Kozacy — naród, etnos, stan społeczny? Problem tożsamości Kozaków z terytorium Federacji Rosyjskiej (XX–XXI wiek)
Cossacks — nation, ethnos or state? Question of Russian Cossack’s identity in the 20th and 21st centuries

Author(s): Daria Ławrynow
Subject(s): Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Cossacks;identity;Russia;The Russian Civil War (1917–1922)
Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to the question of Russian Cossacks’ identity in the 20th and 21st centuries. The 20th century was crucial in Russian history because of some historical events. For Cossacks it was a time of pivotal decisions. Cossacks were fighting against Bolsheviks, but many of them didn’t support the idea of having one and indivisible Russia. Some of them had aspirations to create independent Cossacks’ state — Cossackia. The main question was: ‘Who are we?’ Russian history provides various theories of the Cossacks’ origin: Slavic theory (“Cossacks come from Russian fugitives”), Mongol and Tatars Cossacks genealogy, Caucasian genealogy, Scythians, Sarmatians or other ancient Cossacks genealogy, Theory of Cossack’s independent Nation.

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