Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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... hetman's charter - deed written in Latin , a copper seal with a coat of arms , a St. George's medal for the Turkish ... Hetman Sagaidachny . My father used to laugh at his ' hetman descent ' and was fond of explaining that our ancestors ...
... hetman's charter - deed written in Latin , a copper seal with a coat of arms , a St. George's medal for the Turkish ... Hetman Sagaidachny . My father used to laugh at his ' hetman descent ' and was fond of explaining that our ancestors ...
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... Hetman : originally a Polish military title , retained by the Cossacks . 7 Zaporozhye : The Dnieper region where the main part of the Cossack army was settled between the 15th and the 18th century . 8 ' Bloodletting of Uman ' : massacre ...
... Hetman : originally a Polish military title , retained by the Cossacks . 7 Zaporozhye : The Dnieper region where the main part of the Cossack army was settled between the 15th and the 18th century . 8 ' Bloodletting of Uman ' : massacre ...
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