Dance of the Zaporozhian / Ukrainian Cossacks

[@alexmoskov]

This painting is so epic it comes to life!!! I love being Ukrainian, and i love to be optomistic and positive.

[@slavkowirlo9230]

After all these years of doing Ukrainian dancing, I am definitely bias. I use to dance to this piece of music and though my dancers to dance to it. Kozacks are free men, no wonder my wife cannot tame me.

[@IgorTheRocker]

The last sentence made my day.

[@thewalrus723]

Our friend :) blessings from Z old city of Indianapolis (so vee is not in Esfahan). U know: now I'll have to awake with this scenario every day. And my other wife with continue hitting me over the head with her skillet (poor skillet, my bein Kazakh). Kara jorga when U can, it's all over the planet. What planet I have no ascertation.... U and Ur loved ones R dancers..... Blessings!!!

[@thewalrus723]

...and my other wife will continue. and that S/B my being Kazakh but what do I know with this downing of the Kamchatka vodka? Oh, wait a minute, great grandmum came from Vladavostok! oy vey, such a deal!!!

[@maravilla1992]

omg they are very skilled dancers. that huge jump and double kick impressed me.

[@myyaoibetch]

Just wanted to say-- coming out the picture was awesome! Dobre!

[@Bosirant]

Fabulous video. It's wonderful that Ukrainians of all origins, ancestries and ethnicities can live in harmony in a land where diversity is encouraged and valued. That's the true Zaporozhian Cossack leadership example and legacy that lives on.

[@ClintEastwood711]

Every time I watch this, it just brightens my day. Full of optimistic energy! Слава Україні!!! =D

[@СергейСараев-й9д]

9иян мпвщ сччш _6 вад

[@СергейСараев-й9д]

И вам дротик от укр😊

[@tojiroh]

Great joy and grace in a powerful performance. :-) Does anyone know the name of the theme (title, composer, etc)?

[@ridney5887]

Great video, and the letter the dance (and painting) refer to is pretty hilarious as well!

[@Kataaan]

man!!! dancers were so good back in the day

[@STALKER1918]

Великолепное исполнение

[@blasty137]

No words can describe how awesome this is. Simply amazing.

[@anyaonline]

I myself was born in Russian but my mom is Ukrainian. My best memories are from spending time in Ukraine with my granny. While Russian & Ukrainian cultures maybe similar Ukrainian people are happier, way more fun and light hearted. I thank God for my granny every day! Simply love Ukrainians! They have sence of humor no matter what!

[@carapo66]

Crazy moves! I love it. What are they saying at 1:35, does anyone know?

[@TigoMordor]

Very good! Greetings from Poland :D I'm proud, because I have some cossacks blood :) Slava Slavianom!

[@possitiveattitude]

nice! Great work out! Kozats'kyi gopak!

[@bratkotenka]

great dance and workout too specially for the legs!

[@linhademontagem]

Yo naci en Brasil, San Pablo y mi madre y padre nacieron en Lviv. Amo mi cultura eslava!

[@kiwicossack]

I visited Zaporozhye 3 times,went to the Island' once mountainbiking,seen a wolf,big horses and a big moustache.I like Zaporozhye and my house has many things I brought home from there.Wish I can visit again : )

[@jamaicangoodguy]

FANTASTIC DANCING, MUCH BETTER THAN THOSE HIP HIP MOVES I ALWAYS LOVED THIS TYPE OF DANCE FANTASTIC,

[@Pravoverniy]

Достойно восхищения!!!

[@richardcleveland8549]

This is a fine example of something the Soviets did well - the army band, chorus and dancers. Absolutely magnificent.

[@PrairieBoy99]

No need to bring race into this. If breakdancers incorporate some Ukrn dance moves into their repertoire, good on 'em- after all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! As a Cdn of Ukrn & Rusn lineage (biracial!!) who did many years of Ukrn dancing, who had the good luck to see these guys live in Canada in 1987 (88?), and who also played a lot of bebop trumpet, I can say that quality transcends all boundaries - as this amazing performance does with ease. Thanks to whomever posted it.

[@Vulturer]

thank you so much for uploading this :)

[@christhomas1289]

What’s the song at the end? I herd it before I just can’t remember the name of it?

[@Whistlejocket]

That was fantastic thank you so much

[@jobirgheidi]

Incredible dancing..........

[@carapo66]

Wow, wow, wow.

[@alaskamish]

Blah, Blah, Bla to all these comments. This group of performers are fantastic! Who cares who invented what. Over the centuries what with all the traveling every culture has done, all have borrowed and created a little from everyone. Its whats make us all who we are today. And if we could just live in uninson and harmony, the world would be a better place for all of us! I've definately added this to one of my favorites on youtube.

[@carapo66]

Fantastic

[@heavyT196908]

Wish my grandparents were alive and could see this.What great dancing!!!

[@Khva0]

Таа.. Файно хлопці дали жару.

[@annasheila30]

Очень понравилось. А где найти видео лучшего качества? не ясно видно

[@1evaave1]

Казаки, да казаки, ай да казаченьки эх, молодцы!!!

