Russia

Donald MacKenzie Wallace, Sir

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Published
10 September 2010
Pages
624
ISBN
9781162682754

Russia

Donald MacKenzie Wallace, Sir

The Zaporovian Commonwealth has been compared sometimes to ancient Sparta, and sometimes to the mediaeval Military Orders, but it had in reality quite a different character. In Sparta the nobles kept in subjection a large population of slaves, and were themselves constantly under the severe discipline of the magistrates. These Cossacks of the Dnieper, on the contrary, lived by fishing, hunting, and marauding, and knew nothing of discipline, except in time of war. Amongst all the inhabitants of the Setch–so the fortified camp was called–there reigned the most perfect equality.

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