Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)

[Tamerlane]

All things old are eventually new again . I just knew I had talked about this before:

Caucasion Chinese Citizens?

As JM noted it is in essence the same word for two distinct groups. The Cossacks originated as Tatar mercenaries called ( what else ) Kazaks, ‘free adventurers’ that were used to garrison forts along the Dnieper by the Lithuanian Grand Dukes from the early 15th century. To these were added various fugitive peasants and outlaws and they soon morphed into a distinct ( and eventually largely Slavic ) community that largely adopted the steppe habits of of their Tatar antecedents and neighbors. As…