Editorial

The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks

Volume: 6 Number: 1 June 30, 2024
  • Larysa Pritsak *
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The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks

Abstract

The East Slavic etymon kazak > kozak was borrowed from the Polovtsian qazaq (< qaz) some time after the fourteenth century. In this way the etymon kazak in Eastern Europe is of nomadic Turkic origin. To answer the question of the origin of the Ukrainian Cossack in the context of world history, the author proposes to develop a theory making use of the socio-philological approach of the German turkologist, Annemarie von Gabain. If we accept her theory, the Ukrainian ‘Kasakentum’, as a single phenomenon, was a regulating factor in nomadic social structures where a collective consciousness and a social decision making process dominated. In this social system there was no place for individual acts of heroism. If we analyze the sources concerning the history of Eastern European Cossack society in the XIV and XVII centuries in the territory of Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Russia, we should consider two aspects: that of the Cossack as an individual and also of Cossack society. From individual Cossacks was formed a Cossack social structure with its own ideology.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Early Modern History (Other)

Journal Section

Editorial

Authors

Larysa Pritsak * This is me
Ukraine

Publication Date

June 30, 2024

Submission Date

September 1, 2023

Acceptance Date

June 14, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Pritsak, L. (2024). The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Journal of International Eastern European Studies, 6(1), 1-31. https://izlik.org/JA26YH37UM
AMA
1.Pritsak L. The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Journal of International Eastern European Studies. 2024;6(1):1-31. https://izlik.org/JA26YH37UM
Chicago
Pritsak, Larysa. 2024. “The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks”. Journal of International Eastern European Studies 6 (1): 1-31. https://izlik.org/JA26YH37UM.
EndNote
Pritsak L (June 1, 2024) The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Journal of International Eastern European Studies 6 1 1–31.
IEEE
[1]L. Pritsak, “The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks”, Journal of International Eastern European Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1–31, June 2024, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA26YH37UM
ISNAD
Pritsak, Larysa. “The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks”. Journal of International Eastern European Studies 6/1 (June 1, 2024): 1-31. https://izlik.org/JA26YH37UM.
JAMA
1.Pritsak L. The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Journal of International Eastern European Studies. 2024;6:1–31.
MLA
Pritsak, Larysa. “The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks”. Journal of International Eastern European Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, June 2024, pp. 1-31, https://izlik.org/JA26YH37UM.
Vancouver
1.Larysa Pritsak. The Genesis of the Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Journal of International Eastern European Studies [Internet]. 2024 Jun. 1;6(1):1-31. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA26YH37UM