Strelets-R 0027 1/72 Russian Cossack Infantry and Sailors
Cossacks were all mounted irregular cavalry. Everyone knows that, but they’re wrong. Certainly the majority served as horsemen, and highly skilled they were too, but some served as infantry, and these make up the bulk of this set.
35 Cossacks are to be found in this box, in a wide variety of poses that reflect something of the unorthodox nature of these men. A good many are kneeling or crawling, and several are brandishing fearsome-looking knives. One man even holds a rope – a tool with which many Cossacks would be familiar. Some are clearly engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
