People / group

Cossacks

Also known as Cossack

The Cossacks were self-governing communities of warriors in the steppe borderlands of Ukraine and southern Russia. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the uprising led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky from 1648 caused catastrophic losses. In the Russian Empire, Cossack hosts served as frontier troops and played a major part in expansion into Siberia.

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Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthMilitary, Decline Russian EmpireFoundation Swedish EmpireMilitary Kazakh KhanateDecline Grand Duchy of LithuaniaMilitary Crimean KhanateMilitary, Impact Tsardom of RussiaSocioeconomy, Military CircassiaMilitary, Impact, Decline Qajar IranMilitary, Decline

Mentioned in 18 state histories

Khanate of Sibir Zaporozhian Sich Don Cossack Host Terek Cossack Host Ural Cossack Host Cossack Hetmanate Sloboda Ukraine Danube Sich Black Sea Cossack Host Kuban Cossack Host Kuban People's Republic Don Republicand 6 more

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cossacks. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cossacks
MLA: “Cossacks.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cossacks. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Cossacks.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cossacks.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Cossacks’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cossacks (Accessed: ).

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