In this video we will talk about the early history, origin and identity of the Don Cossacks. We will understand how the first Cossacks appeared on the Don and who they were - descendants of the Russian state, descendants of mysterious vagabonds, or descendants from the Caucasus. How and by whom were the Cossacks replenished in the future, and were the Cossacks really descendants of runaway serfs and villeins? What role did the Cossacks from Zaporozhye - Cherkasses and Don Tatars - play on the Don? Is it true that “Cossacks are descended from Cossacks”? We will find out what was the ethnic identity of the Cossacks and how it changed over the centuries. Finally, we will try to evaluate the role of the Cossacks in the struggle that the Russian kingdom waged with Crimea and Turkey in its struggle for access to the Black Sea.
00:00 Are Cossacks descended from Cossacks?
02:06 History of the Don land
03:21 About the Brodniks and the Orthodox population on the Don
05:49 The growing importance of the Don land and Moscow's policy
07:51 Birth of the Don Cossacks
10:47 Ethnic composition of the Don Cossacks
13:05 Cossacks after the Troubles and their links with South Russian cities
14:53 Regions of origin of the Don Cossacks
15:56 Don Tatars other “foreigners”
17:10 Social composition of the Don Cossacks
22:39 Ethnic self-consciousness
26:14 Role of Orthodoxy in the life of the Don Cossacks
27:42 Transformation of the Don Cossacks' self-consciousness and its causes
30:05 Anthropology and genetics of Don Cossacks
33:30 Don Cossacks as the vanguard of Russian expansion
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