On June 24, 1812, ignoring the advice of his closest ... they burned the countryside behind them, leaving the Cossacks to hack at Napoleon's rear and flanks, then gallop away.

Cossacks were known as servants of the state or, in Russian - Sluzhilyye Lyudi. These servants of the state played a key role in Siberian settlement by Russians. The Cossacks, a translation of the ...