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The Cossacks Are Back. May the Hills Tremble.Quicklink submitted by Kyle McDermott Permalink |
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 Cossack cadets practiced using whips in Stavropol, Russia. by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times |
Outside this city's police headquarters on a recent night, a priest in a purple velvet hat and gold stole moved from one man to the next, offering a cross to be kissed and drenching their faces with holy water from a long brush. And so began another night of law enforcement as Cossacks, the fierce horsemen who once secured the frontier for the Russian empire, marched out to join the police patrolling the city. In his third term, President Vladimir V. Putin has offered one clear new direction for the country: the development of a conservative, nationalist ideology. Cossacks have emerged as a kind of mascot, with growing financial and political support. The Kremlin is dipping into a deep pool of history: Cossacks are revered here for their bravery and pre-modern code of honor, like cowboys in the United States or samurai in Japan. But their legacy is bound up with battle and vigilante... |
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Russia's Cossack Revival - 2013
by Kyle McDermott on Monday, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:08:25 PM