Cossacks

E52005

ethnic group military community social class

The Cossacks are a historically semi-nomadic, militaristic East Slavic people known for their autonomous communities and significant role in the military and frontier history of Russia and Ukraine.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Zaporozhian Cossacks	2
Black Sea Cossacks	1
Cossacks of the Zaporozhian Host	1
Registered Cossacks of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	1
Siberian Cossacks	1
Ukrainian Cossacks	1
Zaporizhian Host	1

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ military community ⓘ social class ⓘ
associatedWithState	Cossack Hetmanate ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation Soviet Union ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian People's Republic
culturalElement	Cossack dances ⓘ Cossack hats (papakha) ⓘ Cossack martial traditions ⓘ Cossack sabers (shashka) ⓘ Cossack songs ⓘ distinct Cossack uniforms ⓘ
demographics	diaspora communities in other countries ⓘ minority populations in Russia ⓘ minority populations in Ukraine ⓘ
ethnicity	East Slavic people ⓘ
governance	Cossack Hetmanate ⓘ Cossack Host ⓘ surface form: Cossack host council of elders ⓘ military democracy ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	clan-based organization ⓘ distinct dress and regalia ⓘ frontier community ⓘ horseback warfare tradition ⓘ militaristic ⓘ orthodox Christian tradition ⓘ self-governing ⓘ semi-nomadic ⓘ strong warrior ethos ⓘ use of democratic assemblies ⓘ
historicalPeriod	15th century origins ⓘ 16th century consolidation ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ surface form: Russian Empire period Soviet period repression ⓘ early modern period ⓘ post-Soviet revival ⓘ
historicalRegion	Don region ⓘ Krasnodar Krai ⓘ surface form: Kuban region Siberia ⓘ Terek Oblast ⓘ surface form: Terek region Ural region ⓘ Zaporizhian Sich ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ Ukrainian language ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian
nativeTo	Eastern Europe ⓘ Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ territories of modern Russia ⓘ territories of modern Ukraine ⓘ
partOf	history of Russia ⓘ history of Ukraine ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Ukrainian Orthodox tradition ⓘ
roleIn	Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) ⓘ surface form: Khmelnytsky Uprising Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Pugachev Rebellion ⓘ Russian Civil War ⓘ border defense against the Crimean Khanate ⓘ border defense against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ border defense against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ colonization of Siberia ⓘ expansion of the Russian Empire ⓘ frontier defense of the Russian state ⓘ
statusInRussianEmpire	hereditary service class ⓘ privileged military estate ⓘ
subgroup	Cossacks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Sea Cossacks Don Cossacks ⓘ Kuban Cossack forces ⓘ surface form: Kuban Cossacks Orenburg Cossack forces ⓘ surface form: Orenburg Cossacks Cossacks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siberian Cossacks Terek Cossacks ⓘ Ural Cossack forces ⓘ surface form: Ural Cossacks Zaporizhian Sich ⓘ surface form: Zaporizhian Cossacks
traditionalActivity	border patrol ⓘ cavalry service ⓘ farming ⓘ fishing ⓘ horse breeding ⓘ raiding ⓘ
traditionalLeaderTitle	ataman ⓘ hetman ⓘ
usesInstitution	Krug ⓘ Kuban Rada ⓘ surface form: Rada

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexis of Russia → ally → Cossacks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cossacks of the Zaporozhian Host

Cossack Hetmanate → alsoKnownAs → Cossacks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaporizhian Host

Alexei Razumovsky → associatedWith → Cossacks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ukrainian Cossacks

Ukrainian Cossack songs of Dnipropetrovsk region → associatedWith → Cossacks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaporozhian Cossacks

Nogai Horde → conflictWith → Cossacks ⓘ

Zemsky Sobor of 1613 → electorateIncluded → Cossacks ⓘ

Terek Oblast → ethnicComposition → Cossacks ⓘ

Ural Cossack forces → ethnicComposition → Cossacks ⓘ

Orenburg Cossack forces → ethnicGroup → Cossacks ⓘ

Pyotr Krasnov → ethnicGroup → Cossacks ⓘ

Kharkiv → foundedBy → Cossacks ⓘ

North Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Cossacks ⓘ

Polish–Lithuanian intervention → hasParticipant → Cossacks ⓘ

Taman Peninsula → historicalInhabitants → Cossacks ⓘ

southern Russia → historicallyAssociatedWith → Cossacks ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Russia

Smutnoye vremya → involves → Cossacks ⓘ

Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) → mainBelligerent → Cossacks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaporozhian Cossacks

Ukrainian Cossack songs of Dnipropetrovsk region → mainSubject → Cossacks ⓘ

HMS Cossack → namedAfter → Cossacks ⓘ

Ural Cossack forces → partOf → Cossacks ⓘ

Bolotnikov Rebellion → participant → Cossacks ⓘ

Cossack Hetmanate → predecessor → Cossacks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Registered Cossacks of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Cossacks → subgroup → Cossacks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siberian Cossacks

Cossacks → subgroup → Cossacks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Sea Cossacks

False Dmitry II → supportedBy → Cossacks ⓘ