Boyarina Olena of Kozaky Hetmanshchyna (Cossack)

This drawing may perhaps look familiar to those people exposed to the History of Eastern Europe, or at least to those hailing from Russia, Ukraine or Poland. Indeed, the character represented here,  Boyarina Olena Yuriyovana, is a member of the Cossack Nobility who defected from the Commonwealth to fight with her people which could be seen from my depiction of her. Instead of just the traditional kaftan, I opted for a long sleeve mail hauberk on top of her highly decorated kaftan, which gives better protection in close combat. This is somewhat common amongst the elite or officers of the Cossack cavalry regiments that served under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the use of gauntlet only on her left hand means that she was from officer ranks. Her weapons is composed of a stylized curved sabre, a single-handed axe (the design is derived from Muscovites equipment) and a matchlock carbine. The only think I'd say that resembles cossack about her would be the thick fur hat, but I'm not so sure.

Just behind her on the right, I decided to include a heavily armored cavalryman, which could either be her cossack retainer or a Tatar. He is clearly drawn with heavy eastern plated mail armor, with the tall mail coif (I cant remember the name), complete with metal shield, bows and arrows (not depicted). Just next to him is a typical cossack man, with his kaftan, fur hat and a pretty cool mustache. Cossacks are incomplete without mustache, so all of the people drawn here has that cool mustache! I have also included a bardiche and a Polish Winged Hussar's Lobster helmet on the left corner, just for artistic touch. Also, i am not quite sure if something which resembles trenches like the ones in the drawing existed during the warfare of the era in question, but for the sake of artistic license, I decided to continue with it.