Cossacks: Their History and Country, The by William Penn Cresson (1873 - 1932)https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cossacks-their-history-and-country-the-by-william-penn-cresson-1873-1932--6438077
From the Foreword: "It is the proudest boast of the Cossacks of today -- as of their forbears of the Ukraine -- that they have never been classed as serfs nor for a moment lost their freeman's instinct for the principles of liberty. While the peasants of North Russia were bowed in shameful submission to the Great Princes of Moscow and later to the 'dark forces' of the Tsar's court and the Baltic-German officialdom of the capital on the Neva, the history of the Cossack inhabitants of the southern steppes was (as we shall later see) a long epic of heroic resistance to the encroachments of autocracy."

- Summary by Kazbek]]>enHistoryCopyright ciessehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0aaf09abdc3ef46c2ada3eb506d25bd6.jpgCossacks: Their History and Country, The by William Penn Cresson (1873 - 1932)https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cossacks-their-history-and-country-the-by-william-penn-cresson-1873-1932--6438077Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:15:37 +0000ciesseciessefeeds@spreaker.comOne of the earliest histories of the Cossacks to appear in English, with an emphasis on the exploits of famous Cossack leaders and Cossack struggles for political autonomy. Originally published in 1919.From the Foreword: "It is the proudest boast of...
From the Foreword: "It is the proudest boast of the Cossacks of today -- as of their forbears of the Ukraine -- that they have never been classed as serfs nor for a moment lost their freeman's instinct for the principles of liberty. While the peasants of North Russia were bowed in shameful submission to the Great Princes of Moscow and later to the 'dark forces' of the Tsar's court and the Baltic-German officialdom of the capital on the Neva, the history of the Cossack inhabitants of the southern steppes was (as we shall later see) a long epic of heroic resistance to the encroachments of autocracy."

- Summary by Kazbek]]>falsea9b3c568-cf16-59aa-a8f5-711de76e2228serialChapter I. The Origin of the "Free People"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-i-the-origin-of-the-free-people--63206487https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206487Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse1800false1fullChapter II. The Zaporogian Cossackshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-ii-the-zaporogian-cossacks--63206497https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206497Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse2434false2fullChapter III. Yermak and the Cossack Conquest of Siberiahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-iii-yermak-and-the-cossack-conquest-of-siberia--63206498https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206498Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse2226false3fullChapter IX. The Hetman Platovhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-ix-the-hetman-platov--63206501https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206501Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse2584false9fullForewordhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/foreword--63206502https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206502Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse646falsefullChapter X. The Cossacks of To-day: Organization and Governmenthttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-x-the-cossacks-of-to-day-organization-and-government--63206503https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206503Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse1319false10fullChapter VI. Mazeppahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-vi-mazeppa--63206504https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206504Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse2190false6fullChapter VIII. Pougatchevhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-viii-pougatchev--63206509https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206509Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse2270false8fullChapter XI. The Cossacks of To-day: The Donhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-xi-the-cossacks-of-to-day-the-don--63206512https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206512Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse1318false11fullChapter V. The Struggle for the Ukrainehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-v-the-struggle-for-the-ukraine--63206517https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206517Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse892false5fullChapter XII. The Frontiers of Europehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-xii-the-frontiers-of-europe--63206518https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206518Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse1908false12fullChapter IV. Bogdan Hmelnicky: A Cossack National Herohttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-iv-bogdan-hmelnicky-a-cossack-national-hero--63206520https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206520Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse2580false4fullChapter VII. The End of the Free Ukraine: Little Russiahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-vii-the-end-of-the-free-ukraine-little-russia--63206696https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63206696Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:28:03 +0000ciesse1437false7full