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Mythologies of the Cossack Tribes

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The  Cossack  are a predominantly  East Slavic   Orthodox Christian  people originating in the  Pontic–Caspian steppe  of eastern  Ukraine  and  southern Russia .  Historically, they were a semi- nomadic  and semi-militarized people, who, while under the nominal  suzerainty  of various Eastern European states at the time, were allowed a great degree of self-governance in exchange for military service. Although numerous linguistic and religious groups came together to form the Cossacks, most of them coalesced and became  East Slavic -speaking  Orthodox Christians .  The rulers of the   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth   and   Russian Empire   endowed Cossacks with certain special privileges in return for the military duty to serve in the irregular troops. ( Zaporozhian Cossacks   were mostly infantry soldiers, using war wagons.   Don Cossacks   were mostly cavalry soldier...