was raised to 60,000 and the church metropolis of Kieff was left independent of the Patriarch of Moscow.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~koby/political/chapter_12/12cossackwar.html (4087 words)

	Cossacks in Central Asia, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
		Against this duty the Cossacks paid no taxes and enjoyed a large measure of autonomy in the management of their communal affairs; and every mounted man was granted 200 hectares of land.
		Behind the bivouac was the Cossack horse-line; behind the horses, was the center of the barricade housing the staff, the artillery park, the engineer and hospital trains, the sutlers, and finally (if there was enough room) the drivers with their horses and camels in a separate square.
		The state paid each Cossack an additional two pounds fifteen shillings yearly, from which he had to keep his kit (which was originally supplied to him by the district which equipped and sent him forth).
	www.iras.ucalgary.ca /~volk/sylvia/Cossacks.htm (1901 words)

	PERSIA - LoveToKnow Article on PERSIA
		On the east the watershed of the Caspian gradually increases in breadth, the foot of the scarp extending considerably to the north of the south-eastern angle of that sea, three degrees east of which it turns to the south-east, parallel to the axis of the Kopet Dagh.
		Black slaves and men-nurses or lallahs are much respected; the dayah or wet nurse is looked on as a second mother and usually provided for for life.
		The distinctive mark of the courtier, military, and upper servant class is the belt, generally of fl varnished leather with a brass clasp; princes and courtiers often replace this clasp by a huge round ornament of cut stones.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PERSIA.htm (19171 words)

	The Cossack Era (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Cossacks consider themselves a seperate ethnic group that has lived in the steppe since before the Tatar invasion of Ukraine, and their numbers increased from runaway serfs who joined their ranks.
		The cossacks resisted all attempts at occupation and eventually raided Constantinople itself, destroying Turkish sea ports in the process.
		However in 1654, economic hardship forced the cossacks to align with Russia under the Treaty of Perieslav, where the cossacks could maintain their leaders in all of Ukraine, except Galicia which was still under Polish control.
	www.personal.psu.edu /mas590/UKR100/cossack.html (830 words)

	The Cossacks
		The Cossack register was significantly decreased; the registered Cossacks (reiestrovi kozaky) were isolated from the ones who were excluded from the register and from the Zaporozhian Host.
		The Cossacks were (as individuals) generally new to the area, as they or their parents or grandparents had immigrated, mostly from Poland or other parts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
		The second famous myth: Cossacks are heir of the Kievian Rus, which is motherland of Great Russia and, therefore, are cultural and political siblings and soul mates of Muscovy, yearning to be reunited under the benevolent rule of their father, the Czar (or Joe Stalin).
	www.kismeta.com /diGrasse/cossacks.htm (1847 words)

	Cossack music
		The energy of the ritual was so strong that the Cossack got on his feet and joined his fellow men in their singing.
		The reason is that this Cossack group (after the Don host the largest Cossack host) was formed by the Black Sea Cossacks (former Zaporozhen), Don and Ekaterinoslav Cossacks.
		Despite the linguistic similarities, the melodies of the Black Sea (Zaporozhe) Cossacks differ from the Ukrainian music, due to the dominance of the same natural sounds of the “oriental” five-tones-scale (based on the remarks made by A.M. Listopadov in his 5-volumes work “Songs of the Don Cossacks” or “Pesni Donskih Kazakov”, Muzgiz, 1953).
	home.hetnet.nl /~gabby-pat/music.htm (2523 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		COSSACK: Buck, the president believes that we should have sky marshals on planes, but he does not seem to be in favor, at least, or strongly in favor of all, of having pilots being armed on the planes.
		COSSACK: Buck, I think that may be the criticism of a lot of people which is, I think people have so much respect for what pilots do in having to fly an airplane, that they are concerned about this sort of splitting of attention.
		COSSACK: Let's take a break, because we are going to have to take one right now, and then when we come back let's meet the man who created the sky marshal program, right after this.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0110/04/tl.00.html (4361 words)

