 | Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Sir Robert Wilson - 1810 - 310 sider
...a description of troop peculiar to the Russian army. Amalgamated in the Russian empire, the natives of the Don and the Volga* still preserve a constitutional...serve gratuitously for five years with the Russian * There are some who believe that the Cossaques have been a people 900 years, and suppose them to have... | |
 | 1811 - 724 sider
...— The Cossaques are a peculiar to the Russian army. Amalgamated in the Russian, empire, the natives of the Don and the Volga still preserve a constitutional independence which il possessed by none of the other provinces of Russia. Regulated by their own laws, exempt from taxes,... | |
 | 1813 - 124 sider
...description of troop peculiar to the Russian army. Though amalgamated in the Russian Empire, the natives of the Don and the Volga still preserve a constitutional...possessed by none of the other provinces of Russia. Supposed to have originally come from the neighbourhood of Mount Caucasus, they first settled on the... | |
 | John Hampdon - 1815 - 638 sider
...The Cossacks, we have already described, are a description of troops peculiar to the Russian army, and governed under the immediate authority of their...serve gratuitously for five years with the Russian armies, and some interior services connected with their own police. Blessed with a country of rich... | |
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COSSAQUES. • THE Cossaques are a description of troop peculiar to the Russian army. Amalgamated in the Russian empire, the natives of the Don and the Volga* still preserve a constitutional independence which is possessed by none of the other provinces... 