Information in Latin written sources of the XIII century on the population, the device of the uniqueness of the golden horde and its role in the formation of the Cossacks in Russia

The Cossacks - a unique phenomenon in the long history of Russia. Along with numerous archival and ethnographic materials on the history of the origin and formation of Cossack communities, of considerable interest are the works of medieval Latin authors of the original world population of Russia. Valuable information about owners-nomic and social structure of the territories at the crossroads of agricultural and nomadic world allows you to see unusual views of the history of the Russian Cossacks.