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12-505: Kosh may refer to: Ukrainian culture [ edit ] Kosh otaman (16–18th centuries), an officer of the Zaporozhian Host Kosh or Kish, a military society of Zaporizhian Sich that was elected annually on January 1, October 1, and 2-3rd day of Easter Zvenyhorodka Kosh, the biggest military formation of Free Cossacks Sloboda Ukraine Haidamaka Kosh  [ uk ] ,

24-806: A military formation of Ukraine (1917–1919) Places [ edit ] Kosh, Armenia , a town in Armenia Mir Kosh , a village in Ghotki district, Sindh Other uses [ edit ] John Kosh (known as simply Kosh), album cover designer and art director Kosh Naranek , a fictional character in the Babylon 5 television series Wittman Regional Airport (ICAO Code: KOSH), an airport in Wisconsin, United States See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Kosh All pages with titles containing Kosh Topics referred to by

36-500: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kurin In the administrative definition, a kurin usually consisted of a few hundred Cossacks, with their own land, treasury and flag, and around a hundred houses. The number of kurins was not permanent, and varied throughout time: during the 16th century, there were 8 kurins in the Zaporozhian Sich and 38 during the first half of

48-569: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kosh otaman Kish otaman ( Ukrainian : Кошовий отаман , romanized :  Koshovyi otaman ; also known as Koshovyi of the Zaporizhian Host ) was a chief officer of the Kish (central body of government) of the Zaporozhian Host in the 16th through 18th centuries. The otaman

60-459: The starshyna and other military councils. A Kish otaman was elected for a term of one year and in exceptional cases was reelected. Upon expiration of his term amounted to report on his activities to a military council. The Kish otaman that was not re-elected, returned to his assigned kurin . In 1723, this rank was depreciated with the nomination of an nakaznyi otaman ( Ukrainian : Наказний отаман , 'appointed' or 'acting otaman') by

72-551: The Tsar of Russia . Among most famous Kish otamans were Ivan Pidkova , Ivan Sirko , Petro Kalnyshevsky . There were at least 30 Kish otamans in the history of Zaporizhian Sich before its collapse in 1775. Nothing is known about the Kish otamans of Tomak Sich, Bezlavuk Sich, and Mykytyn Rih Sich. The longest standing Sich was the Chortomlyk Sich of which most of information has survived. After

84-400: The 18th century. All Cossacks had to be part of a kurin and were listed on the so-called "kurin komput" (a register of Cossacks in the kurin), and were subject to the kurin otaman . In the other definition, a kurin is a type of housing, sometimes temporary, which can vary in size and purpose: from a small tent made of leaves, to a large wooden house for permanent occupation. The kurin was

96-570: The Zaporozhian Cossacks" ( Ukrainian : Історія запорізьких козаків ), a kurin was a barrack 31 metres in length and 4 metres in width which was built out of lumber, with varying internal structures, or a military unit around the size of a regiment . Each kurin would have a small treasury building where cossacks would store valuables. Most cossacks did not live in the kurin they were counted in, rather choosing nearby villages, wilderness or other. The kurin were usually named after nearby towns,

108-661: The defeat at the Battle of Poltava and the Sich raid Kost Hordiienko transferred the Sich downstream along Dnieper to the old settlement of Oleshky in 1709, which was part of Ottoman Empire . It took some 25 years before the Russian government allowed for Cossacks to return to re-establish the New Sich by Ivan Malashevych. With the destruction of Sich in 1775 Zaporizhian Cossacks have moved to Danube Delta. This Ukrainian history –related article

120-667: The lowest administrative division in the Cossack Hetmanate . According to a Ukrainian historian Adrian Kashchenko , there were 38 kurins. [REDACTED] Kurin is most probably a loanword of Turkic origins. Compare Chagatai kürän ("group of warriors") and Uyghur kürijän ("warrior wagon train"). Other etymologies have been proposed – most prominently from the Ukrainian word курити , which means to smoke, create smoke – but they are generally not supported by linguists. According to Dmytro Yavornytsky in his book "History of

132-496: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kosh . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kosh&oldid=1236138338 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

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144-434: Was elected by a council of elder officers (the starshyna ) of the Zaporozhian Host . The position contained the highest military, administrative and judicial powers. Until the establishment of the Cossack Hetmanate , the title was interchangeably used with Hetman . During military campaigns, powers of an otaman were virtually unrestricted, but in peacetime he addressed the most important military and political issues to

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