	Russian Touring, Russian Travel, Russian Women
		The total Cossack population in 1893 was 2,648,049 (1,331,470 women), and they owned nearly 146,500,000 acres of land, of which 105,000,000 acres were arable and 9,400,000 under forests.
		In time of war the ten Cossack voiskos are bound to supply 890 mounted sotnias or squadrons (of 125 men each), 108 infantry sotnias or companies (same number), and 236 guns, representing 4267 officers and 177,100 men, with 170,695 horses.
		Several Cossack regions were recognized by the Tsars; these were abolished by the Bolsheviks and the Cossack populations dispersed.
	www.cossackconnection.com /cossack.htm (834 words)

	Cossack Period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During the second period (1648-1917) the Cossack register was significantly decreased Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky who was one of the most famous Cossack Hetman, rose up against the Poles.
		The value of the Cossack period cannot be underestimated though, for it brought about a national revival and prevented the assimilation of the Ukrainians.
		He was part of a Cossack delegation to the Polish king, Wladyslaw IV in 1646.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/r/u/rua114/step3.htm (907 words)

	Resource Information Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Cossacks were usually considered to be loyal to the Tsar and were used as a special military or police force for the suppression of internal unrest.
		The Cossack national identity was formed during this period, and is still present today as Cossacks rally to "transform Krasnodar Krai back into the Kuban’ region they view as historically and rightfully theirs".
		In fact, in 1992, one hundred Cossacks, backed by two armored personnel carriers, seized the town hall of Kurganinsk in Krasnodar to protest the refusal of the local government to expel all ethnic Armenians from the region.
	uscis.gov /graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/RUS99002.htm (925 words)

	BLUE SKIES: Ukrainian Canadian Pioneer Days
		Meanwhile, the exploits of the independent-minded Cossacks embarrassed and caused problems for the Polish king who was fearful of Turk and Tatar reprisals but in spite of his attempts, he could not control the unruly but powerful Cossacks.
		Over time, the Cossack leaders came to consider the Cossack Host answerable only to the king but the Cossacks as a whole saw themselves as free men subject only to their own elected officials with no responsibility other than to fight frontier enemies.
		However, although the Poles were happy to have the Cossacks fight for them in times of danger, during times of peace the Polish gentry whose serfs had gone over to the Cossacks attempted to have the Cossack Host brought under control.
	home.eol.ca /~nemmer/bluesky/cossack.html (1197 words)

	Kuban Cossacks information - Search.com
		Russian Kuban Cossacks (Russian: Кубанские кaзаки, Kubanskiye Kаzaki) were cossacks that were settled in the region around the Kuban River to protect the southern borders of the Russian Empire.
		After the war the Cossacks were once again removed from the military, but not before they proudly marched on the Red Square in the famous victory parade of 1945 (only the Kuban Cossacks were allowed to march, being the largest one).
		The Cossacks traditions were kept alive even though officially the postwar USSR refused to recognise their existence.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Kuban_Cossacks (527 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2001042382 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Shortly before noon on 5 October 1791, the slow cavalcade of carriages, attended by liveried footmen and a squadron of Cossacks in the uniform of the Black Sea Host, stopped halfway down a dirt track on a desolate hillside in the midst of the Bessarabian steppe.
		He was Prince of Taurida, Field-Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, Grand Herman of the Black Sea and Ekaterinoslav Cossacks, Grand Admiral of the Black Sea and Caspian Fleets, President of the College of War, viceroy of the south, and possibly the next King of Poland, or of some other principality of his own making.
		Lastly the Cossacks, most of them Boat Cossacks known as Zaporogians, had fierce moustaches and shaven heads except for a tuft on top leading down the back in a long ponytail, like characters from Last o f the Mohicans, and brandished short curved daggers, engraved pistols and their special long lances.
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	RUSSIA
		The Vikings who found their way from the Baltic to the Black Seas through the Russian river systems came to be called "Varangians" (from their name in Slavic, now Varyag in Russian), but as they settled in the area, another name stuck: They were the Rus.
		Of the 11 remaining, 8 were in the Black Sea, 2 were obsolete Baltic ships undergoing reconstruction, and 1 from the Far East squadron was returned to the Baltic Fleet after being interned in China.
		The Black Sea ships were no longer trapped, since Turkey opened the Straits by international treaty to the innocent passage of all ships.
	www.friesian.com /russia.htm (9004 words)

