Context: Cossacks, although Slavic-speaking and Orthodox Christians, came from a mix of ethnic backgrounds, including Tatars and other Turks. Many early members of the Terek Cossacks were Ossetians.

Question: Cossacks came from what backgrounds?
Answer: Tatars and other Turks

Question: Many early members of the Terek Cossacks were what?
Answer: Ossetians

Question: What religious affiliation did the Cossacks have?
Answer: Orthodox Christians

Question: What primary religion do Turks follow?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What were many early Tatars?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did the Ossetians speak?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What ethnic backgrounds came from Cossacks?
Answer: Unanswerable