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 ...

March 22, 2025: Desperate to find more justifications for its war in Ukraine, Russia has turned to its small surviving Cossack community to inspire military age Russian men to serve in the military.

Also from the collection of the Kharkiv Art Museum, the State Register included a painting by Riepin, Cossacks are Writing ..

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 ...