[@ЕвдокимовМихаил-т9ф]

Привет молодец.Яки гарни хлопци. Курянин.

[@JaveDMode]

Wow, that's crazy stuff! Incredible. They are all super-human or something.

[@AlaskaSteve]

Слава Україні! Solkovsky, you are correct. Shukhevych was a great man and he was turned into some sort of monster by the Poles and the Russians.

[@zahzuh]

Some of the music here was used for the Mike Jitlov short "The Wizard of Speed and Time"..

[@tojiroh]

This is one of those moments where I stumble on something extraordinary. I usually can't recall who points me in the direction of interesting things like Mike's amazing work, so let me take the time to thank you for this, zahzuh! :-) That said, if anyone is reading this, be sure to check out the Wizard of Space and Time, both the short & the feature length!

[@Aorenai]

Haha, Russelt0228 :P Actualllyyyyy... Cossacks did not drink during times of war, nor did they allow women in the sich :o BUT they still danced and it is awesome.

[@Virtuoso80]

So if you have bad knees as a Cossack, you're pretty much fucked?

[@lany3rene]

ça nous réveille et ça fait du bien.

[@albertomorgancervantes3761]

¡Qué fortaleza! ¡Bravo guerreros de la danza! Sin comparación.

[@julenamo1]

Very nice! I wish I also knew how to dance as well. Greetings from Spain :)

[@chengloki]

Good imitation by the Soviet Army Chorus. By the way, the chorus is Russian, not Ukrainian. =Stefan=

[@kiwicossack]

privet from New Zealand...I visited Zaporozhye in 2003 2005 and 2008,hello my good friends

[@goutnouk]

Fantastisk flot dans. Sikken en sporty og atletisk dans.

[@narlyandtuff101]

This is an incredibly complicated letter haha ;P

[@koumbouras1]

Ein Meisterwerk...!!!

[@josedomingo5082]

Gracias a la gran Republica de Rusia por mostrarnos su folklor ,es muy lindo y un gran ejemplo para muchos. Gracias.

[@katitadeb]

De hecho son ucranianos

[@josedomingo5082]

Gracias Srta,mi ignorancia es grande,pido disculpa.Saludos desde Chile.

[@katitadeb]

+Jose Domingo Por nada :) saludos.

[@ricardopontes7177]

Ucrania*

[@80schckrstyleTedB01]

great one! when the vid was shot?

[@allen182]

great dancing

[@lanalavrenyuk]

where r nowdays cossacks, r there any ? around? this day?I am looking for one !

[@rakovskii]

I don't understand on the subplot starting at 3:11, and ending at 4:03 where for no apparent reason they decide to stop fighting. And at 3:36 the screen has a heart attack and a dude magically goes from standing up to bent over. And it happens a second time, but without the blur.

[@jpsurfyogi]

Great Dance stuff, regardless of where it's from. Can't imagine how their knees must feel after a couple hours of that though...

[@Mikemugee]

Where can i get a pair of thoes pants they are awsome, BTW 5th gen Ukr here ;) Love Ukraine !

[@SlavicMKD]

And as always with the Cossacks. Fuck gravity!

[@dyevotchka1]

This reminds me how much I miss the UK concerts of the Red Army and Navy - BRING THEM BACK!

[@Kellds47]

What type of music was that after the fade and how can I find more of it?

[@Piastowic]

The 'Kozaks" don't know what gravity is. Did you ever see 'Cirque de Soliel' of Montreal, gravity is also not a part of their vocabulary.

[@shootr9]

@erclievski kozak is name given to ukrainians by tartars because we were free men, how could russian be free man when he kissed feet of Tsar and treated him like he was better than everybody else?

[@zaporozhez]

Quite likely that this was filmed in one of the VDNKhs (Exhibition of achievements centres). Whether this is Kiev, Moscow or Minsk centre is anyone's guess.

[@sarajbosna]

And look at those balloon pants. They were a part of the Ottoman Janissaries' uniforms. Cossaks, sometimes fought against Ottomans, sometimes with them. Cossaks are Cossaks regardless where they live.

[@Solkovsky]

I wish this account of Kozak history - the true account - was more remembered. Good Kozak dance, BTW. This must have been made more recently; I needn't state that the Sovjet Union weren't always that keen on Ukrainian culture, especially in the Stalin/Khrushchov years.

[@uporabn1k]

@basilolo I did afterwards... eaven thought it could or could not be the actual one (at least the one i was reading) it was still a lot of fun to read.

[@XIsorenIX]

Amazing.

[@toocoolforu]

At 1:21 it looks like the washington water square in front of the lincoln memorial without the wash. monument lol

[@benthead]

That's a good point !

[@Tanyushinki]

film quality looks like 1951! many of these moves seem humanly impossible!!! ah... the saddest songs and the happiest dancing!!!and the maddest horsemen.......

[@Danny11230]

Well, I can proudly say that my people (Ukrainians) are the original creators of break dancing. In your face Hip-Hop.

[@kolodachlutyi1661]

Козацькому роду нема переводу! Слава Україні! Героям Слава!

[@6285317]

Коментар здається настільки недоречним що це схоже на просту провокацію. Та все ж хочу спитати, які книжки ви любите і що читали за останній час?

