Sergei Tsapenko is a Cossack in America, and on Russia Day this year, he dazzled fellow Russian Americans with a glimpse of part of his prize-winning collection of military memorabilia from tsarist and Soviet times.
© RIA Novosti . Karin ZeitvogelSergei Tsapenko makes a point during a speech at the meeting of the Russian Compatriots in America

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Sergei Tsapenko makes a point during a speech at the meeting of the Russian Compatriots in America
© RIA Novosti . Karin ZeitvogelA page in Cossack general Sergei Tsapenko's scrapbook, showing life in tsarist Russia

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A page in Cossack general Sergei Tsapenko's scrapbook, showing life in tsarist Russia
© RIA Novosti . Karin ZeitvogelA collection of Soviet and imperial military medals in Sergei Tsapenko's collection

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A collection of Soviet and imperial military medals in Sergei Tsapenko's collection
© RIA Novosti . Karin ZeitvogelA hand reaches into the glass case holding Sergei Tsapenko's collection of Russian military medals on display at the Russian Cultural Center in Washington

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A hand reaches into the glass case holding Sergei Tsapenko's collection of Russian military medals on display at the Russian Cultural Center in Washington
© RIA Novosti . Karin Zeitvogel / The Russian Cultural Center in downtown Washington, DC on Russia Day, June 12, 2013

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The Russian Cultural Center in downtown Washington, DC on Russia Day, June 12, 2013
© RIA Novosti . Karin ZeitvogelGalina Komissarova points to an old postcard of the Kremlin in Cossack general Sergei Tsapenko's scrapbook

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Galina Komissarova points to an old postcard of the Kremlin in Cossack general Sergei Tsapenko's scrapbook
© RIA Novosti . Karin ZeitvogelSergei Tsapenko attended the meeting of the Russian Compatriots of America in full Cossack uniform

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Sergei Tsapenko attended the meeting of the Russian Compatriots of America in full Cossack uniform
© RIA Novosti . Karin ZeitvogelSergei Tsapenko opens his scrapbook, chronicling bygone times in Russia, during a meeting of the Russian Compatriots in America

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Sergei Tsapenko opens his scrapbook, chronicling bygone times in Russia, during a meeting of the Russian Compatriots in America