(n.) One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the aftermath of the incident, there was considerable confusion over the hecklers’ identities – even within the Cossack community.
(2) So even the Cossack atamans might not be viewed as ‘real Cossacks’ by most residents of the region.” According to Gromov, describing groups as rhyazhenniye also does little to explain away the incidental wrong behaviour of Cossacks.
(3) With parliamentary elections due to take place in September, it’s not just opposition-minded Russians who are worried – some traditional Cossacks are too.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pussy Riot, including Nadezhda (Nadya) Tolokonnikova in the blue balaclava and Maria Alyokhina in the pink balaclava, are attacked by Cossack militia in Sochi, Russia, on 19 February 2014.
(5) In 2015, roughly 1bn roubles (£10.2m) was sidelined for Cossack groups in the Kuban region, the RBC newspaper reported .
(6) My father had been exiled there in Tsarist times after killing a Cossack who attacked a workers' demonstration that he was taking part in.
(7) An earlier version had the word "Kazakhs" where it should have said "Cossacks".
(8) Valentin Brylev, 65, a Ukrainian Cossack, said that Donetsk is not divided.
(9) February 21, 2014 Updated at 12.53pm GMT 12.45pm GMT Here is a photo from the square today: Lucian Kim (@Lucian_Kim) Don't mess with us: Cossacks beating drums on #Kiev 's Independence Square Friday.
(10) In addition to the huge number of different groups fighting on the Ukrainian side, there is also a ragtag assortment of people fighting for the separatists – a mixture of Cossack militias and others from Russia who may have links with Russian intelligence, people representing local business and criminal interests, and ideologically motivated locals who genuinely believe in the cause.
(11) Recently an MP in the Siberian region of Zabaikalsk called for a law allowing gays to be publicly flogged by Cossacks.
(12) said the Cossack, who would identify himself only as "Mortal," a nickname he said he received fighting in the Russian army during the first Chechen war.
(13) Glitter, who is hard of hearing and was aided throughout the trial by two lip speaking interpreters, arrived at court each day in his trademark dark glasses and a variety of different coloured tailored jackets, patterned silk scarf and a felt or cossack hat.
(14) He has been a friend of the Lebedevs since the young Evgeny approached Tatler about covering a party at Althorp in aid of the Raisa Gorbachev foundation (Tatler co-hosted it and the guests sipped champagne while watching a troop of Cossacks race over the grounds), and he got to know Rothermere's wife, Claudia, after becoming a foundation trustee.
(15) As the sun set over the cratered fields around Debaltseve, a group of pro-Russia Cossack fighters were retrieving boxes of anti-tank artillery rounds and two armoured vehicles left by Kiev’s forces on the side of the Rostov-Kharkiv highway, which was littered with mangled cars and turret-less tanks.
(16) This is a referendum under the guns of Russians, Cossacks and Chechens."
(17) As part of the tsarist army the Cossacks pursued Napoleon's forces across Europe , finally camping on the Champs Elysées in 1814.
(18) During the second world war Stalin reinstated Cossack cavalry units, but when peace returned they were again forgotten.
(19) 11.40am GMT Russian Cossacks have formed a protective cordon outside the parliament buildings in Crimea, France 24’s international editor Douglas Herbert says .
(20) A motley battalion is trooping the colours in the snowy yard at the Cossack military school near Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), nearly 1,000km south-east of Moscow.
Hetman
Definition:
(n.) A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.
Example Sentences:
(1) The British ambassador in Moscow sent a strongly worded telegram opposing further efforts being made to secure Hetman’s family.
(2) Hetman” – the codename under which Gordievsky operated – had disclosed that at least 25 Russian and east European diplomats based in London were spies.
(3) Their note added that “it was recognised that this would be hard for Hetman to accept.