My grandfather was a Cossack calvary officer from just outside Tblisi, Georgia. After attending a military academy he fought against the Germans in the Csar's Army in WW-I, and when he returned home, joined the White Army fighting the Reds during the Russian Revolution. He eventually emigrated to the US in the 1920's. He once told me of a traditional toast made by Cossacks, a farewell courtesy provided by their hosts. Phonetically it sounded like "Striminoya" -- sorry, don't have the actual spelling in Cyrillic. I think it meant, "One for the stirrup" or "For the stirrup" meaning one final shot of vodka just before the first boot stepped into the stirrup as a Cossack mounted his horse to gallop away. Can anyone confirm or add to that memory?

NEW: Just found this word for stirrup -- стремя. If I recall my Russian alphabet pronunciation, that would sound like "strimya". So maybe the word was actually "Strimyanoya." Sorry, it was a long time ago.