Also famous were the Ukrainian Cossacks who lived on the southern steppes of modern Ukraine. The most prominent and numerous are the Russian Cossacks of the Don, Ural and Siberia regions. This name has been shared by several groups throughout the history of Europe and Asia. The name Cossack is derived from the Turkic word quzzaq and mean simply "adventurer" and "freeman". The date we write not for no calendar have we got the moon is in the sky, the year is in a book, and the day is the same with us here as with thee over there, and thou canst kiss us thou knowest where ! Ī blockhead, a swine's snout, a mare's _, a butcher's cur, an unbaptized brow, May the Devil take thee! That is what the Cossacks have to say to thee, thou basest-born of runts ! Unfit art thou to lord it over true Christians ! Thou sow of Armenia, thou goat of Tartary. Thou swineherd of Egypt, both the Greater and the Lesser, Thou beer-brewer of Jerusalem, thou goat-flayer of Alexandria, What the hell kind of noble knight art thou ?.
They laugh their socks off over each word. Picture: Cossacks writing incredibly insulting reply to Turkish Sultan's demand for surrender (1675). Opened a passage between America and Asia. In 1648 the Russian Cossack Simeon Dezhnev Introduction: History, Weapons, Deployment. ‘Ueber den Kosaken, und dessen Brauchbarkeit im Felde’ He will not stand and oppose theirįormed attacks, and in open order he will surpass them in The German and French light cavalry are notįeared by the Cossack. Their own in closed order and sent forward the Polish for The French, as long as they possessed cavalry, held back Were capable to fight in closed, as well as in open order,Īnd because he had to cope with them almost all the time "The Cossack fears horsemen of no nation, except the Turks.įor the Polish lancers he has admiration, because these On the ground are corpses of French soldiers and horses.
Picture: Cossacks in early spring 1813, by Wojciech Kossak. They detest artillery, but when they are three to one they become impudent."Ģ. If I had then in my army, I would go through all the world with them." "Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. Cossack officer to Caulaincourt in 1812 He'd have been Emperor of China long ago." "If Napoleon had had Cossacks in his army Cossacks ! : Napoleonic wars: Tactics : Uniforms : Organization Cossacks of the Napoleonic Wars
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