The Cossacks were a semi-nomadic warrior people from the East, who exchanged service for great powers in return for elements of self-rule. | Morbid Curiosity

WHY COSSACK WOMEN WERE NOT TAKEN INTO SLAVERY AND WHY COSSACKS DID NOT WALK ARM IN ARM WITH THEIR WIVES OR CARRY CHILDREN IN PUBLIC❓⚔️👩‍👧‍👦 Cossacks, who lived on the borders of the Russian Empire, were a unique phenomenon — people who combined military toughness with deep emotionality⚔️❤️ Their character and way of life were shaped by constant closeness to death, which gave birth to special, seemingly contradictory traits. Russian officers often noted this duality of the Cossack spirit. On o