I'm really Russian, or rather, I'm a Cossack. I faced disregard in my estate a very long time ago. Thanks to popular Jewish culture in America, Cossacks are perceived as terrible anti-Semites. But I read the stories of Sholom-Aleikhem, who spoke very flatteringly of the Cossacks. When the lands of modern Ukraine were pogroms, the Cossacks dispersed the pogroms to save the lives of Jews. At that time the Cossacks in general were like special forces. If you do not believe me, then in Russia there is a Jewish bard Rosenbaum, who respects the Cossacks very much and there are several songs in his repertoire in honor of the Cossacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjuGZ0SzZaE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFYRpfymfNE