Offices and Things + 

Balalaika + 

A stringed instrument used in southern Russia, resembling the guitar. + 

Ca̍stellan + 

The chief of a town or city under Polish rule, as well as the district connected with it. The castellan was always a senator, and was appointed by the king. + 

Chambul + 

A party of mounted Tartars. + 

Koshevo̍i + 

Chief of a Cossack camp. + 

Kure̍n + 

A company or group of Cossacks as well as the barracks in which they lived. + 

Sotnik + 

A captain of Cossacks. This word is exactly equivalent to “centurion,” and is derived from sto, “one hundred,” with the nominative ending nik. + 

Stanitsa + 

A Cossack village. + 

Sta̍rosta + 

Chief of a town under Polish control. + 

Starshini̍ + 

Elders. This word meant for the Cossacks the whole body of their officers. + 

Telega + 

The ordinary springless wagon of Russia, smaller than the country wagon in the United States. + 

Teorba̍n + 

A large musical instrument of twenty strings or more. + 

Voevoda + 

Governor and commander of troops in a province, corresponding to the military governor of modern times. This office was common to the Poles and the Russians of the East or Moscow. + 