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The descendants of kings became petty hetmen of tattered bands which perpetrated bloody little butcheries upon one another over mudhole excuses for oases.
The Fire In His Hands Cook, Glen 1984
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Then he turned to the Ukrainian Vondrachuk and said: 'And this huge fellow, I'm sure he's one of Mazepa's hetmen.'
Poland Michener, James 1983
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To thee, from the free troops, from the brave hetmen
Boris Godunov: a drama in verse Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818
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