Atamanshchina

Major Ukrainian otamans of the time: Vasyl Chuchupak, Nykyfor Hryhoriv, Nestor Makhno, Danylo Terpylo

Atamanshchina (Russian: атаманщина), otamanshchyna (Ukrainian: Отаманщина, Отаманія[1]), or atamanism[a] was a political situation during the Russian Civil War in Ukraine and in some parts of Russia. With absent or weak central power, some areas were ruled by warlords, typically styled as atamans, a traditional Cossack military rank.[3][4] In Ukraine, these atamans showed lack of subordination towards the Second Hetmanate and later towards the Directorate of Ukraine.[5][6]

Over time the term acquired the generic meaning of the decentralized rule of warlords.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In this context, the suffix -shchina is basically equivalent to -ism,[2] only usually it has negative connotations, as in "Yezhovshchina".

References

  1. ^ Українська мала енциклопедія, vol. 10, 1962, Buenos-Aires, ОЛ - ПЕ
  2. ^ -щин-(а), from Современный толковый словарь русского языка Ефремовой (Modern explanatory dictionary of the Russian language by Tatyana Efremova)
  3. ^ Canfield F. Smith, "Atamanshchina" in the Russian Far East, Russian History, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1979, pp. 57-67
  4. ^ Roberts Eidemanis, Очаги атаманщины и бандитизма. (Hotbeds of Atamanism and Banditry), 2nd edition, Kharkov. 1921 (Очаги атаманщины и бандитизма catalog entry; downloadable book); 1st edition was a journal publication, Ударные уезды и районы // Рев. фронт. - 1920. -N17-18.-С. 13-20.
  5. ^ Kozubel, Marek Bogdan, A review of the book, Jurij Mitrofanenko, Ukrajinśka otamanszczyna 1918–1919 rokiw
  6. ^ Stanislav Kulchitskyi, ОТАМАНЩИНА, In: Енциклопедія історії України: Т. 7: Мі-О / Редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. НАН України. Інститут історії України. - К.: В-во "Наукова думка", 2010.

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