Maxim Kovalov, Cossack soldier, Rostov-on-Don
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Maxim Kovalov, Cossack soldier, Rostov-on-Don
The word Cossack is derived from the Turkic term 'kazak', meaning 'free man' or 'adventurer'. Tartar peasants who escaped serfdom in Poland and Russia, the Cossacks united in the 15th century as a self-governing warrior organization loyal
only to the Russian tsar. They were among Russia's greatest military assets but they gradually lost their power in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today there are hundreds of Cossack organizations across Russia, many of whom are seeking to
re-establish their traditions and political structures.
Motherland
March 2005
Chromogenic development print
1/3
Image: 22.8 x 18.2 cm
Overall: 25.3 x 20.3 cm
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, 2010
2010.0008.0092
Inscriptions verso (handwritten in black ink): edition 1/3 [signed]
(printed in black): Spectrum 2007/05/22 283 +3 +0 +0 +0 283.tif (1) 10:25:22
(printed in black): Spectrum 2007/05/22 283 +3 +0 +0 +0 283.tif (1) 10:25:22
