PPT-The Cossacks

казаки Don Cossacks Zaporozhskaia Sech Ethnocultural entity of mixed origins Russians outnumber any other ethnicity Russian Orthodox Basis Little agriculture Cattle hunting trade. by Richard Connell. Background Notes and Vocabulary. Richard Connell. 1893 – 1949. Born in 1893 in New York. Father was a newspaper editor. Connell began writing at age ten. He covered baseball games.. Victoria Ramsey. Contents. What was the red terror and why did it come about?. Red terror within the military. Red terror used for military objectives. Terror in the . Arkhangel’sk. Province. Conclusion. Period 3. History of Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky was born in Moscow on1866. His mother was Muscovite and his father was from around Mongolia . He did not start painting till he was about 30 years old. The term Cossack was originally applied to the Tartar raiders who roamed the Southern Plain, the word coming from the Turko-Tartar, meaning at first free adventurer. In the 15th century when it began to refer to a people ditinguished by their own tongue and customs who formed separate communities. These strong, free Cossack communities were seen as a threat to the Tsar until in 1671 they were obliged to swear fealty. From that date onwards Cossacks served in all of Russia\'s wars, most famously when 50,000 Don Cossacks fought against Napoleon of which nearly half died in battle or on campaign. The Cossacks eventually developed their own military structure with rank titles, uniforms and equipment all of which are detailed in in this volume. The term Cossack was originally applied to the Tartar raiders who roamed the Southern Plain, the word coming from the Turko-Tartar, meaning at first free adventurer. In the 15th century when it began to refer to a people ditinguished by their own tongue and customs who formed separate communities. These strong, free Cossack communities were seen as a threat to the Tsar until in 1671 they were obliged to swear fealty. From that date onwards Cossacks served in all of Russia\'s wars, most famously when 50,000 Don Cossacks fought against Napoleon of which nearly half died in battle or on campaign. The Cossacks eventually developed their own military structure with rank titles, uniforms and equipment all of which are detailed in in this volume.