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Revision as of 11:44, 15 September 2007
Yesaul, or Osaul (Turkic: yasaul="chief"; Template:Lang-ru, /jesa'ul/), a post and a rank in the Cossack units.
Originally it was introduced by Stefan Batory, King of Poland in 1576.
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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