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Ukraine calls itself the "Cossack nation". Nowadays, a lot of Cossacks are known to be fighting on the Russian side against Ukraine. When and why did Cossack allegiance switch from Ukraine to Russia?

by /u/Real_Carl_Ramirez in /r/AskHistorians

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