This story is part of the "Hidden Canon" – a special series celebrating Ukrainian classic literature and aiming to bring it ...
They are wrapped in folklore, faith and history, often portrayed as relics of another age: Russia’s Cossacks. Once marginalised and persecuted, they have been drawn back into the centre of state power ...
Presidential Aide Dmitry Mironov chaired a meeting of the Presidential Council for Cossack Affairs. The meeting’s agenda ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - By tradition, Cossacks protected Russia's borderlands, but on Tuesday descendants of the Tsarist warrior caste patrolled a patch of central Moscow as part of a resurgence encouraged ...