JOURNAL “VOLNOE KAZACHESTVO – VILNE KOZATSTVO” AS A PLATFORM FOR FORMING COSSACK NATIONAL IDENTITY AND POLITICAL RESISTANCE: FOUNDING HISTORY, EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES, AND THEMATIC DIRECTIONS

The aim of this article is to analyze the role of the journal “Volnoe Kazachestvo – Vilne Kozatstvo” in Cossack emigration and its influence on the formation of the ideology of the Free Cossack Movement. Special attention is paid to changes in the editorial policy and visual design of the journal. Historical-cultural analysis, textology, and comparative research methods are used to achieve this goal. The publications of the journal and modern studies were examined, which allowed for the identification and analysis of the main ideas, program statements of the editorial board, and the public reaction to the publication. Novelty. This article is the first to systematize information about the editorial policy and visual changes of the journal “Volnoe Kazachestvo – Vilne Kozatstvo” and to analyze its impact on the Cossack movement. The connection between the activities of the journal and the ideological changes in the Free Cossack Movement is examined in detail for the first time.