Organisation: Cossacks

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

general

Book review: The House of the Dead

While Siberian gulags will forever be associated with the Soviet era, Neil Robinson finds that the Tsars were the first to send their people on the long march across the Steppes.

world

Police detain more than 100 bikers as Texan city goes into lockdown

world

Russian rebels seize control of strategic town in Ukraine

world

Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea despite warning

Pussy Riot assault shows Russia unfit for Olympics

sport

Russia defends treatment of Pussy Riot in Sochi

Militia attack Pussy Riot protesters

Cossack militia attacked Russian punk group Pussy Riot with horsewhips as they tried to perform under a sign advertising the Sochi Olympics.

Wed, 19 Feb, 2014

Cork: A place for society

Hassett’s Restaurant,

Sun, 09 Feb, 2014

O’Brian still thrills with collection of travel tales

A Book of Voyages

Sat, 25 Jan, 2014

Cossacks take to streets of Moscow

Renowned for their sword-fighting prowess and notorious for their anti-Semitism in tsarist Russia, the Cossacks are taking on new foes: beggars, drunks, and improperly parked cars.

Tue, 27 Nov, 2012

Neither fascism nor saving the Jews was Britain’s aim

PAT MULDOWNEY quite rightly points out that Britain did not go to war to defeat fascism (Letters, Sept 5).

Mon, 10 Sep, 2007