The Cossacks are back

The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey. Painted by Ilya Repin from 1880 to 1891.


The Atlantic Monthly Online has an article about the revival of Cossack culture... although the article does not present this in a particularly good light, it is nice to see that the Cossacks are again a factor in Russia.

Painting link found thanks to Rob Booth.