a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language
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