Holders of the rank also served as leaders of territorial units. In the Cossacks' paramilitary society of the Zaporozhian Host, Cossack Hetmanate, and Sloboda Ukraine, territories were organized along the lines of military organization and commanded by officers. During the Khmelnytsky Uprising and in the Cossack Hetmanate (17th-18th centuries), sotnyks were leaders of territorial administrative subdivisions called sotnyas. Such sotnyks were subordinated to polkovnyks (colonel) who were in control of a polk (primary administrative division) and a regiment (military unit).
Military ranksedit
The word sotnik literally means commander of a hundred men in most Slavonic languages, much like how the Latin term Centurion reflected a commander of a similar number of troops in the Roman Empire. In the Russian rank-structure the military role of a sotnik developed into that of a poruchik (Russian: поручик), eventually known as "lieutenant" (Russian: лейтенант, romanized: leytenant). Ukrainian military formations retained the rank of sotnyk (Ukrainian: сотник) well into the 20th century as the equivalent of an army captain.[1] The rank did not officially change, but rather fell out of use after the Soviet Army and intelligence services suppressed the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Some translations render the word sotnik as "Captain", however the "Lieutenant" interpretation also appears in common usage, and for the sake of historical and social clarity the original rank-name is used.
sotnik, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, lea. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sotnik news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sotnik or sotnyk Russian so tnik Ukrainian sotnik Bulgarian stotnik was a military rank among the Cossack starshyna military officers Strelets Troops 17th century in Muscovy and Imperial Cossack cavalry since 1826 the Ukrainian Insurgent Army the Ukrainian Galician Army and the Ukrainian People s Army Sotnyk of Ukrainian Cossacks Contents 1 Administrative rank 2 Military ranks 2 1 Slovenia 3 Legacy 4 References 5 External linksAdministrative rank editHolders of the rank also served as leaders of territorial units In the Cossacks paramilitary society of the Zaporozhian Host Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine territories were organized along the lines of military organization and commanded by officers During the Khmelnytsky Uprising and in the Cossack Hetmanate 17th 18th centuries sotnyks were leaders of territorial administrative subdivisions called sotnyas Such sotnyks were subordinated to polkovnyks colonel who were in control of a polk primary administrative division and a regiment military unit Military ranks editThe word sotnik literally means commander of a hundred men in most Slavonic languages much like how the Latin term Centurion reflected a commander of a similar number of troops in the Roman Empire In the Russian rank structure the military role of a sotnik developed into that of a poruchik Russian poruchik eventually known as lieutenant Russian lejtenant romanized leytenant Ukrainian military formations retained the rank of sotnyk Ukrainian sotnik well into the 20th century as the equivalent of an army captain 1 The rank did not officially change but rather fell out of use after the Soviet Army and intelligence services suppressed the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in the late 1940s and 1950s Some translations render the word sotnik as Captain however the Lieutenant interpretation also appears in common usage and for the sake of historical and social clarity the original rank name is used Slovenia edit The rank is still used by the Slovenian Armed Forces 2 and is equal to the rank of captain in other armed forces 3 Legacy editThe name of Sotnik has been adopted as a surname Olena SotnykReferences edit Encyclopedia of Ukraine in English Cini in razredi slovenskavojska si in Slovenian Slovenian Armed Forces Retrieved 26 May 2021 NATO 2021 STANAG 2116 NATO 7th ed Brussels Belgium NATO Standardization Agency pp A 1 A 6 External links editBogdan Khmelnitsky in Russian nbsp This Russian military article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This Russian history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This Ukrainian history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sotnik amp oldid 1197484494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
