A sort of comic relief for those who know the basics of history. I was re-reading the old unofficial LGF dictionary and my GAZE fell upon this:

The name “Kossack” references the Cossacks, an old spelling of the ethnic group now known as Kazaks. When Russia absorbed Kazakstan into its empire, the Czar used Muslim Kazaks as a special cavalry due to their expert horsemanship and reputation for savage violence. Cossacks often were the perpetrators of horrific pogroms against Jews in Russian territory during the Czarist era.

*triple faceplam*