	Zaporoze
		At the end of the 18th century the Zaporozhian Host was disbanded by Catherine II on very unfriendly terms.
		Most of the Zaporozhian Cossacks were moved to the area of (Northern Caucasus (Kuban) under the name of the Black Sea Cossacks.
		The Cossacks were cavalrymen originally chartered by Poland to establish autonomous military communities on the Turkish border.
	www.kresy.co.uk /zaporoze.html (1197 words)

	Watch out! The Cossacks are coming!
		The Cossacks were ''the untamed horsemen who had tormented and harassed Napoleon's Grande Armee across the snow of the Russian steppes from Moscow to Warsaw, and then onward across central Europe to the gates of Paris itself.
		Ure organizes Cossack history by focusing on legendary figures and by emphasizing their tangled relations with the czar.
		During the 1930s, they were periodically starved and massacred by their government, and after World War II they were betrayed by the West: Cossack prisoners of war who had, for one reason or another, fought against Stalin were handed over to the Soviets and were immediately shot or exiled to labor camps.
	www.suntimes.com /output/books/sho-sunday-ure09.html (992 words)

	Napoleon Series Reviews: Cossack Hurrah!
		Author starts with the Black Sea Cossacks, and proceeds to the Bug, Don, Orenburg, Siberian, Ukrainian and Ural Cossacks; in a separate section, minor Cossack hosts (Danube Mouth, Ekaterinoslavl, Terek and Volga) are also discussed.
		Each host is dealt in two or three paragraphs, though the Don Host, certainly the most important of them, is covered in more detail.
		The book's end-matter includes a detailed chronology which covers the Cossack history between late 14th century and 1917, and an 'Appendix' and a 'Bibliography.' The appendix is one of the strongest points in the books and consists of four parts.
	www.napoleon-series.org /reviews/military/c_cossackhurrah.html (838 words)

	Ukraine River Cruise and the Black Sea - Discount Travel Vacation Packages By Friendly Planet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Follow the footsteps of the legendary Ukrainian Cossacks, the mighty warriors that defended the empire's borders, as you visit the town of Zaporozhye, an important port along the river and part of the ancient trade route that ran from Constantinople to the Baltic Sea.
		As you sail into the Black Sea today, dock in Sevastopol, an important seaport and scientific and cultural center founded in 1778 and best known as site of a fateful siege during the Crimean War.
		The highlight of your guided tour of this gracious city is a visit to the Panorama Museum that features a multi-dimensional artwork representing a 24-hour period in the defense of the city during the Crimean War.
	www.friendlyplanet.com /ukraine-river-cruise.html (1988 words)

	The Jamestown Foundation
		From the Black Sea and to Central Asia, independent countries formerly controlled by the Russian Empire and the USSR hosted Western troops for joint military exercises this month.
		Ukraine, having hosted in August the Sea Breeze naval exercise with U.S. and NATO partners, harbored in September the Cossack Steppe airborne exercise with British and Polish troops.
		Across the Black Sea from Ukraine, Georgia expressed a desire to become the next host of a joint exercise.
	www.jamestown.org /publications_details.php?volume_id=29&&issue_id=2391 (3184 words)

	A Hero of Our Time, by Mikhail Lermontov, 1840, 1841
		Not a single dead leaf rustled, and it was pleasant to hear in the midst of this lifeless sleepiness of nature the snorting of the tired stage coach horses and the uneven tinkling of the Russian carriage bells.
		On the summit the fl outline of a stone cross was visible, and past it ran a barely visible road which was used only when the road along the mountainside was snow bound.
		She was wringing the sea water from her long hair, and I noticed how her wet shift outlined her lithe form and raised breasts.
	www.eldritchpress.org /myl/hero.htm (20595 words)

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