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Agitation began in several places simultaneously. To thwart violent clashes between the Surozh (Sudak) Cossacks and the Crimean Tatars, the authorities had to introduce round-the-clock patrols by riot ...

including Tatars and Ottomans. Their history unfolds in three key periods. Originating in the 15th century in Zaporizhzhia, they formed two types: steppe Cossacks and town Cossacks ("horodovi ...

The Cossacks were born as "free men" at the beginning ... unlike the Russians, Tatars, Buryats or the Chechens themselves.

Under his command it fought against Tatars and Turks in Crimea, the then stronghold of the Islamic world at the doorstep of Christian Europe. The Ukrainian lands were a sort of buffer zone between ...

It was amidst these clashes that the Cossacks, an early incarnation of the Ukrainian state, would form in the contested territories, at times fighting against the Tatars and at times allying with ...

Modern Ukraine simply cannot exist without the Crimean Tatars. Thanks to the help of the Crimean Tatars, Ukrainian Cossacks were able to fight Poland. There are very vivid historical facts about the ...

The Cossacks established successful farms, which they had to defend against persistent threats from the Ottoman Turks and their allies the Crimean Tatars to the south. Over time, the Cossacks ...