Zaporozhian Cossacks

The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host (Ukrainian: Військо Запорозьке, romanized: Viisko Zaporozke, or Військо Запорізьке, Viisko Zaporizke, Russian: Войско Запорожское, romanized: Voysko Zaporozhskoye) or simply Zaporozhians (Ukrainian: Запорожці, romanized: Zaporozhtsi, Russian: Запорожцы, romanized: Zaporozhtsy, Polish: Kozacy zaporoscy, Czech: Záporožští kozáci) were Cossacks who lived beyond (that is, downstream from) the Dnieper Rapids, the land also known under the historical term Wild Fields in today's Central Ukraine and Eastern Ukraine. Today much of the territory is flooded by the waters of Kakhovka Reservoir.

Zaporozhian Cossacks

The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host (Ukrainian: Військо Запорозьке, romanized: Viisko Zaporozke, or Військо Запорізьке, Viisko Zaporizke, Russian: Войско Запорожское, romanized: Voysko Zaporozhskoye) or simply Zaporozhians (Ukrainian: Запорожці, romanized: Zaporozhtsi, Russian: Запорожцы, romanized: Zaporozhtsy, Polish: Kozacy zaporoscy, Czech: Záporožští kozáci) were Cossacks who lived beyond (that is, downstream from) the Dnieper Rapids, the land also known under the historical term Wild Fields in today's Central Ukraine and Eastern Ukraine. Today much of the territory is flooded by the waters of Kakhovka Reservoir.