Many of the men were driven into the mountains, and the women were given over to the Cossacks, Fifty villages were wiped out. Gen. Alikhanoff is a native of Turkestan and was named All Khan before ...

November 25, 2024: Russia, desperate to find more manpower to reinforce their troops in Ukraine, has turned to its small Cossack population. Russia made a deal with the Cossack leadership to persuade ...

By using the term “Turkestan,” Turkiye aims to realign itself with Central Asia while also evaluating the region from its own distinct geopolitical perspective.

True to this moniker, Ukraine’s Cossacks — a semi-nomadic militaristic group originating somewhere in the 15th century — are renowned as sovereign warriors and pioneers of independence in ...

Grozny today bets on the promotion of the Kazačestvo movement - Russia's Cossacks - to revive mobilisation for war and to counter drug trafficking. A bet on yesterday's enemies that the Kreml ...

Not all of Turkestan is ancient, though. In a bid to attract more tourists, the Kazhak government pumped in a lot of funds to construct a new city with modern apartment blocks, malls and a state ...

The East Turkestan Government in Exile has issued an immediate and urgent plea to the 78th United Nations General Assembly and its member states for immediate and decisive action to halt China's ...

In Samarkand, the expedition was furnished with an armed escort of five Cossacks (pictured) by the Russian state. Pelliot warmed to the armed guard provided by the tsar.

Then, in 1654, the Cossacks signed the Pereyaslav Agreement with the Russian czars for military protection. The Russian empire grew and punished those who didn't submit.

KHORTYTSIA, Ukraine — This lush, wild island, the largest on the Dnipro River, is just outside the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, not far from the front line where Ukrainian soldiers are trying to ...