Word: cossack
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...once more a foremost favorite of the screen. This latest picture is among his best. It was adapted from the novel of Pushkin, and treats of a Russian youth who (figuratively) thumbed his nose at the Tsarina and considerably displeased the royal household. He becomes a Cossack and makes love, without too much exaggeration, to Vilma Banky...
When Nicholas toppled from the most absolute of Christian thrones, the obscure private rallied some of his disbanded Cossack comrades about him, cajoled and coerced them into a little army. By the example of his extraordinary personal bravery, he spurred them on to acts of organized plunder which enabled him to pay them regularly and cement their loyalty. In February, 1921, he terrorized Persia into accepting him as her Minister of War; by October, 1923, he had become Premier and Dictator of Persia; last week the cables carried confused reports which apparently herald his metamorphosis from Dictator into Monarch...
...night of Feb. 7 that Tschoudnovsky, accompanied by Red soldiers, went to the prison to inform the captives of their immediate execution. Admiral Kolchak was in his cell, fully dressed under a fur coat, and wearing a Cossack hat. He was expecting rescue at the hands of White forces under General Kappel, who was not far distant...
...Duke's immediate object is to raise 100,000,000 rubles ($51,400,000, pre-War rate) for his propaganda campaign. He appointed the Cossack General, Krasnov, as his aide-de-camp, and rented the Villa Choigny at Sauteny, Seine-et-Oise, as the temporary headquarters of the new movement...
Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy: " My eldest son, Theodore, Jr., can ride Cossack fashion, standing in his stirrups, and take hurdles like a steeplechase winner. Sons Quentin and Cornelius and daughter Grace share his love of sport...