Don Cossacks

Don Cossacks

March 2, 2024

Don Cossacks, Cossack settlers (see Cossacks) who in the 16th cent. founded the virtually independent republic of the Don Cossacks on the fertile steppes along the lower course of the Don River. Novocherkassk was their chief town. The host of the Don Cossacks was governed by a popular council, the Rada, and by an elected chief, called ataman. Their daring raids and exploits attained legendary proportions under Stenka Razin. Read more

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Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / March 1, 2024

Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / March 1, 2024

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Moscow Tightening Screws on Circassians who have Returned to Their North Caucasus Homeland, Reducing Prospects for Revival of National Movement There, Activists Say

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Moscow Tightening Screws on Circassians who have Returned to Their North Caucasus Homeland, Reducing Prospects for Revival of National Movement There, Activists Say

Paul Goble

Черкесский флаг

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Two Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Two Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Adel Bashqawi

February 24, 2024

Editorial Cartoon / Walt Handelsman

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Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / February 19, 2024

Paul Gobles 50 Windows on Eurasia / February 19, 2024

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How Putin is Killing Ethnic Minorities

February 10, 2024

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Vladimir Putin Announces 1 Surprise ‘Regret’ Over Ukraine-Russia War

Vladimir Putin Announces 1 Surprise ‘Regret’ Over Ukraine-Russia War

Vladimir Putin Announces 1 Surprise ‘Regret’ Over Ukraine-Russia War

No, the Russian president does not wish he hadn’t started the war in the first place.
Kate Nicholson
By: Kate Nicholson
15/02/2024


Russian President Vladimir Putin CONTRIBUTOR VIA GETTY IMAGES

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