If a Husky Russkie is celebrating a victory for Glorious Mother Russia, he is 90% likely to be doing this dance. It's commonly known as the Cossack Dance, but this is one of those cases of mislabeling by foreigners.In Ukraine, Cossack Dance or Kazatsky, is another name for the Ukrainian Hopak stage dance.he squat-and-kick move is properly called prisyadka (knee-bending) and is just one part of the dance, but it's the only part known to most non-Russians.