Red Box 142 1/72 17th c. Ukrainian Registered Cossack Infantry

While the Cossack is very well-known throughout the world, the concept of a registered one may not be so familiar. Essentially such Cossacks were registered by the dominant power at the time, mostly the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and this granted them land in return for their military service, as well as some other privileges such as tax exemptions. Their numbers were always carefully restricted by such authorities, and the Cossacks were constantly striving to have their numbers increased, but in the 17th century that limit could be as much as 60,000, or as little as 6,000. What it meant was such men were the professional soldiers of the Cossacks, an elite with status and usually some wealth, giving them a desirable position in society but to a degree separating them as a class from unregistered Cossacks. They were the core of most Cossack armies, and while often small in number compared to the mass of the basic Cossack fighters, they formed an important part of any Cossack force as well as Cossack society generally.

Specifications

• Contents: 52 figures
• Poses: 16 poses
• Material: Plastic (Medium Consistency)