Kozak/Cossack

[nataliek at UALBERTA.CA]

You are correct.  As I said, I think Subtelny's analogy to cowboys is  
useful.  Cossacks/kozaks were no more an ethnic group than cowboys.   
That does not prevent them (be it cowboys or Cossacks/kozaks) from  
being appropriated as a symbol.


>
> OK, now I'm confused.
> I had learned (mistakenly perhaps, it happens) that Cossacks/Kozaks  
> were not an ethnic group at all, but a group that established itself  
> historically from "outlier" types (runaway serfs, "incorrigibles,"  
> various freedom-seekers) and then developed a loosely defined society.
> Is it the appellation that's Turkic, or the actual group?
>
> Please correct me.
> I should be writing exams instead or responding to the thread about  
> p.c., but one is no fun and the other one would be, well, angry  
> frustration.
> This is an actual opportunity to learn something ...
> -FR
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Natalie Kononenko
Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
University of Alberta
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
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