Cossacks

Cossacks.
The cossacks are one of the nations living in Russia, fierce warriors, particularly nomads and excelent horsemen. They are some of Russia´s fearfoul nations, as they will destroy any "unwanted" nations and tribes. The seem to be also a type of police, looking for criminals or any other people if given order. Indy´s father says they are also a kind of a secret police.

Starting out as a small group of tribes around Azov and Ural, they were half turkish, half Slavic nation. Unlike their Ukrainian cousins, the Cossacks were less free and constantly fought for the Tsar, but still were fiercly independent and fought to protect their home from Russias gretest enemy´s-Poland,Ottoman empire and the Siberian Tatars. Cossacks were masters of the steppe and could ride excellently, always being a part of the Russian Imperial forces.

Later, in nineteenth century, all free people of southwestern Russia would call themselves Cossacks or "Chumaks". So, thought biologically not the same, the number of the Cossacks grew. Tsar would tolerate this to them