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Cossacks
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A military people of mixed origin, chiefly Tartar and Slav, who fought on horseback, in their own interest as well as that of Russia, defending its interests in particular for centuries past in many a struggle, and forming an important division of the Russian army.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Cossacks'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/cossacks.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.