Talk:Don Cossacks
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This article should be conected to History of Ukraine, rather than Russia.
Cossacks, to begin with, were run-away Ukrainian peasants in defiance of their serfdom to foreign - primarily Polish and Muscowy occupation of Ukraine. Don Cossacks, are Cossacks who settled the area of what is a modern day Russian Federationafter anti-Ukrainian or Anti-Cossack campaign of Muscowy. During that period and later on Cossacks were manipulated into service of Russian Empire - a cruel irony of Ukrainian history...
- POV statement...nothing more--Kuban Cossack 02:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
