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2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
AT ALL TIMES, the Cossacks have been and remain an inalienable part of the Russian state, its history, culture and spiritual values. Since time immemorial, the Cossacks preserved and multiplied their glorious traditions: patriotism, courage, and faith in God and the Russian people.
Leo Tolstoy said in his time that the entire history of Russia had been made by the Cossacks. It was thanks to their efforts that the state was spreading far and wide; they came to the newly acquired lands to settle them and start new towns; they protected the borders against numerous enemies of Russia's. Their foreign marches fortified Russia's international positions; the glory of the Cossacks and their valor echoed in Paris, Persia and in the Balkans.
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