The Cossacks' brief independence: Russian and Polish wars in Ukraine, from the Deluge to the Ruin

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The Zaporozhian Cossacks have a long history of independent-mindedness, interspersed with a long history of service to the Russian Empire. How did these two concepts converge to create one of history's most well known partnerships?

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[j.d.snyder]

Very impressive. Your use of inserts for dates and major events is stellar as are your historical maps.

[steventhompson]

Your channel has some good stuff, I'm surprised you don't have more views on some of the videos.
I became fascinated by geography as a kid in elementary school looking at maps, and around 14 yrs old I really got into history when I began learning on the internet about WWII, napoleonic era, and the mongol empire. I think history and geography are complimentary and can't be separated.
I don't know that much about the cossacks before the napoleonic era except some of the eastward expansion into Siberia under the czars, this was interesting