Definition of cossacks free#
Privileges and vast social autonomy, which they valued.Īt the same time the Cossacks, remaining true to their free spirits, mostly respected the Tsar and the Patriarch, but hated state bureaucracy and when they felt the Tsar was unjust they didn’t hesitate to start rebellions. The Cossacks loyal to the Tsar, the government gave them special Responsibilities were to guard the country’s borders. Social estate, which was to serve the Russian Empire. Image from In the 18th century the government turned the Cossacks into a special Some of the most famous ones were the Zaporozhian, Don and Kuban Cossacks. The Cossacks were named by their geographical locations. The senior officers were called starshina and the Cossack settlements were called stanitsas. Rada (the Band Assembly) held the legislative powers. Once accepted into the community, they stopped being Germans, Russians or Ukrainians – they became Cossacks.Ĭossacks had their own elected headman, called ataman, who had executive powers and was supreme commander during the war. The first such self-governing warrior Cossack communities were formed in the 15th century (or, according to some sources, in the 13th century) in the Dnieper and Don River regions.Ĭossacks also accepted Tatars, Germans, Turks and other nationalities into their communities, but there was one condition – they had to believe in Christ. Image from The government tried to find and punish them, but the number of those on the run became so great that it was impossible to catch them all and soon the state had to give up and recognize the newly established communities on its borders.
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