The painting is based on the idea the Siberians fought with bows, arrows, and leather armor against the muzzle-loaded guns of Yermak’s Cossacks ... be the heir to the Russian throne, but ...
Cossacks were known as servants of the state or, in Russian - Sluzhilyye Lyudi. These servants of the state played a key role in Siberian settlement by Russians. The Cossacks, a translation of the ...
The Illustrated London News. February 3, 1854 Cossacks Skirmishing. The Illustrated London News. November 16, 1855 John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. July 17, 1853 A heavily armed Russian Cossack soldier ...
Also from the collection of the Kharkiv Art Museum, the State Register included a painting by Riepin, Cossacks are Writing ..