The Romanovs and the Romanovs' Cossack Guard

The Romanov Dynasty: Rise, Power, and Bloody End — Fexingo History · Aug 14, 2026 · 6m · transcript

In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna trace the Romanov dynasty through the lens of one of its most enduring institutions: the Cossack guard. From the Zaporozhian Sich and the Don Cossacks to the Pugachevshchina and the final days of the empire, we explore how the tsars both relied on and feared these fierce horsemen. We look at the atamans, the sotnias, and the stanytsias, and how the Cossacks became both the tsar's hammer and, later, a force for revolution. Along the way, we touch on the roles of Stenka Razin, Yemelyan Pugachev, and the Soviet-era commanders Semyon…