History Of The Cossacks
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History Of The Cossacks
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Author : Nicholas V. Feodoroff
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 1999
History Of The Cossacks written by Nicholas V. Feodoroff and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
This interesting and informative book presents a picture of warriors quite different from today's flyover heroes and values diametrically opposed to the 'didn't inhale' crowd. Mr Feodoroff, a Cossack himself, offers us a detailed history of his people, including their politics, military afflictions, culture, ideology and philosophy, as well as their typical personality characteristics. A picture emerges quite at variance with the image projected by the media in the West. We are presented with rare illustrations and descriptions of a lifestyle filled with adventure and faith.
History Of The Cossacks
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Author : William Cresson
language : en
Publisher: Jovian Press
Release Date : 2017-12-03
History Of The Cossacks written by William Cresson and has been published by Jovian Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-03 with History categories.
THE level plains and steppes of South Russia were known to the ancients as the broad channel followed by the ebb and flow of every fresh wave of conquest or migration passing between Europe and Asia. The legions of Rome and Byzance found this territory as impossible to occupy by military force as the high seas...
The Cossacks
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Author : John Ure
language : en
Publisher: Overlook Press
Release Date : 2002-12-02
The Cossacks written by John Ure and has been published by Overlook Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-02 with Fiction categories.
The Cossacks have always exerted a strong pull on the imagination, whether as the ferocious horsemen who harassed the retreating Grande Armee of Napoleon all the way to the gates of Paris, or as the fiercely independent renegades who made several bloody attempts at rebellion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and were responsible for various atrocities continuing into the twentieth century. This splendidly-illustrated volume tells the tale of these great warriors, which is itself woven inextricably through the history of the Russian and Soviet empires. Career diplomat and critically-acclaimed travel writer John Ure traces the story of the Cossacks from the times of Ivan the Terrible, who first employed the horsemen of the Don to repel Tartar and Turkish invaders. From this point in history, the Tsars of Russia counted on the service, if not always the loyalty, of the Cossacks. After the period of Cossack rebellions, led successively by Bogdan, Stenka Razin, Mazeppa, and Pugachev, the Tsars once again harnessed the Cossacks for their own purposes, using them in the front lines in the wars against Napoleon and in the Caucasus, and later to suppress the fomenting revolution. Brutally repressed during the Stalin era, the Cossacks have experienced a resurgence in the post-Communist era. In the early- and mid-nineties. Cossack units were re-established in the Russian Army, and some Cossacks saw action in Bosnia and Chechmya. Once again, they are reclaiming their role in history as a force in both the political and military spheres. John Ure also traces the influence of the Cossacks on Russian culture: writers such as Tolstoy (who served in a Cossack regiment in the Caucasus). Pushkin. Lermontov, and Pasternak all romanticized the Cossacks in print. Featured in this volume in full-color are a glorious and broad selection of paintings, lithographs, and photographs that document this fascinating history. The Cossacks emerge from this narrative in all their brilliant glory -- dashing and cruel, unpredictable and immensely brave. Book jacket.
The Cossack Myth
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Author : Serhii Plokhy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-26
The Cossack Myth written by Serhii Plokhy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-26 with History categories.
In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, a mysterious manuscript began to circulate among the dissatisfied noble elite of the Russian Empire. Entitled The History of the Rus', it became one of the most influential historical texts of the modern era. Attributed to an eighteenth-century Orthodox archbishop, it described the heroic struggles of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Alexander Pushkin read the book as a manifestation of Russian national spirit, but Taras Shevchenko interpreted it as a quest for Ukrainian national liberation, and it would inspire thousands of Ukrainians to fight for the freedom of their homeland. Serhii Plokhy tells the fascinating story of the text's discovery and dissemination, unravelling the mystery of its authorship and tracing its subsequent impact on Russian and Ukrainian historical and literary imagination. In so doing he brilliantly illuminates the relationship between history, myth, empire and nationhood from Napoleonic times to the fall of the Soviet Union.
The Cossacks
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Author : William Penn Cresson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
The Cossacks written by William Penn Cresson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with Cossacks categories.
The Cossacks And Religion In Early Modern Ukraine
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Author : Serhii Plokhy
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2001-11-08
The Cossacks And Religion In Early Modern Ukraine written by Serhii Plokhy and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-08 with History categories.
The Ukrainian Cossacks, often compared in historical literature to the pirates of the Mediterranean and the frontiersmen of the American West, constituted one of the largest Cossack hosts in the European steppe borderland. They became famous as ferocious warriors, their fighting skills developed in their religious wars against the Tartars, Turks, Poles, and Russians. By and large the Cossacks were Orthodox Christians, and quite early in their history they adopted a religious ideology in their struggle against those of other faiths. Their acceptance of the Muscovite protectorate in 1654 was also influenced by their religious ideas. In this pioneering study, Serhii Plokhy examines the confessionalization of religious life in the early modern period, and shows how Cossack involvment in the religious struggle between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicisim helped shape not only Ukrainian but also Russian and Polish cultural identities.
The Cossacks
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Author : Shane O'Rourke
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2007
The Cossacks written by Shane O'Rourke and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
This book covers 500 years of the history of the Cossacks -- the recklessly brave, wild horsemen, or the romantic hero of the steppe, or the brutal mounted policemen, as they have been remembered throughout history. A lucid and engaging book that conveys the passion, exuberance and tragedy of these extraordinary people, it will be enjoyed by students, scholars and general readers interested in Russian history.
The Cossacks
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Author : William Penn Cresson
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-02-21
The Cossacks written by William Penn Cresson and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-21 with History categories.
In 'The Cossacks, ' William Penn Cresson traces the history and culture of these legendary Slavic warriors
Tsars And Cossacks
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Author : Serhii Plokhy
language : en
Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Release Date : 2002
Tsars And Cossacks written by Serhii Plokhy and has been published by Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
Ukrainian Cossacks used icon painting to investigate their relationship not only with God but also their relationship with the Russian tsar. In this groundbreaking study, Serhii Plokhy examines the political and religious culture of Ukrainian Cossackdom, as reflected in the Cossack-era paintings, icons, and woodcuts.
Stories Of Khmelnytsky
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Author : Amelia M. Glaser
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2015-08-19
Stories Of Khmelnytsky written by Amelia M. Glaser and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-19 with History categories.
In the middle of the seventeenth century, Bohdan Khmelnytsky was the legendary Cossack general who organized a rebellion that liberated the Eastern Ukraine from Polish rule. Consequently, he has been memorialized in the Ukraine as a God-given nation builder, cut in the model of George Washington. But in this campaign, the massacre of thousands of Jews perceived as Polish intermediaries was the collateral damage, and in order to secure the tentative independence, Khmelnytsky signed a treaty with Moscow, ultimately ceding the territory to the Russian tsar. So, was he a liberator or a villain? This volume examines drastically different narratives, from Ukrainian, Jewish, Russian, and Polish literature, that have sought to animate, deify, and vilify the seventeenth-century Cossack. Khmelnytsky's legacy, either as nation builder or as antagonist, has inhibited inter-ethnic and political rapprochement at key moments throughout history and, as we see in recent conflicts, continues to affect Ukrainian, Jewish, Polish, and Russian national identity.