It is one of the colorful and acrobatic dances that is famous all over the world. We refer to the dance of one of the legendary peoples of ancient Russia such as that of the Cossacks. We told you that they were peasants and warriors, who lived as nomadic peoples in the steppes of Russia.
It seems that they began to live in the territories of present-day Ukraine in the mid-XNUMXth century, when many Slavs fled south to escape the Tatar yoke. Historical records also detail that in the XNUMXth century Cossack society was described as a diffuse federation of independent communities, often forming local armies.
Notably, the Cossacks played a key role during the expansion of the Russian Empire into Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia in the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, as well as serving as guardians of borders and protectors of cities, forts, and trading posts.