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ataman with Cossacks

ataman Anatoly Denisenko with his Cossacks,from Veydelevsky stanitsa. Photo taken during the Cossack festival October 17, 2012 in Moscow, in the sports complex "Luzhniki"

The first mention of "Cossack" in the dictionary there Polovtsian language «Codex Cumanicus» early XIV century. (1303).After the revolution, the Cossack troops were disbanded. During the Civil War the Cossack population was subjected to mass repression. Union of Cossacks of Russia was formed on 28-30 June 1990 at the inaugural Big Cossack circles in Moscow. In 2000, at the next congress of the Cossacks of Russia decided to create social and political movement "The Cossacks of Russia."

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Uploaded on December 15, 2012
Taken on October 17, 2012