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  • They praised his chivalrous deed, and told how he, having received from the commander of the enemy a protective _kolpak_, [61] would not wear it during the battle, preferring honorable death to life granted him by the ruler of a heathen nation.

    The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881

  • Lithuania according to the ancient rites; he girt on him the sword and crowned himself with the soft cap (_kolpak_).

    Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Adam Mickiewicz 1826

  • Taking turns, officials addressed the gathering of about 40 elders, some of them wearing the distinctive, tall and white Kyrgyz kolpak hat, while many others donned the square skull cap usually favored by Uzbeks.

    The Moscow Times 2010

  • There, traders from the conservative south of the country, as well as neighboring Uzbekistan, sell fake Armani T-shirts, cell phones and pirated DVDs, as well as carpets, the occasional komuz (a guitar-like instrument) and rows of kolpak

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • Yea it'd be good to get the icl players back, Bond and Tuffey have expressed their interest but I'm not sure wether Andre Adams who's playing for notts as a kolpak player (though now that Bracewell has gone it'll certainly be a temptatoin) or Lou Vincent are as keen.

    Cricket Web - Latest News 2009

  • Rubbing salt into the tourists 'wounds, veteran Daren Powell would have been an ideal call-up but has recently signed as a kolpak player for Lancashire, ruling him ineligible.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • Rubbing salt into the tourists 'wounds, veteran Daren Powell would have been an ideal call-up but has recently signed as a kolpak player for Lancashire, ruling him ineligible.

    unknown title 2009

  • Rubbing salt into the tourists 'wounds, veteran Daren Powell would have been an ideal call-up but has recently signed as a kolpak player for Lancashire, ruling him ineligible.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2009

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