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Definition of Cossacks
1. cossack [n] - See also: cossack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cossacks
Literary usage of Cossacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1904)
"Finally, it was with the aid of Cossacks that Muraviev Amur- sky, ... In out own
day, in l900, it was mainly Cossacks that overran Manchuria. ..."
2. Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed (1919)
"It is only necessary that the Cossacks themselves should resolve to ... Arise,
Cossacks! Unite I The Council of People's Commissars calls upon you to enter ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"But in the meantime the Cossacks themselves had become a semi-independent ...
The Cossacks were supposed to be left alone as much as possible by the Polish ..."
4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"The empire had many causes of complaint against the Cossacks, ... In 1706 the
Cossacks of the Don had revolted against the government of the czar because ..."
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