about Cossaks
They are nowdays legaly organised parramilitary in Russia, with most of men being in Afghan war in Chechenia, and balkans fighting alomgside Serbs against muslims.
They live in separate areas in Russia, sometimes whole counties are Sossaks, they train regula millitary exercises and holding automatic AK-47s and PK MG`s
They live by strickt christian ortodoxy rules dna society is mixture of Christian-millitarism and ultra conservatism.
Millitia men from US, you would like to be in Cossaks :)))
http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/cossack/cossack.htm