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1 day ago · The official name of the Cossack Hetmanate was the Zaporizhian Host or Army of Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: Військо Запорозьке, romanized: Viiskо Zaporozkе). The historiographic term Hetmanate ( Ukrainian : Гетьманщина , romanized : Hetmanshchyna , "Hetman state") was coined in the late 19th century, [5] deriving from ...
1 day ago · The Regency of Algiers [a] ( Arabic: دولة الجزائر, romanized : Dawlat al-Jaza'ir ), a largely independent early modern Ottoman tributary state on the Barbary Coast of North Africa between 1516 and 1830, was founded by the corsair brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Barbarossa (also known as Oruç and Khayr ad-Din).
1 day ago · The Regency of Algiers was a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire between 1516 and 1830. Founded by the corsair brothers Aruj and Khayr ad-Din Barbarossa, the Regency was an important pirate base, notorious for the Barbary corsairs, involved in numerous armed conflicts with European powers.
1 day ago · Chernivtsi is located in the southwest of Ukraine, in the eastern Carpathians, on the border between the Carpathians and the East European Plain, 40 km (25 miles) from the border with Romania. The city lies 248 meters (817') above sea level and is surrounded by forests and fields.
