A delegation of fourteen Don Cossacks — formerly the spearhead of Czarist anti-Semitism — recently visited New Zlatapol, center of the Jewish national region of that name, and received an enthusiastic reception.
Hundreds of Jewish farmers met them at the station in automobiles decorated with flowers and flags.
A Jewish farmer said, in welcoming the Cossacks, that he remembered the role they played before the revolution and the terror their name carried for the Jews.
“But today, we Jewish agricultural laborers are glad to extend a brotherly welcome to the new Cossacks, who are our brothers in toil,” he added.
The Cossacks replied that they knew of no differences among nationalities. They mentioned the friendly competition between the two communities in volume of agricultural production and emphasized their desire to learn new agricultural methods from the Jews.
A children’s Olympic-game festival was held in their honor. The Cossacks visited various Jewish farms and spent several days in the region.
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