Cossacks (Ukrainian: козаки́, koza’ky; Russian: казаки́ pronounced [kəzɐˈkʲi] or каза́ки [kɐˈzakʲɪ], kazaki are a group of predominantly East Slavic people who became known as members of democratic, semi-military communities, predominantly located in Ukraine and in Russia. They inhabited sparsely populated areas…