The Cossack culture was warlike and proud, Merridale said.. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries of the Tsarist regime, Cossacks fought alongside the Russian armies, Merridale said.

In fact, we think the Cossack squat is one of the most underutilized exercises for building size and strength. This awkward exercise is perfect if you don't have access to a gym and want to do an ...

Zaporizhzhian Cossacks are warriors who have been revered for centuries in Ukraine. A family is maintaining the Cossack traditions by training people with swords, maces and their bare hands.

Cossack communities are often fiercely loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as one group based outside St. Petersburg showed by commissioning a bust of his head in the style of a Roman emperor.

The Zaporizhzhian Cossacks held out until Catherine the Great, one of the Russian empire's most formidable leaders, disbanded them in 1775. But today, Kopishinskyi says, the Russians are weak.

Cossack squats are a mobility exercise that builds strength in your quads, hamstrings, hips, glutes, core muscles, and lower back and improve flexibility and mobility. Our fitness writer did 90 ...

SOCHI, Russia — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, told USA TODAY Sports by phone that members of the band were beaten with whips by Cossack militia members ...

The Cossacks believe the rugged steppe of the south is theirs, steeped in the blood of their ancestors. Anyone is welcome to live there, they say, as long as it is by Cossack laws. Some, like the ...