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Updated: May 21, 2025
When they had sufficiently tested the courage and fidelity of these warriors, and had learned the talent and boldness of Iermak Timofeif, their principal leader of obscure origin, the annals say, but illustrious by his greatness of soul they formed a troop especially composed of Tartars subject to Russia, of Lithuanians and of Germans, ransomed from captivity among the Nogais, for the latter brought, as a matter of custom in their encampments, the prisoners whom they made in war, as mercenaries of the Czar.
Among the enterprising leaders of the Cossacks at this time were Iermak Timofeif, John Koltzo condemned to death by the Czar James Mikhailoff, Necetas Pan, and Matthew Meschteriak, all noted for their rare intrepidity.
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