The Cossacks: An Illustrated History
by John Ure
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Author: John UreEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-12-02
ISBN: 158567138X
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
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Book Review: Author brings a lot of confusion into understanding of cossacks.
Summary: 1 Stars
Author is telling a story of Russian cossacks who evolved from Ukrainians that fled into Don region after they were defeated by Russian tsarina Catherin, but he don't bother himself to dig deeper to find a historical truth. His story is heavily biased by Soviet and Russian propaganda that impute ancient Ukrainian history (including Cossack movement) to Russian empire.
If you want to know a real story about where cossacs are coming from, read "Ukraine: A History" by Orest Subtelny, or "A History of Ukraine" by Paul Robert Magocsi instead. You will get much more understanding of these fearless warrior's who were following democratic principles and who managed to stay autonomous for over 300 years.
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