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'''Yesaul''', or '''Osaul''' ( {{lang-ru|есау́л}} {{IPA-ru|jɪsɐˈul|}}), {{lang-uk|осавул}} (from Turkic yasaul - ''chief''),<ref>[http://slovari.yandex.ru/~%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C/%D0%95%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB/ Russian humanitarian encyclopedic dictionary] {{ru icon}}</ref> a [[Military base|post]] and a [[Military rank|rank]] in the Russian [[Cossack]] units.
The first records of the rank imply that it was introduced by [[Stefan Batory]], King of [[Poland]] in 1576
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==Cossacks in Russia==
There were different yesaul posts and ranks in [[Cossack Host]]s in [[Imperial Russia]]:
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