Yesaul
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Yesaul, or Osaul (Turkic: yasaul="chief"; Russian: есау́л, /jesa'ul/), a post and a rank in the Cossack units.
Originally it was introduced by Stefan Batory, King of Poland in 1576.
[edit] Cossacks in Russia
There were different yesaul posts and ranks in Muscovy and Imperial Russia:
- Генеральный есаул (Generalny yesaul) - General Yesaul
- Походный есаул (Pokhodny yesaul) - Campaign Yesaul
- Войсковой есаул (Voiskovoy yesaul) - Yesaul of a Cossack voisko
- Полковой есаул (Polkovoy yesaul) - Regiment Yesaul
- Артиллерийский есаул (Artilleriysky yesaul) - Artillery Yesaul
- Сотенный есаул (Sotenny yesaul) - Company Yesaul (commander of a sotnia)
- Станичный есаул (Stanichny yesaul) - Yesaul of a stanitsa
In 1798–1800, the rank of yesaul was equated with the ranks of rittmeister in cavalry and captain in infantry.
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