Where did the Cossacks come from?

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Some book by Tolsoy or some shit.

pyxa

russianized steppe nigger/tartar/khazar etc where ukraine is today, their "fertile cresent" they were the local power brokers who ruled the area, as far as the horseback rider could control.

Their mothers' wombs, d'uh

Probably from "Cocksuckland"

Russian peasants that got tired of farming

>nigger/tartar/khazar
lol what? they were literally runaway Russian, Polish and Ukrainian peasants who declared their own "state", and eventually evolved into being the tsar's personal military host

>horseback
Meme.

this, but I think they inhabited southern ukraine, and not all of (modern) it

see

yeah i meant sth ukraine just laazy poster ty

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>the absolute state of Veeky Forums

I see you've posted a wojak, here have a map brainlet.

>Cossacks are Khazars because this map says so
Nevermind the fact that other nomadic groups like the Cumans, Kypchaks and Pechenegs settled the area.

>Kypchaks
settled, didnt rule.

Cossacks only appeared centuries after Khazars were gone, Ameriretard.

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an areas represented by its ethno elite not a majority, humans arent all equal

They come from Rzeczpospolita obojga narodów.

Can you explain why they call themself "Cossacks", which means "Free people" in Turkic.
And why they use Turkic titles like "Ataman"?

A lot of Russians and Poles etc made their way to the steppe to live a free life, out of the hands of the kingdoms etc.