Specific books on the Cossacks (16th to 18th centuries)

Sarissa

I realize Osprey published a title on the Cossacks once, but there is so much to be explored in this subject that a number of titles can be covered - all equally colourful, dramatic and fascinating. For example, a title on the Zaporozhian Cossacks of the late 16th century to 1775 (immortalized by Gogol's novel Taras Bulba). This would cover their many and varied wars and raids from Poland to the Ottoman Empire. Excellent warriors and very well armed! Then there can be titles on individual personalities and campaigns e.g. the Ukrainian Cossack uprising of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1648-57), the rebellions of Stenka Razin (1670s) and Yemelyan Pugachev (1773-74) against the Russian government. These were all major upheavals and the last two an important part of Russian history.

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