Posts

Showing posts with the label Ukrainian Cossacs

The warrior Cossacks of Ukraine.

Image
The warrior Cossacks of Ukraine. For hundreds of years, a tiny island in the Dnieper River provided sanctuary to a legendary group of warriors - Ukraine's Zaporozhian Cossacks. The men moved to Khortytsia in the 15th Century in search of freedom and democracy, as Andriy Kravets from the BBC's Ukrainian service reports. More video see on BBC website: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34292278