I ll be on a visit to Crimea in late september.
I would greatly appreciate any tips for museums / places to visit there concerning archery.
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Stephen Selby
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No recommendations; but a request.
I read four years ago that an (ultra-nationalist?) Crimean group were trying to revive traditional Cossack martial arts on horseback. They mentioned horseback rifle shooting. I am interested to now if there has been any revival of archery.
(Can anyone educate me on the difference, if any, between Crimean Tatars and Cossacks?)
S
I read four years ago that an (ultra-nationalist?) Crimean group were trying to revive traditional Cossack martial arts on horseback. They mentioned horseback rifle shooting. I am interested to now if there has been any revival of archery.
(Can anyone educate me on the difference, if any, between Crimean Tatars and Cossacks?)
S
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Bede
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Cossacks are Russian and Ukrainians who initially set up self governing military communities who were later co-opted into the Russian army. They were originally infantry musketeers who used wagon laagers for strong points. They were very successful river boat raiders on the great rivers.
Gradually over the years they became cavalry using saddles of the Crimean Tatar type. Throughout their history they retained an independent frame of mind and a strong adherence to Orthodox Christianity. When they were politically independent they accepted recruits from almost anywhere.
The current image of the Cossack in a long coat with a sheep skin hat comes from clothes they adopted when they garrisoned the Caucasus.
The name Cossack is believed to come from the old Turkish quzzaq which meant raider or freebooter. It is likely that this was the origin of the name of the Turkish group Kazak as well.
The Crimean Tatars were descendants of the Mongols and their Qipchaq Turkish troopers who established themselves in the Crimea. They were Muslims and generally Turko-Mongol in race. The Tatar language is a Turkish language descended from Qipchaq. It became the main language of the Mongol founded states that formed out of the Khanate of Jochi, which the West calls the Golden Horde. Originally independent, they allied themselves to the Ottoman Sultan against the expanding power of Poland and Muscovite Russia. Well into the 17th century, they conducted slave raids into Eastern Europe. The Ottomans used them as auxiliary cavalry. The Girei Khans ruled until the Russians took the Crimea. The Russians also raised cavalry regiments in Crimea. Most were deported to Central Asia by order of Stalin after the Second World War.
Gradually over the years they became cavalry using saddles of the Crimean Tatar type. Throughout their history they retained an independent frame of mind and a strong adherence to Orthodox Christianity. When they were politically independent they accepted recruits from almost anywhere.
The current image of the Cossack in a long coat with a sheep skin hat comes from clothes they adopted when they garrisoned the Caucasus.
The name Cossack is believed to come from the old Turkish quzzaq which meant raider or freebooter. It is likely that this was the origin of the name of the Turkish group Kazak as well.
The Crimean Tatars were descendants of the Mongols and their Qipchaq Turkish troopers who established themselves in the Crimea. They were Muslims and generally Turko-Mongol in race. The Tatar language is a Turkish language descended from Qipchaq. It became the main language of the Mongol founded states that formed out of the Khanate of Jochi, which the West calls the Golden Horde. Originally independent, they allied themselves to the Ottoman Sultan against the expanding power of Poland and Muscovite Russia. Well into the 17th century, they conducted slave raids into Eastern Europe. The Ottomans used them as auxiliary cavalry. The Girei Khans ruled until the Russians took the Crimea. The Russians also raised cavalry regiments in Crimea. Most were deported to Central Asia by order of Stalin after the Second World War.
Bede