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Ataman

Ataman \At"a*man\, n. [Russ. ataman': cf. Pol. hetman, G. hauptmann headman, chieftain. Cf. Hetman.] A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks.

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ataman

n. (context historical English) A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.

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Ataman

Ataman (variants: Otaman, Wataman, Vataman; Russian: атаман, ) was a title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. In the Russian Empire, the term was the official title of the supreme military commanders of the Cossack armies. The Ukrainian version of the same word is Hetman. Otaman in Ukrainian Cossack forces was a position of a lower rank.

Ataman (surname)

Ataman is a Turkish name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Bülent Ataman, Turkish footballer
  • Ergin Ataman, Turkish basketball coach
  • Kutluğ Ataman, Turkish filmmaker

Category:Turkish-language surnames

Usage examples of "ataman".

Vladivostock, including the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ataman, NP-400.

Admiral Vladimir Rostow of the Russian fleet on board the Ataman, NP-400, aircraft carrier.

To his surprise he had three messages from the carrier Ataman in the Sea of Japan.

Admiral Vladimir Rostow settled back in the Combat Control Center of the Russian carrier Ataman and listened to the Mig pilots reporting in after their latest run over the occupied island of Kunashir.

The Ataman had completed sea trials and aircraft landing operations in July of 1998, and been sent immediately to the Pacific Ocean Fleet.

Russian carrier, the Ataman, does she usually carry any Russian Marines?

The Tsar Alexander and his namesake heir-apparent, the Tsesarevich Alexander, wore the sapphire-blue uniform of the Ataman Kazakh Cavalry, with the massive medal of the Cross of St.

There were sketches on the wall depicting officers of the Ataman Cossacks regiment on horseback, and photographs of five children on his desk.

They had been sent into Soviet territory from Bessarabia, to help Ataman Satan-Maloletka.

Zavala filled him in on his interview with Lord Dodson, and Austin gave a summary of Jenkins's visit to NUMA and the successful mission to the Ataman ship.