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'''Cossacks in the United States''' or '''Cossack Americans''' are American citizens of [[Cossack]] descent. A number of them self-identify as Cossacks in the US censuses. <ref name=ancestry2000/> A number of people culturally identify themselves as Cossacks. |
'''Cossacks in the United States''' or '''Cossack Americans''' are American citizens of [[Cossack]] descent. A number of them self-identify as Cossacks in the US censuses. <ref name=ancestry2000/> A number of people culturally identify themselves as Cossacks. |
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Additionally, there is a very small number of African-Americans who are of Cossack descent, and may refer to themselves as "Afro-Cossacks". The term "Afro-Cossack" was first introduced in 2023 by an African-American in Atlanta after discovering his family |
Additionally, there is a very small number of African-Americans who are of Cossack descent, and may refer to themselves as "Afro-Cossacks". The term "Afro-Cossack" was first introduced in 2023 by an African-American in Atlanta after discovering his family has Kuban Cossack roots. |
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[[File:MaleDescendant.jpg|thumb|Black American male (left) and his Kuban Cossack grandmother (right)]]<ref> |
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*[http://www.kazaksusa.com/ Cossack Congress in America] |
*[http://www.kazaksusa.com/ Cossack Congress in America] |
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**''About CCA'': "The Cossack Congress in America is an organization uniting [[Cossack Voisko]]s, organizations, and communities of ethnic Cossacks living in the North American Continent." |
**''About CCA'': "The Cossack Congress in America is an organization uniting [[Cossack Voisko]]s, organizations, and communities of ethnic Cossacks living in the North American Continent." |
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| American English, Russian, Ukrainian | |
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| Christianity, Islam |
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Cossacks in the United States or Cossack Americans are American citizens of Cossack descent. A number of them self-identify as Cossacks in the US censuses. [1] A number of people culturally identify themselves as Cossacks.
Additionally, there is a very small number of African-Americans who are of Cossack descent, and may refer to themselves as "Afro-Cossacks". The term "Afro-Cossack" was first introduced in 2023 by an African-American in Atlanta after discovering his family has Kuban Cossack roots.
Notable people
References
- ^ a b "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
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- Cossack Congress in America
- About CCA: "The Cossack Congress in America is an organization uniting Cossack Voiskos, organizations, and communities of ethnic Cossacks living in the North American Continent."
- "The Ukrainian Free Cossacks movement in the USA and Canada in 1960 – 1993"
- From the abstract: "After the end of the Second World War, the Ukrainian Free Cossacks movement continued to operate mainly among the Ukrainian Diaspora outside the USSR and the socialist countries. The Ukrainian Free Cossacks was a typical paramilitary non government organization. North America was the new center of the Ukrainian Free Cossacks in the early 1960s. "
- Cossack Congress in America
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