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 Moscow, Russia. 1997
Photographs of young trainees
draw laughs at a gathering of young Cossacks; an earring like the one Mikhail
Chernikov, at right, wears, in Cossack tradition signals that he is the
only male supporting his family, excusing the him from hazardous battle
duty.
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| Novocherkassk,
Russia. 1997
Reflective of her future part in Cossack society, a young girl watches a parade in Novocherkassk from the sideline. Girls inherit a passive role in this macho world: cooking, keeping house, minding the children. |
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