Korolev, who worked in the SFedU, but the revolution and the civil war interrupted this process. It is possible to speak about the tendency of the Cossacks' transformation into a subethnos before the revolution, it existed, it was recognized by the outstanding historian of the Cossacks V.N. Savelyev), the view of the Cossacks as a special ethnos that does not belong to the Russian people. вЂњI consider the myth about the origin of the Cossacks in ancient times (E.P. In addition to the Cossacks of East Slavic origin (Ukrainians by origin are the Cossacks of the Black Sea Cossack army, which became the main part of the Kuban Cossacks), Kalmyks, representatives of the Turkic peoples, there are Cossacks of other origin. In general, the ethnic origin of individual Cossacks has been considered in the literature. These are the Don Cossacks who preserved the Muslim faith and their names. according to sources, the 'Don Tatars' are generally known. lived a group of Cossack Tatars, who then emigrated to Turkey. Sci., Professor of the Department of Special Historical Disciplines and Documentation of the Institute of History and International Relations of the SFedU Nikolay Mininkov.ДЄccording to the historian, there is a large group of Kalmyk Cossacks among the Don Cossacks. At the same time, the Cossacks were ethnically variegated, вЂќthe D.I. East Slavic roots of the Cossacks prevail.

As for the origin, according to the sources, there is a close connection between the Don Cossacks and the Russian people, as well as the Cossacks with the Ukrainian people. вЂњEthnic self-identification is a personal choice of every person, the state and society should not impose anything. Historians of the Southern Federal University also have their own position when answering this question. Until now, experts cannot come to a common opinion: can the Cossacks be considered an ethnos or a special phenomenon or a certain class. From the military community, it formed into a separate stratum of society. The Cossacks in Russia originated many centuries ago.

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