"The laughter of a cossack" meaning !?

[Topspeed]

There is an old phrase in finnish language as the cossacks were the mercenaries already in the 1700s...when cleaning up (from ritches) conquered the land and looting.

During the WW 2 it also was in use...as a man in guard might end up waking up in the laughter of a cossack.

Cossacks were the fearless warriors in USSR and Russia much prior to present day.

Are cossacks still a treath ? :roll:

[Juha Tompuri]

Topspeed

The post, specially

Are cossacks still a treath ?

is hardly about the Winter War & Continuation War.

/Juha

[Hans1906]

A very interesting and impressive historical painting, when I first saw this painting, many years ago, I was speechless...

"Die Saporoger Kosaken schreiben dem türkischen Sultan einen Brief"
Wiki (G) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Sapor ... inen_Brief

"Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks"
Wiki (E) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reply_of_ ... n_Cossacks

I remember one or two descendants of Cossack families whose ancestors fought in the service of the Wehrmacht before 1945.
Deeply religious and straight people, impressive people.
Of course, these few encounters were the sons and grandsons of Cossacks; I never met a contemporary witness in person.
I have read the few av. books in German language.


Hans

[Hans1906]

A little addendum, I recommend this book in German language, the book can be found online as a *.pdf file.

Direct link to the *.pdf file https://plotzsaegmuehl.de/buecher/kosaken.pdf
1982, 273 pages, download size is 32 megabyte
A bit difficult to find, but (almost) nothing is impossible...




Hans

[wm]

The cossacks were frequently employed as scouts so the story of soldiers on sentry duty meeting them in unfavorable circumstances is quite believable.

[Topspeed]

I see Stalin hated cossacks and thus they were employed by the germans !

[Topspeed]

I think the bad reputation of the cossacks in Finland in 1715 were the root for the "funny remarks".

[Hans1906]

I think the bad reputation of the cossacks in Finland in 1715 were the root for the "funny remarks

The photo is well known, Goebbels welcomed German / Cossack soldiers, place and date unfortunately unknown to me ?
Only the German officers wore the white Papakha, am I wrong ?

Papakha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papakha


Hans

[wm]

I think the bad reputation of the cossacks in Finland in 1715 were the root for the "funny remarks".

Did separate cossacks units of the Russian Army even exist in 1715?

[Juha Tompuri]

Time to end this off-topic

/Juha