Fit&Well fitness writer Harry Bullmore performing a Cossack squat. Part squat, part splits, part dance move; the Cossack squat looks a little different to your standard stretch or exercise. It's also ...

Cossack patrols have done everything from securing courthouses to forcibly dispersing political protests in the Russian capital since President Vladimir Putin declared in 2012 that it is "the state's ...

KHORTYTSIA, Ukraine — This lush, wild island, the largest on the Dnipro River, is just outside the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, not far from the front line where Ukrainian soldiers are trying to ...

Many of the pro-Russian militants occupying government buildings in eastern Ukraine are being referred to in the media—or at least are referring to themselves—as Cossacks. Between this and the role ...

Children and teenagers undergo training at a military boot camp, run by local Cossack organizations and set up in the mountains of the Crimea near the town of Bakhchisarai, Ukraine. The camps last for ...

Cossack of the Don. 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 ...

The Persian shah was so taken by the Cossacks’ martial spirit that he requested the Russian tsar to create a similar troop in his own country. For the Russians, it was an unmissable opportunity to ...