Cossack
Ukrainian cavalry people
A Cossack is a member of various self-governing communities of the southern Russian and Ukrainian steppes, historically known as fierce horsemen and warriors.
Cossacks served as cavalry in the Russian imperial army and later formed military units under various regimes.
The term evokes images of skilled riders, traditional dance, and fierce independence: Cossack horsemen swept across the plains.
Lowercase cossack sometimes describes any bold or reckless rider.
Of a Black Sea nation
- RussianEastern Slavic language
- SiberianOf northern Asian Russia
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- banduraUkrainian plucked string instrument
hopak · vodka · chub · folk dance · embroidery
Colonel-led military unit
- cavalryMounted military force
- border guardOfficer at national boundaries
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- escortOne who accompanies another
raid · charge · skirmish · campaign · expedition · formation · detachment · squadron
Skilled equine rider
- cavalrymanSoldier who fights mounted
- atamanCossack military leader
- hussarMounted European light cavalry
- lancerMounted soldier with spear
rider · swordsman · raider · militia · guard · scout · mercenary · dragoon
Of Russian emperors
- imperial RussiaMonarchical Russian state
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
serfdom · colonization · expansion · civil war · White Army · exile · resettlement · deportation
Ukrainian
Of a Black Sea nation
bandura · hopak · vodka · chub · folk dance · embroidery
regiment
Colonel-led military unit
- cavalryMounted military force
- border guardOfficer at national boundaries
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
escort · raid · charge · skirmish · campaign · expedition · formation · detachment · squadron · patrol
horseman
Skilled equine rider
- cavalrymanSoldier who fights mounted
- atamanCossack military leader
- hussarMounted European light cavalry
lancer · rider · swordsman · raider · militia · guard · scout · mercenary · dragoon · uhlan
tsarist
Of Russian emperors
- imperial RussiaMonarchical Russian state
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
autonomy · serfdom · colonization · expansion · civil war · White Army · exile · resettlement · deportation · persecution
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
- Slavic cultureRussian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Serbian
- UkraineKyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa, hryvnia
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
- horse culture by countrydressage, polo, rodeo, racing, showjumping
Cossackconscript
Compulsory military enrollee
professional soldier · standing army · line infantry · staff officer
Cossackserf
Bonded agricultural laborer
bondsman · slave · peasant · indentured servant · thrall
Cossackcity dweller
Urban area inhabitant
townsman · burgher · metropolitan · urbanite · Jew
- Cossack HetmanateAutonomous Ukrainian Cossack state
- Cossack danceUkrainian squatting folk routine
- Cossack hatTall fur military cap