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“That means state recognition, it means training for our cadets,” Cherkashin explained to his Cossack commanders, who are known as atamans.

From Time • Mar. 12, 2014

One had crushed the hetmans and the commanders; the other powerful Cossack atamans.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

But when the campaign was declared, the Brotherhood became an army subject to military discipline, the atamans officers, and the hetman a dictator in command.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

On his right side sat Hmelnitski, with the baton; on his left the koshevoi; but the atamans and the deputation from the Brotherhood sat farther away near the walls.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

In one corner of the square stood the council-house, in which the atamans used to sit under the presidency of the koshevoi.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk