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A day in the life of a Cossack warrior - Alex Gendler

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The year is 1676, and a treaty has officially ended hostilities between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire. Despite a serene sunset on the Dnipro river, the mood is tense for the Zaporozhian Cossacks. Renowned as one of Europe’s most formidable military forces, they are in the midst of a power struggle. Alex Gendler outlines a day in the life of a Cossack soldier.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Alex Gendler
Director
WOW-HOW Studio
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Producer
Alex Isaev, Daria Kachan , Tatiana Koroleva
Art Director
Victor Zhuravliov
Storyboard Artist
Victor Zhuravliov
Illustrator
Victor Zhuravliov, Nikita Bondarenko, Anna Aleksandrova
Animator
Konstantin Bunovsky, Dmitrii Zakharchuk, Elmar Aleskerov
Music
Stephen LaRosa
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Associate Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Fact-Checker
Rebekah Barnett

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