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Yesaul, osaul or osavul (, ) (from Turkic yasaul - chief), was a post and a rank in the Russian and Ukrainian Cossack units.
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- Cossacks in Russia
- Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine
- General Osaul
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Yesaul, osaul or osavul (, ) (from Turkic yasaul - chief), was a post and a rank in the Russian and Ukrainian Cossack units.
The first records of the rank imply that it was introduced by Stefan Batory, King of Poland in 1576.
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