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] is 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 Cossack atamans.[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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