"Ural Cossacks" Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Nov 2015 11:48 a.m. PST |
"The Ural Cossack Host, formerly known as Yaik Cossacks, were one of many who were serving the Russian Tsar by the middle of the 19th century, when Britain and France invaded the Crimea. While the war in this region was primarily a siege, and so not well suited to cavalry (with a few famous exceptions of course), much use was made of Ural and other Cossacks in their traditional light cavalry role, and were increasingly used like regular cavalry too. Prior to the release of this set Strelets had already produced two sets of Cossacks for the Crimean War – their Terek Cossacks and their Don Cossacks. The Terek Cossacks, being Caucasian, had a distinctive appearance, while the set of Don Cossacks, which could more generally represent many Cossack hosts, suffered from having a dress uniform rarely seen in the field. With this set of Ural Cossacks the hope was that Strelets would deliver typical Cossacks is they would actually have appeared on the battlefield…"
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| dBerczerk | 27 Nov 2015 5:42 a.m. PST |
These would be fantastic if also released in 54mm! |
| Tango01 | 27 Nov 2015 10:43 a.m. PST |
Glad you like them my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
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