Registered Cossacks

stephencureatzj · #1 (**permalink**) 17th February 2011, 09:58

Hey all,

Was reading a history book this week and came across reference to registered Cossacks from the mid 1600's. I've heard that there are some surviving lists of names but have never actually come across such a thing online in all of my searching. Is there are online access to names of registered Cossacks in history, anywhere between 1600-1900? Do such lists actually exist?

Thanks, and for those of you in Canada have a great long weekend!
Steve

Hannia · #2 (**permalink**) 27th February 2011, 14:48

Stephen,

Little Henry (Hrytsko) looks like a happy, bouncy baby.
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Cossack Registration Lists - Explore URC Section.
The Ukrainian register cossacks :: Diaspora

Wolodymyr · #3 (**permalink**) 27th February 2011, 18:18

Hannia, fantastic,
I almost filled in the registration form, but somehow I don't think it would work for me

An interesting site, I saw a lovely story about a Japanese who married a Ukrainian girl, and became a cossack, travelling to Ukraine to get his Bandura. Was I dreaming? look here Sakuma-san becomes Sakumachuk

Wolodymyr

Hannia · #4 (**permalink**) 27th February 2011, 19:36

Wolodymir,

What harm would there be for you to check the surname? You never know. There were Cossacks in Vohlyn, who came to do war (I think circe 17th+ century) and some stayed.

The Cossacks were not ethnically a homogeneous group. They were a bunch of bad boys that included all kinds of micro-ethnic groups from what is Eastern Ukraine today. What tied them together was their love of freedom.

In the case of the modern day Samurai, it was his love of the Hopak and the Bandura, and given he was from Japan, his love of freedom too?

Wolodymyr · #5 (**permalink**) 27th February 2011, 20:32

Hannia,
eloquently put, it is indeed that sense of freedom in the songs and dances that lifts our souls. There is a lot in common between the Samurai and Cossack, so little wonder it fits him well.

Wolodymyr

stephencureatzj · #6 (**permalink**) 28th February 2011, 23:24

Hey thanks Hannia,

Quick question....am I missing something when I explore this website because I cannot seem to get a historical list of registered Cossacks??? What am I missing, forgive my ignorance!

Great to hear from you hope all is well!

Steve

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