atamans
- plural of ataman.
Example Sentences
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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
Besides, in the distant steppes Latin did not flourish as a rule, and such princes as the Kurtsevichi did not know it any better than Bogun and other atamans.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
A koshevoi ataman has rank confirmed and recognized by the Commonwealth, with which the kuren atamans can cloak their action.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The atamans and the koshevoi had seats on skins by the walls; but at that hour their places were not yet occupied.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Then the chiefs, or atamans, when speaking to their subordinates always took their caps off.
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
