The Cossacks (Russian: Каза́ки́, Kazaki; Ukrainian: Козаки́, Kozaky; also known as Polish: Kozacy, originally erived from Turkic Qazaqlar) of martial people living in the southern steppe regions of Eastern Europe and Asia. Most historians agree that the Cossack people were of mixed ethnic origins, descending from Russians, Ukrainians, Tatar Turks and other warriors who settled or passed through the vast Steppe that stretches from Asia to southern Europe. The Cossacks themselves make up a Cossack host, which allows to distinguish individual Cossack groups by their location, history, traditions and even military roles.