Colonel (polkovnyk). In the Cossack period a colonel was the commanding officer of a regiment (see Regimental system). In recent times a colonel has been an officer of the sixth or seventh rank commanding a regiment or brigade or serving as a higher staff officer. (See Military ranks.)
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