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2025-03-23 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

'People of the same tribe.' Why the Zaporozhian Cossacks decided to live in Russia

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Posted by badanov 2025-03-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 OK, I have Zaparozhian leader ancestors. This is a tad bit ... tendentious.

In the 1600s Moscow was trying hard to establish defensible independence from the Tatars, even as the Ottomans continued to push northward. The tsar negotiated an agreement with the Zaparozhian cadre in which he recognized their autonomy in exchange for the Cossacks providing trained horses for his cavalry and defending against incursions from the East.

Meanwhile, Ukrainians including some Cossacks thought they had a mutual autonomy agreement with the Poles/Lithuanians. It didn't work out well for them.

Eventually Catherine the Great demanded that the Zaparozhians be integrated with the russian military, which occurred.

Posted by Vortigern Speaking for Boskone4685 2025-03-23 11:20|| 2025-03-23 11:20|| Front Page Top

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