cossaks
cossacks are the people of the steppe which live off the land and travel across the united tsardoms. they are the decedents of the mebers of the ethic groups of the tsardoms who sticted to there nomadic life style. they also retine the pagan gods of there forbears.
They are holy loyal to the tsar and the crown despite being the last pagan in the tsardoms as they believe that the tsar is the embodiment of the great stalion ilya .
They give the tsar an elite corp of cavalry and the best entire the royal cossak guards which serve as the tsar's personal bodyguards.
Cossack clans are ruled by hutmans who swear allegiance to the tsar. Cossacks are also very religious people and are deeply superstitious and hold to there pagan beliefs.
Cossack's hold a privileged statues in the lands of local lords and the heads of the four great houses of the tsardoms.
Meany cossacks work as mercenary. they lived by two things the sword and the horse and both are very important to the Cossack people.
During times of war the massive cavalry based armies of the tsar recruit many men from the cossack.
Naming Traditions
Feminine names
helga
helen
meria
tara
Anna
Masculine names
ivan
igor (Ingvarr in borovski)
Michael
andrei
Family names
Levrevich
Petroshenko
Culture
Major language groups and dialects
in the north near the boarder with the northern badlands the cossacks have there own language know as ranochu Cossack after the southern most badlands clan the ranchu
in the centrel steppe lathiana, estel and the tsardom Borovosk most speak the same language that of borovski but when they come to [the principlaty of ravabsk they tend to speak ravabski and own allegiance to the house of blood.
there are many cossack who live on the white sea coast as well and some of them have taken to the seas. Cossack sea farers many command fast naval vassals and like to raid the northern coast of the twin sultantes.
Culture and cultural heritage
unlike the sedanaty communities in the tsardoms the cossacks are the only group who worship a different faith as they worship there ancensoties pagan gods.
Shared customary codes and values
like most of the people of the tsardom the cossack share common language and codes.
Historical figures
Demitry Levrvich- known as the black corsair.
Ideals
Gender Ideals
in Cossack society it is considered that the men at the top of society as they are the warriors.
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