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Sich Council

Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine · Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies); originally Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 4 (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.DisputedThe term 'Cossack democracy' accurately describes the Sich as an egalitarian polity.