From Border Guards to Body Guards: The Cossacks in Imperial Russia (History Lecture)
8/14/2021
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
FREE online lecture This lecture traces the rise and fall of the Cossacks as a population dedicated to the service of the Russian empire. Starting with their frontier origins in the steppes between the Russian and Ottoman empire in the sixteenth century, analyzing their subjugation under tsar Peter I and his successors, and exploring their changing roles in an expanding empire, this lecture provides an overview of their unique privileges and crushing responsibilities under the Romanovs.
