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Kish otaman

Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine · Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies); originally Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1989) · 1989

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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.