Cossack (disambiguation)

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Cossacks are members of present day and former (pre-Soviet) ethnic and cultural communities living in Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossack articles on specific periods include:

• History of the Cossacks
  • Decossackization, Bolshevik policy to eliminate Cossack communities in the period between 1917 and 1933
  • Registered Cossacks, during the period 1572–1648
  • Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation, since December 2005

Cossack or Cossacks may also refer to:

• Cossack, Western Australia, ghost town in the north-west of Western Australia
• Cossack (horse) (1844–?), also known as The Cossack, a British Thoroughbred racehorse

Vehicles

• HMS Cossack, the name of various British Royal Navy ships
• USS Cossack, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
• Cossack motorcycle, brand name for several motorcycles made in the former Soviet Union
• Antonov An-225 aircraft, NATO reporting name Cossack
• Cossack, model of the Lada Niva Russian automobile

Video games

• Cossacks: European Wars, a 2001 Ukrainian made video game
  • Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars, its sequel
• Doctor Cossack, video game character in Mega Man 4

Stories

• The Cossacks (novel), by Leo Tolstoy
  • The Cossacks (1961 film), 1961 film based on the novel
• The Cossacks (1928 film), a 1928 American silent drama film
  • The Cossacks (1960 film), 1960 film starring Edmund Purdom

See also

• Cassock, an ankle-length clerical robe
• Kazakh (disambiguation)
• Kazaky, Ukrainian pop band