Seriously, they call themselves "Kossacks"??
I thought that was some kind of derogatory joke people who don't like them use.
(Then again, I derided Michael Savage by calling him "Doc Savage" and posting images of old pulp covers-- until I found out that his fans actually liked that.)
Definition-
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kossacks
“The name “Kossack” references the Cossacks, an old spelling of the ethnic group now known as Kazaks.
When Russia absorbed Kazakstan into its empire, the Czar used Muslim Kazaks as a special cavalry due to their expert horsemanship and reputation for savage violence.
Cossacks often were the perpetrators of horrific pogroms against Jews in Russian territory during the Czarist era. “
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Muslim?