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Borys Krupnytsky; Arkadii Zhukovsky · Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies); originally Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993) · 1993

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EstablishedThe Zaporozhian Host was governed by a general assembly (rada) that elected and could depose its senior officers, including the kish otaman, while Cossacks lived in kurins that elected their own otamans.EstablishedBy the eighteenth century, Cossack elections coexisted with imperial restrictions and the dominance of a wealthy officer group, so that the formal right of free election was constrained in practice.DisputedThe term 'Cossack democracy' accurately describes the Sich as an egalitarian polity.