[@Masterfootballer23]

Мне главное хорошие, и именно братские отношения между нами, не важно в Российской Империи или нет, всё остальное это только на пользу может будет. Вот мне например Путин и ЕР не по душе, я больше либерал, КГБистов и автократов я не люблю, Лукашенка политика вообще плоха по моему, вот, зато есть ещё русская земля, это Киевская, тут мне государство больше по душе, хоть тоже с проблемами. Но хотя бы я не боюсь государства ни чуть, политика интересней, вообщем, по душе место. А Русыны хорошие люди.

[@TheRealFreznoBob]

Russians and poles come from the same root, the slovyane who lived on the shores of the Black sea and created the capital of slovak civilization Kievsky Rus. Ukraine IS the fatherland, remember your roots.

[@Szheherazad]

Are those actual cossack dance steps or is this ballet? Curious. Did cossacks really dance?

[@EsaulRuss]

@lilsteller That is because thousands years ago Irish (Celts) separated from people who are now Slavs:-)

[@tamcon72]

Actually, sarajbosna, the Janissaries were mostly Ukrainian boys who were kidnapped in sorties by Ottoman troops and brainwashed/trained in exile in Turkey to fight their own people when adults! The puffy pants, charavari, are of Mongol origin. These pants are ideal for horseback riding, which the Kozaky did as avidly as the Mongols, so they adopted the pants style for ease. The pants are ideal for dancing too, come to think . . .

[@chengloki]

Cossacks may be Russin, but Kozaks are Ukrainian. =Stefan=

[@minhali]

"Za svit vstaly kozachenky"--"Before dawn arose the kozaks," the title is misquoted to say "The kozaks whistled." I have been hearing this famous song for over 60 years! It tells how the kozaks arose in the night on their expedition and Marusenka wept, so they say "Do not weep, Marusenko, do not weep, do not worry," the kozak will return, and his mother tells her son to ride but to return, however, his horse stumbles, so he fears that he will not come back.

[@sarajbosna]

The very work Kozak/Kazak is not a Slavic word. It is a Turkic word meaning "free man" or "adventurer". These nomadic Turkic tribes integrated into themselves a lot of Slavic (Polish, Russian, Ruthanian, etc.) serfs who escaped from their landlords from the 15th century on. Over time, the Slavic language prevailed, however, the name and culture of the original Turkic Kosaks survived.

[@carapo66]

Thanks.

[@trollkors78]

Yes, that letter was the right way how to answer the oppressors...

[@Pav10z]

Ми вміємо дати жару!!! ГОПЦЯ ДРИЦЯ ГОПЦЯ-ЦЯ!!!))))))БУГАГАГАГАААААААААААА)))))

[@erclievski]

cossack means: free man. no mater who you are, russian or ukranian.

[@chengloki]

This old Kozak will not forget. What STALIN did to us, we will not forget.Kozaks have long memories. =Stefan=

[@GGMacarthur]

thts why they gave it to joseph starling ? in the war

[@chromatosechannel]

apparently, beer's the life of the party. talk about rowdy dancing eh?

[@EsaulRuss]

@erclievski It means first and foremost a free fighter!

[@nwora]

anyone ones what they're saying at the end?

[@ukrsindicat]

"i покажим що ми, браття, Козацького роду!" Гiмн Украiни

[@mpkukie9]

Literal translation: "Hey boys, don't worry, look here and everywhere." It's a traditional Ukrainian Kozak phrase, but I am not sure of it's intended meaning. Maybe "hey boys, relax and take a look at this."

[@tismurdis]

Moj mene! us Slavs sure know how to dance!

[@Pravoverniy]

@chistitan Любят поляки коверкать историю и приписывать себе события. Назовите мне, когда восточная или центральная Украина были территорией Польши? И украинские земли, которые были под влиянием Польши, находились под влиянием Польши какое время? Когда Сечь Запорожская была Польшей? Ответ- НИКОГДА! Нет и грамма заслуги Польши в достижениях запорожских казаков. Это были величайшие воины своего времени и были они украинцы, а не поляки!

[@mrmajestik1111]

how about we forget about the history lessons.. and watch the video for what it is.

[@1ZUB1]

Козацькому роду нема переводу

[@LuvvyDuck]

Why do so many people have to turn innocent videos into "hostility festivals"? Can't you just enjoy what's on here and be quiet, or at least allow the REST of us to enjoy them??? You know, it's no wonder that wars get started. For God's sake, everybody, GROW UP!!!

[@metaMamay]

The same video in a (slightly) better quality is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZicpoN_lq14ftk

[@EsaulRuss]

@hobonotabum That is our main difference from Russians, is our loving nature and kindness, never forget that, the fight is not over

[@chengloki]

Kozaks cannot forget. =Stefan=

[@slawowycz]

ukraina forever !!

[@Czosnozord]

nie dawno poznałem ukraina mieszkającego w krakowie wporządku chłopak ;] pozdrawiam ukrainów

[@SuperTheriona]

4:01 - это был дружеский жест по пятой точке? 5:09 Danger! Aching!!! опасно, блин!!!

[@DrezdenHC]

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