A recent advertorial made Russian fans bloody againPutin's strongest hole card is not the Chechen troops, but a nation that Chechnya admires, the Cossacks.
And then counted how the Cossacks finished the Chechnya,First of all, admit that the Cossacks were brave and good at fighting, but how much does it still make sense in modern warfare?
To understand this question, first of all, we understand what kind of group a Cossack wasThe Cossacks were not a people, they were a community of people who kept their traditions.
The word Cossacks (kozacy, cossacks) is derived from the Turkic languageIt means "free man" or "brave man". The Kazakh (kazakh, qazaq) of the Kazakh ethnic group (Turanian race) is derived from the same Turkic vocabulary.
It has the same meaning as Kazakh, both of which come from the Turkic word, free and brave people, free herdsmen.
The composition of the Cossacks was very complex,In the early days, it originally referred to the Tatars, Ukrainians and Russians who fled from the Golden Horde to the regions of South Russia to engage in nomadismLater it was generally referred to as peasants, domestic slaves and urban poor who fled from the oppression of serfdom in the 15th and 17th centuries.
They're mostlyThe young serfs and poor people in the cities, unable to endure the oppression of the nobility and landlords, fled and fled to the southern regions of Russia, where the Cossack nation slowly formed.
These "free people (Cossacks)" were named after the regions in which they lived, and the "upper Cossacks" who lived along the middle reaches of the Don and its tributaries; Those who lived in the lower reaches of the Don River were called "Lower Cossacks"; Those who live in the lower reaches of the Dnieper are called "Zaporozhye Cossacks". Later, the "Volga Cossacks" appeared.
They are in a semi-independent state,Historically, Russia lacked control over the steppes of southern Russia, and this state of existence was also very much in line with the character and needs of the Cossacks.
So why did the Cossacks fight so bravely?
Most of the Cossacks were born at the bottom, they had nothingNaturally, there are no worries when resisting, and those who are barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, and the Cossacks belong to such a group
They are born with a spirit of rebellion, and they are willing to pay with their lives in pursuit of freedom.
After coming to the steppes of southern Russia, he was influenced by the nearby Turkic and Tatar peoplesThese peoples were good at horse archery and were equally fierce and aggressive, and this culture influenced the Cossacks who chose to flee in order to rebel against power.
CossacksI prefer Turkic or Caucasian women to marry, and I am less inclined to Slavic women.
The Cossacks intermarried widely, favored interracial ones, and preferred to choose physically strong women as mates.
The Cossacks lived a nomadic life of horseback warfare, fishing and huntingWomen who are physically strong are more attuned to their pace of life and needs. Therefore, despite their strong nationalist feelings, they do not reject intermarriage.
Women in the Caucasus region have strong bones and muscles, mainly dairy products, meat and other high-protein foods, and most of them are engaged in manual labor and regular exercise, which makes the body more muscular.
And not only men,Women were also favored for the physically strong, which allowed the Cossacks to maintain good fighting genes.
To sum up, the Cossacks are composed of descendants who escaped oppression, and they were born with a great spirit of resistance and courage that is not afraid of heaven and earth, which is why they are invincible in the battlefield.
So how much of a role do the Cossacks still have in modern warfare?
First of all, in the era of cold weapons,Combat courage and skill were superior, which was why the Cossacks were invincible.
Later in the era of hot weapons,Let's look at the generation difference first, and then look at the will to fight.
** On the premise that the generation difference is the same, the Cossacks have an advantage.
The USSR used the Cossacks during World War II,The Cossacks were activated when there was a shortage of cavalry in the war. At that time, Cossack cavalry was active in the battlefield against the German Nazis on the Western Front and in the war to exterminate the Japanese Kwantung Army on the Eastern Front。The Cossack cavalry contributed especially much in the Battle of StalingradIt's just that after the end of World War II, the Soviet Union disbanded it.
And now it's the era of contactless warfareThe impact of the will to fight is minimal, the torrent of steel can be turned into slag, can the flesh and blood and will of man block the missile?
So in today's world of full guidance ** and UAV dominance, the Cossacks have little advantage, and those so-called Putin's last strongest hole cards are Cossacks, just self-deception.
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